R. Scott Elmore

R. Scott Elmore is the managing member of Elmore, Stone & Caffey PLLC in Knoxville, Tennessee. He focuses his practice on business and transactional matters, including Banking and Finance Law, Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), Commercial Transactions / UCC Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, and Real Estate Law. With more than three decades of legal experience, Mr. Elmore represents businesses, financial institutions, developers, and property owners throughout Tennessee.

Before establishing Elmore, Stone & Caffey PLLC, Mr. Elmore served as President and Sole Shareholder of The Elmore Law Firm, P.C., from 2000 through 2008. He began his legal career with McCampbell & Young, P.C. in Knoxville while attending the University of Tennessee College of Law in 1989. After graduating from law school, he joined the firm as an associate attorney and became a shareholder in 1997.

Throughout his career, Mr. Elmore has maintained a broad business and transactional practice with a concentration in banking, commercial lending, corporate matters, mergers and acquisitions, and commercial real estate transactions. He has represented local and regional banks in the structuring and documentation of commercial loans, loan participations, and operational banking matters. His commercial real estate practice has included representation involving hotels, shopping centers, multifamily developments, office buildings, nursing homes, independent living facilities, resort properties, residential subdivisions, condominiums, and national franchise operations.

Mr. Elmore also advises closely held businesses, regional companies, and publicly traded entities on a wide range of corporate and commercial matters. His work includes the formation and governance of business organizations, contract negotiation, acquisitions, sales transactions, financing matters, and ongoing operational counsel. In recent years, he has assisted with more than twenty mergers and acquisitions involving healthcare-related businesses and organizations.

In addition to his legal practice, Mr. Elmore was one of six organizers of American Trust Bank of East Tennessee, a state-chartered bank headquartered in Knoxville that opened in 2004. During his twelve-year relationship with the bank, he served on the Board of Directors and multiple committees, including Executive, Loan, Audit, Special Assets, and Compliance. He participated in significant lending and operational decisions, including the bank’s merger with Citizens Bank of Elizabethton, Tennessee, in 2016. His background in banking operations and commercial lending has also led to his service as a witness in banking-related litigation matters.

Mr. Elmore has remained active in community and charitable organizations throughout his career. In 2022, he was selected to the University of Tennessee Knoxville Chancellor’s Associates Program and was a member of the Leadership Knoxville Class of 2020. He previously served as Chairman of the Board of Directors for Junior Achievement of East Tennessee, Inc., where he participated in fundraising efforts for the construction of the Junior Achievement BizTown facility in Clinton, Tennessee. In recognition of his service, he received the National Bronze Leadership Award from Junior Achievement in 2008. He has also served as a youth Sunday School teacher at Cokesbury United Methodist Church in Knoxville, Tennessee, a Cub Scout leader with the Great Smoky Mountain Council, and a youth basketball coach for more than ten years.

Mr. Elmore earned a Bachelor of Science in Business with Honors from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville in 1987. He received his Juris Doctor from the University of Tennessee College of Law in 1991.

Mr. Elmore has received an AV Preeminent peer review rating from Martindale-Hubbell in recognition of professional achievement and ethical standards. He has also been recognized by Cityview Magazine and Best Lawyers for his work in mergers and acquisitions, banking law, contract law, real estate finance and development, and commercial transactions and UCC law.

Mr. Elmore and his wife, Leslie Jackson Elmore, have been married for thirty-five years and have two sons, Jackson and Jameson.