Sixteen FMS attorneys were named by Knoxville’s CityView Magazine as Top Attorneys in 2023 in their respective fields.

Each year the magazine calls upon members of the local bar association to vote for their peers in various practice areas. We have listed our winning attorneys and the categories in which they were named as Top Attorneys below. We are proud that for over 100 years, our attorneys have been recognized as skilled lawyers and leaders in the community.

ROBERT L. KAHN

  • Banking Law
  • Bankruptcy – Creditor
  • Collections / Foreclosures

REGGIE E. KEATON

  • Business Litigation
  • Construction Law
  • Consumer Protection – Defense
  • Employee Benefits / ERISA – Defense
  • Employee Benefits / ERISA – Plaintiff
  • Federal Court Practice
  • Product Liability – Defense

DONALD D. HOWELL

  • Insurance Law
  • Personal Injury – Motorcycle Accident – Defense
  • Product Liability – Defense

DEBRA L. FULTON

  • Health Care Law
  • Insurance Law
  • Privacy Law
  • Worker’s Compensation – Defense

MICHAEL W. EWELL

  • Bankruptcy – Creditor
  • Bankruptcy – Debtor
  • Banking Law
  • Business / Commercial Law
  • Business Litigation

JOHN M. LAWHORN

  • Consumer Protection – Defense
  • Employee Benefits / ERISA – Defense
  • Employee Benefits / ERISA – Plaintiff
  • Federal Court Practice
  • Labor & Employment Law – Employee
  • Labor & Employment Law – Employer
  • Personal Injury – Auto Accidents – Defense
  • Product Liability – Defense

JAMES E. WAGNER

  • Constitutional Law / Civil Rights
  • Worker’s Compensation – Defense
  • Worker’s Compensation – Plaintiff

BEVERLY D. NELMS

  • Personal Injury – Motorcycle Accident – Defense
  • Worker’s Compensation – Defense
  • Worker’s Compensation – Plaintiff
  • Wrongful Death – Defense

MARY ELIZABETH MADDOX

  • Administrative Law
  • Insurance Law
  • Labor & Employment Law – Employee
  • Labor & Employment Law – Employer
  • Mediation / Arbitration
  • Nursing Home Liability -Defense
  • Medical Malpractice – Defense
  • Product Liability – Defense
  • Social Security Disability Law
  • Worker’s Compensation – Defense
  • Worker’s Compensation – Plaintiff

BENJAMIN C. MULLINS

  • Administrative Law
  • Collections / Foreclosures
  • Personal Injury – Auto Accidents – Defense
  • Personal Injury – Motorcycle Accident – Defense

RICHARD T. SCRUGHAM, JR. 

  • Business / Commercial Law

MATTHEW A. GROSSMAN

  • Corporate Law
  • Real Estate Finance & Development

KEVIN A. DEAN

  • Estate Planning / Trusts
  • Wills / Probate

RICHARD E. GRAVES

  • Real Estate / Finance and Development

SHARON H. KIM

  • Consumer Protection – Plaintiff
  • Elder Law

MICHAEL A. C. LEE

  • Consumer Protection – Plaintiff