Knoxville, Tennessee · Est. 2009
Corporate counsel for Knoxville businesses.
Knoxville sent its marble out to build the National Gallery, Grand Central, and the Capitol. We do the less visible version of the same job — the structure a company is built on, cut so it holds under load.
Formation, contracts, governance, sales, and compliance for companies across East Tennessee.
How we work
Most legal problems arrive years after the decision that caused them.
Priced before it starts
Defined work is quoted as a flat fee, so the cost is a decision you make once rather than a number that accumulates. Where hourly is genuinely the right structure, we say so and give you a range before you commit.
Written to be read
Documents are drafted in plain English wherever the law permits it. If you cannot tell what your own operating agreement says about a founder leaving, it is not doing its job — and you will not enforce what you do not understand.
Built for the bad day
Every agreement is drafted against the version of the relationship where something has gone wrong. That is the only day the document actually matters, and it is the day most contracts are not written for.
What we do
Five areas. All of them corporate.
- I
Business Formation
Choosing and standing up the right structure — LLC, partnership, or corporation — so the entity holds up when it matters.
- II
Contracts
Drafting, reviewing, and negotiating the agreements you sign with vendors, clients, and partners.
- III
Corporate Governance
Bylaws, operating agreements, and the rules that decide who controls the company and how disputes resolve.
- IV
Mergers & Sales
Guiding the legal steps when you buy, sell, or combine companies — from letter of intent through closing.
- V
Compliance
Making sure the business meets its obligations under local, state, and federal law — before someone else checks.
Questions
What business owners ask us first
What does a corporate attorney do that my accountant cannot?
Your accountant handles how the business is taxed and reported. A corporate attorney handles what the business is: the entity structure, who owns and controls it, what it has promised in its contracts, and what it owes under the law. The two overlap most on entity selection, which is why that decision is usually best made with both in the room.
How much does a business attorney in Knoxville cost?
It depends on the work, and we will tell you the range before you commit. Defined projects such as forming an entity or drafting a template agreement are quoted as flat fees, so you know the number up front. Ongoing or unpredictable work — a negotiation, a sale, a regulatory response — is billed hourly. We do not begin chargeable work without your written agreement to the fee arrangement.
Do you work with businesses outside Knoxville?
Yes. We regularly serve companies throughout East Tennessee, including Knox and Blount counties, Farragut, Maryville, Oak Ridge, Alcoa, and Sevierville. Most matters are handled remotely as a matter of course, so distance is rarely the constraint people expect it to be.
Is the first call really free?
Yes. The purpose of the first call is to establish whether you need a lawyer at all, whether this firm is the right one, and roughly what the work would involve and cost. That conversation is not billed, and it does not create an attorney-client relationship — that begins only when we both sign an engagement agreement.
We already have a lawyer. Can you handle just one matter?
Yes. A significant part of our work is discrete: a single acquisition, a contract template, a governance cleanup ahead of a sale. There is no requirement to move your general counsel relationship, and we are comfortable working alongside counsel you already use.
Next step
Tell us what you're building.
A short call is enough to tell you whether this is work we should be doing for you, what it is likely to involve, and what it will cost. No obligation, and no charge for the conversation.