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Steve Barham is a member of the firm's Litigation Section, focusing his practice on complex business litigation, including disputes between billing companies and physician groups, consumer financial services disputes, creditors' rights claims in both the commercial and consumer settings. In addition, he handles bankruptcy matters, including preference action defense, class action defense and products liability cases in which plaintiffs have claimed injuries, such as physical impairment, brain injuries and death. Steve's practice also includes Medicare audit appeals and general litigation.

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Mr. Higney began his practice in civil litigation and environmental matters with the firm in 1991, becoming a director in 1997. He represents clients on a full range of environmental issues before local, state and federal administrative agencies, as well as in litigation. He provides services to businesses and individuals in the administrative, enforcement, litigation and settlement negotiation contexts involving federal CERCLA (Superfund); Clean Air Act; Clean Water Act and Underground Storage Tank (UST) statutes and/or state-related counterparts. He has represented defendants in environmental criminal matters, investigations and audits. He consults on environmental matters related to various business transactions, including redevelopment opportunities involving Brownfield sites. He has provided advice and counsel to the regulated manufacturing community regarding utility rate making cases in Tennessee for nearly 20 years.. Mr. Higney has been counsel in multiple complex civil litigation, federal multi-district and class action matters, in addition to handling state court matters in both Tennessee and Georgia. He also served on the defense steering committee in the federal multi-district litigation class action involving over 50 defendants (In re Tri-State Crematory Litigation).. He was a member of the Tennessee Bar Association Environmental Law Section leadership council from 2003-2010, and was Chairman in 2009. Mr. Higney is a 2006 graduate of Leadership Chattanooga, and in 2010 was elected President of Leadership Chattanooga Alumni. He has represented the Chattanooga Regional Manufacturers Association since 1992, serving as its Energy chair from 2002 until 2004.

Mr. Carter recieved his law degree from the Duke University School of Law and his undergraduate degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Prior to attending law school, Mr. Carter worked at the U.S. Department of Justice as an Anaylst in the Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development, Assistance, and Training. After law school, Mr. Carter was privileged to clerk for the Honorable John McClarty of the Tennessee Court of Appeals. He is a former member of the Brock-Cooper American Inn of Court.. Mr. Carter serves as a Criminal Justice Act attorney in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee and also teaches a criminal law paralegal course at Chattanooga State Technical Community College.

Manufacturing and service companies, universities, colleges, private schools, and health care providers, among other employers, call Rosemarie Hill to counsel them on dozens of employment-related issues. These include inquiries about wage payments under state and federal wage and hour laws, concerns about hiring, firing, and discipline of employees, discrimination and harassment accusations, medical and other leave questions, and just about any issue that can arise in an employer-employee relationship.. Often clients need emergency consults on how to handle an employee problem, and Rosemarie provides quick assistance and pragmatic solutions that are highly valued by busy employers. She will also promptly admit when a particular inquiry needs further analysis and research, and then produces a quick turn-around and solution for the harried employer.. When a client, despite its best efforts, is hit with an administrative charge (for instance, from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)) or a lawsuit claiming violation of an employment law or illegal retaliation against an employee, Rosemarie and her team are on the spot to provide defense and representation from beginning to end. Her clients appreciate her quick response and her willingness to bring them into the defense strategy/cost analysis of each lawsuit or administrative charge.. Rosemarie excels in trial work, and every case receives the utmost intellectual and common-sense care. She speaks to jurors and judges alike with respect and in fair, understandable language with no loss of legal excellence. She is engaging and honest with clients, they are highly complementary of her efforts on their behalf, and they actually enjoy working with her and her team.. Her induction into the American College of Trial Lawyers assures clients that she is an excellent lawyer who will handle their matters with civility for all concerned in the process, but who will vigorously defend them and unceasingly fight for their cause.. She chairs the firm's Labor and Employment Section, and is proud to work with and for that excellent, intellectually challenging and entertaining group of folks.. Approved Arbitrator, Federal Arbitration Program, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee. Mediation Panel, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee. Tennessee Supreme Court Rule 31 Neutral

I concentrate my practice in plaintiff personal injury matters, particularly medical devices and pharmaceuticals, construction and insurance coverage litigation.  I have developed a unique career in Chattanooga, serving individuals in mass tort and Multi-District Litigation involving personal injury as well as representing businesses, property owners and insurers in construction litigation.  In mass tort and multi-district litigation cases, I have served on discovery committees, as class counsel, and as a judicial appointee to a common benefit fee review committee. Over the last twenty years, I have helped clients recover over $150,000,000 in damages.  In construction litigation, I have represented property owners and contractors in commercial and residential disputes.  In all areas of mypractice, I have served as local counsel, collaborating with other attorneys from around the nation in a variety of complex cases. I am also a Tennessee Supreme Court Rule 31 Mediator for general civil litigation.

I have an active practice in litigation and risk management. Businesses, individuals and governmental entities rely on me to assist them in a variety of general and complex litigation matters including:

I concentrate my practice on business and commercial transactions, mergers and acquisitions, estate planning, estate and trust administration, non-profit organizations, and taxation.. For more than nineteen years, I have represented both small and large companies with their business transactions. My experience ranges from general representation of the closely held corporation, limited liability company or partnership to structuring tax free reorganizations.. In addition, I have represented personal representatives and beneficiaries in complex estate litigation, and handled estate planning and administration for both small and large estates involving sophisticated and simple estate plans.. My practice has also included tax planning and compliance with respect to individuals, business entities, and estates and trusts, including the preparation of individual income tax returns, federal non-profit information returns, federal gift tax returns, federal estate tax returns, and Tennessee inheritance tax returns.. Grant, Konvalinka & Harrison, P.C. is a full service law firm with 28 attorneys so if you need an experienced attorney who practices in another area of the law please don't hesitate to contact me.

I am proud to be part of the team at Houston & Alexander. I have been practicing criminal defense since 2010. For almost five years prior to joining Houston & Alexander, I worked at the Public Defender’s Office, where I handled hundreds of the most difficult cases, from the first court date all the way through appeal. During this time I had major successes in trials and motion hearings. I also successfully argued at the Court of Criminal Appeals, getting two separate murder convictions reversed.

Chris Markel has grown up in the Chattanooga area, and lived here with his family for most of his life. He started the Injured Worker's Justice Center to focus his law pracitce on the rights of injured workers. He has over 20 years of experience representing clients in worker's compensation cases, and prides himself on his effective representation on behalf of injured workers across Tennessee. He also has extensive practice experience representing clients in personal injury cases and other litigation matters.. Mr. Markel received his Juris Doctorate degree from Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law at the University of Memphis in the year 2000, and is a graduate of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, with a Bachelor of Arts. He is a major in the United States Army Reserve, and is a member of the Chattanooga Bar Association. He is "AV" rated by the Martindale Hubble lawyer's directory.

Bill Pemerton earned his Bachelor of Science degree from Tennessee Technological University in 2000 and was awarded his J.D. from the Cumberland School of Law in Birmingham, Alabama in 2005. Upon graduation from Cumberland, he was honored with a Certificate of Trial Advocacy and has since maintained a substantial litigation practice. His practice includes personal injury, family law, and general litigation. He was recently listed as a Tennessee Supreme Court Rule 31 general civil and family mediator.

As part of the firm's litigation group, I focus my practice on commercial law and alternative dispute resolution, with a heavy emphasis on construction law. I have handled numerous disputes including lien law and an entire range of construction-related issues, including defects, delays, payment disputes, bond claims, and contract interpretation. Additionally, I frequently lecture on construction and lien law issues.