Shelley R. Thomas

Judge Kevin Sharp is the Managing Partner of Sanford Heisler Sharp’s Nashville office. He joined the firm after serving as a judge on the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee from May 2011 through April 2017, including service from 2014 to 2017 as the court’s Chief Judge. In his judicial role, Judge Sharp handled many high-profile cases, including Young v. Giles County Board of Education, granting an injunction against school officials who prevented a student f...

Mike focuses his practice on the intersection of business litigation and business bankruptcy. He is able to not only obtain a judgment, but also take steps to ensure that the judgment is “worth the paper it is written on,” by preventing efforts to dissipate assets. On the other side of the equation, he advises companies and individuals who are defending litigation who are simultaneously exploring their bankruptcy options. This confluence of business disputes and ability-to-pay iss...

Rhea Bucy practices in the areas of bankruptcy and commercial law, litigation and general business counseling. His experience includes corporate reorganizations, avoidance actions and other adversary litigation and contested matters, receivership proceedings in state and federal court, and the purchase and sale of assets in and out of bankruptcy. In bankruptcy cases, he represents business debtors (both individuals and entities), secured and unsecured creditors, lessors, creditors’ comm...

Named one of Nashville’s best criminal defense lawyers With more than 35 years of experience, David Raybin heads the criminal defense section of our firm, which includes criminal trials, criminal appeals, parole hearings, and civil rights litigation. David has been named the Best Criminal Lawyer in Nashville by Best Lawyers in America , and listed among the Best Criminal Lawyers in TN by Tennessee Business magazine. A regular commentator on local legal subjects, David often deals with p...

Chuck Mataya has developed a focused practice of litigation and counseling in various areas of labor and employment law, including the defense of class, collective individual actions in both state and federal courts. Chuck acts as a lead counsel for prominent employers throughout the United States in the counsel and defense of employment and labor claims, including claims of wrongful discharge, breach of an employment contract, illegal discrimination under the various federal and state laws, ...

John Myers' practice focuses on a wide variety of commercial finance, corporate and commercial law matters, with an emphasis on representing institutional lenders, investors and businesses in commercial lending (including real estate lending) transactions and creditors' rights and insolvency matters; business acquisitions and dispositions and debt/equity investments; and general contracting and commercial law matters. John has significant experience with the Uniform Commercial Code, including...

Aaron Nash focuses his practice on the representation of creditors in both consumer and commercial matters on local, regional and national scales. Aaron's experience includes working in bankruptcy matters in Chapter 7, 11, 12, and 13 cases (including automatic stay relief issues, treatment in reorganization plan issues, lien avoidance and preference defense work, and claims litigation); general commercial litigation; general consumer finance litigation (including actions to recover collateral...

Bryant Witt has extensive experience in all aspects of the representation of hospitals, physicians, and other health care organizations. He has also handled many complex regulatory issues. Bryant has substantial trial experience defending health care entities in professional liability matters and business litigation. He served as leader of his former law firm’s health care practice group.

Clients appreciate the customized approach Marlene utilizes with each challenge presented. Listening, understanding, and achieving each client’s desired result is of the utmost importance. Marlene has long been recognized as an outstanding family law practitioner. She has received an “AV” rating, the highest available, in the Martindale Hubbell Legal Dictionary, a nationwide publication which independently rates lawyers on the basis of their peers’ opinions and she has...

Hart is rated by Mid-South Super Lawyers® for his work in Environmental Litigation. He focuses his practice on environmental remediation, defense of environmental enforcement actions, environmental permitting, environmental litigation, and general litigation. He has represented clients before numerous environmental administrative agencies and successfully represented clients in both jury and bench trials in several different Tennessee courts.