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Matthew Evans is a shareholder at Johnson Evans & Headrick PC in Nashville, Tennessee. His practice focuses on Commercial Litigation and Litigation - Insurance, with an emphasis on products liability, pharmaceutical, commercial, and insurance matters in both state and federal courts. Matthew has developed a substantial portion of his practice defending pharmaceutical and products liability claims and regularly manages complex litigation, including multidistrict litigation (MDL) matters in...

Elizabeth Sauer advises investors, developers, managers, and owner-operators in large-scale, multi-state portfolio transactions, as well as single-asset deals. Clients value her insight and experience in a wide variety of real estate, finance and corporate transactions. REITs and other public and private companies benefit from her client-first approach in the purchase, sale, leaseback, development, management, leasing and financing of raw land and improved assets. She has significant transact...

Michael B. Bressman is Of Counsel with the firm. Additionally, he serves as Professor of the Practice of Law at Vanderbilt Law School, where he has taught a variety of courses such as Contracts, the Law of Cyberspace, and Art Law. Michael directs the law school’s clerkship program, which supports students and graduates applying for post-graduation judicial clerkships. With a career spanning more than 25 years in premier law firms, as in-house corporate counsel, and as a professor at one...

Drew is a member of the Business Services Group and the Finance, Real Estate and Restructuring Group. He focuses his practice on mergers and acquisitions, securities regulation, and corporate formation and governance.

Edward Burrell is a member of the Business & Corporate Services Group in the firm's Nashville office. Edward has a broad transactional practice with experience in a variety of industries. He has extensive experience with mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, due diligence, entity formation and governance, private equity transactions, corporate finance, equity owner disputes and commercial contracts. Edward's experience with commercial contracts includes drafting, reviewing and negotiati...

Kendra Samson is a partner in Barton’s Nashville office. Kendra advises clients on how to avoid costly litigation, with a practice focused on employment law and commercial litigation. She believes the most effective legal counsel begins with building strong relationships—taking the time to understand a client’s business, their people, and their unique challenges. By investing in that knowledge, Kendra is able to craft practical, business-focused strategies that aim to resolv...

Jeff Buschmann regularly advises clients involved in complex business transactions. He concentrates his practice on the corporate and securities law aspects of such transactions. He counsels public and private clients on corporate governance issues and advises on matters such as strategic mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and joint ventures; private equity and venture capital investments; debt and equity restructurings; leveraged buyouts; SEC reporting requirements; and public and private ...

William Kenneth Marlow is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Corporate Governance Law, Health Care Law, Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law and Mergers and Acquisitions Law. William Kenneth, who practices law in Nashville, Tennessee, has been recognized since 2019. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which William Kenneth is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Stacy Hooper is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Health Care Law. Stacy, who practices law in Nashville, Tennessee, has been recognized since 2024. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Stacy is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Amy S. Leopard is a partner in our Health Care practice and co-chairs our Privacy and Information Security Team. She practices business law and advises a diverse array of clients in health care and technology industries. Amy is a valued business advisor in corporate matters involving health care and information technology law. She provides trusted counsel to health care providers, entrepreneurs, and service providers on licensing, payment, regulatory compliance, privacy and technology issues....