Shelby County Lawyers

Ken Besser has over 40 years of experience starting up and managing small businesses and over 25 years as lawyer, attorney, counselor, and consultant.

As a young man, after graduating a year and a half early from high school, Ken chartered his first corporation and began warehousing and distributing steel cable/wire rope supplier to dragline and barge operators throughout the mid-south. After getting a bachelor's degree in chemistry and attending two years of medical school, Ken started his second company, building $250,000 single-family "spec" homes in Nashville, Tennessee.

After serving as not one but two law review editors and earning his JD,...

Kristy Bennett is a founding partner at Johnson & Bennett with almost two decades of experience before the Mississippi, Tennessee and federal courts. Attorney Bennett has focused her practice on employment law, personal injury and civil rights. She has argued before the Fifth Circuit, the Mississippi Supreme Court and the Mississippi Court of Appeals. She hasri tried 30 cases to jury verdict and negotiated numerous more equitable settlements for six- and seven-figures. Just five years into her legal career, while working for a boutique employment law firm in Tupelo, Mississippi, Attorney Bennett won a $1.7 million jury verdict in a...

I am an attorney licensed in the State of Tennessee and have worked with clients in civil, criminal, divorce, estate, real estate, and personal injury matters. I am also currently employed with The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, acting as the Associate Director for the Office of Clinical Research by negotiating and drafting agreements related to clinical research. My work as an attorney is wholly separate from that work done for The University of Tennessee, and use of The University of Tennessee's name is not an endorsement, implied or otherwise.

Cameron M. Watson is an associate in Spicer Rudstrom’s Memphis office, where he practices law in business and corporate law, employment law, products liability, intellectual property litigation, and premises liability.

Cameron works to protect the goodwill of businesses and their intellectual property rights with a focus on trade secret, trademark, patent, and copyright infringement litigation. His efforts begin from the ground up with particular emphasis on preemptive protections including non-disclosure agreements, non-compete clauses, and licensing agreements. As for employment law, Cameron works hard to advise his clients of the best practices to protect against state and federal claims of...

The Jones Law Firm serves the legal needs of the Memphis and North MS area. Practice areas include divorce, bankruptcy, family law, estate planning, and mediation. Located off of Poplar near I-240.

Kyle Johnson is a partner with the Prosser Clapper & Johnson law firm firmed based out of both Denver, Colorado and Memphis, Tennessee. He has been with the firm since 2016 and exclusively focused on securities and investment related litigation. Growing up just outside of Memphis, Kyle went on to graduate Cum Laude from Christian Brothers University with a degree in Business where he was the Captain of the Men’s Golf team for both his junior and senior year. During his senior season, he was voted to the Gulf South Conference All-Academic Team for his success in the classroom and...

Arthur E. Ray, Jr., the founding partner of Arthur Ray Law Offices, attended the University of Mississippi and graduated Cum Laude in 1963 with a Bachelor of Business Admin degree in Accounting, having been admitted as a member of the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi. In 1966 he obtained his Juris Doctorate degree, finishing in the upper 10% of his law class. He was admitted to practice law in Mississippi in 1966 and in Tennessee in 1969. He was admitted to the Tennessee Society of Certified Public Accountants in 1971.

John Michael Bailey came of age during the heart of the Civil Rights Movement. He was one of the many who marched and protested for the rights of those who were wronged. He was part of a generation that could change the world, and make it better. He still has that belief today.

John Michael Bailey started law school at the University of Memphis at the age of twenty one, and started representing people at the age of twenty two. He started off by helping and representing the Vietnam Veterans through Legal Services at the age of twenty two. In his...

The University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law (J.D.) Editor-in-Chief, University of Memphis Law School Judicial Law Clerk, Hon. Bernice B. Donald (W.D. Tennessee) Tennessee Employment Lawyers Association (TENNELA) - Former President (2016-2018)/Board Member (2012-2019) President, Memphis-Mid-South Chapter of Federal Bar Association (2018) Western District of Tennessee, Local Rules Committee, Chair (2020-2021)/Recorder (2018-2019) Languages (English/Spanish)

Before establishing his career as a lawyer, Mr. Cardwell served his country and is a 20-year retired veteran of the United States Marine Corps. Following his retirement from the Marines, Mr. Cardwell graduated from the University of New Mexico School of Law in 2006, and practiced law in Alaska before relocating to the great state of Tennessee. Mr. Cardwell is licensed to practice in all state and appellate courts in Tennessee, and the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee, and the United States Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. Mr. Cardwell concentrates his practice...

J. W. Vaughan, Jr., also known as "Jay", grew up in North Mississippi and in 1983 graduated from Calhoun City High School, where he was a leader (Class President, Mr. CCHS, Who's Who, Hall of Fame, Mississippi Beta Club President, American Legion Boys State), a scholar (Valedictorian, Star Student, Rotary Scholar, English, Science, and History Awards), and an athlete (football, baseball, tennis, and track letterman).

Mr. Vaughn attended the University of Mississippi, graduating with honors, and in 1988 received his undergraduate Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Insurance, Risk Management, and Financial Services. While at Ole Miss, he was active in...

Darrell N. Phillips is a Memphis-based attorney with significant experience in the areas of contract, employment, tort, advertising and media law. He routinely represents commercial and residential contractors in litigation, advises private employers, and advocates for plaintiff employees. He has assisted clients with software development disputes, online defamation cases, and digital licensing negotiations. He has also successfully negotiated the resolution of false advertising claims with the Federal Trade Commission on behalf of manufacturers.

Jeremiah is an Attorney at the East Memphis office of CloseTrak, Closing & Title Services, a full service provider of closing services, title services and escrow services in the greater Memphis, Shelby County, and West Tennessee area He also handles real estate closings in Mississippi and Arkansas.

As an Attorney with CloseTrak, LLC, Mr. McGuire is happy to be part of a team with the knowledge, experience, and know how to help you bring your client to the closing table with confidence and to ensure that their closing stays on track.

With over 11 years of experience working in the real estate...

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McPherson Law Office currently assists small businesses, their owners and others with business, banking and securities law matters. Practice areas include business litigation, banking law, lender liability, private placements, business formation, purchase and sale, and simple wills and trusts. Mr. McPherson is a business, banking and securities lawyer with twenty-nine years experience: seventeen years in private practice; eleven years as Corporate Counsel; and one year of government service. He has worked for the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and has successfully completed the BAI Graduate School of Bank Financial Management at Vanderbilt...

Attorney Eskridge attended law school at the University of Memphis, Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law after graduating with Honors from Tennessee State University in Nashville, Tennessee with a Bachelor of Arts degree. She began her career as an educator in the Nashville Metropolitan School District and continued in the field of education as a corporate trainer. Attorney Eskridge concentrates her practice in the areas of Criminal, Probate and Family Law including child support, child custody and adoption matters, as well as Small Business Litigation. Ms. Eskridge is a tireless community servant working with organizations including Red...

Marian Quintero has represented award-winning photographers and business owners in intellectual property matters, including copyright and trademark issues. She earned her Juris Doctor degree from St. Thomas University School of Law in 2022, where she also received a Certificate in Intellectual Property Law. During law school, she served as Vice President of Financial Affairs for the Moot Court Honor Society and externed for Judge Barbara Areces in the Eleventh Judicial Circuit. She is admitted to practice law in Florida and the Northern, Middle, and Southern Districts of Florida, as well as the Northern District of Texas.