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Barton LLP, a law firm with offices in New York, California, Tennessee, and Virginia is comprised of an elite team of former partners of “Big Law” who have joined together to create a progressive law firm. To us, legal services are business services, and our attorneys and staff are business-people serving business clients to advance their business goals.
Our mission is to provide our sophisticated corporate, financial services, investment fund and entrepreneurial clients with the highest quality legal services delivered in an effective and efficient manner. We accomplish this because we are an organization that does not follow the traditional multi-layered and leveraged law firm model. We believe that a better product, value and client experience is achieved by providing our clients with highly skilled senior attorneys who work directly on their matters with appropriate support from a strong, but lean team of associate attorneys and staff.
We are committed to developing long-term relationships by partnering with our clients so that we thoroughly understand their organizations, objectives and long-term goals. We offer in-house training programs to our clients and take a proactive approach to reviewing clients’ business practices, contracts and relationships to avoid or reduce the incidents of litigation and risk whenever possible.
Our firm structure and experience allows us to offer a wide array of alternative fee arrangements. We understand that hourly billing is frequently not in our client’s best interest, nor does it necessarily represent the value of our services. Our clients provide their goods and services in a competitive marketplace, and yet they rarely, if ever, use an hourly based pricing model. We know that clients have to manage their resources and create efficiencies to stay within budget – and they want lawyers who are able to do the same.
Client satisfaction is a central focus of our practice. We work to meet our clients’ expectations by delivering thoughtful legal counsel and practical advice in a timely and efficient manner. This commitment is supported by careful hiring and retention of attorneys and staff and by maintaining consistent service standards across all matters we handle.
Since 1975, the Firm has provided quality, timely, and cost-effective business and litigation services through more than 50 attorneys licensed in Tennessee, Kentucky, Mississippi, Arkansas, Indiana, and Georgia. Our full-service law firm, with offices in Tennessee (Memphis, Martin, Jackson, Nashville, and Chattanooga) and Kentucky (Fulton), represents local, regional, and national clients.
Our practice areas include insurance coverage and defense, alternative dispute resolution, banking and creditor relations, education law, employment law, estate planning and elder law, general corporate practice, healthcare and professional liability law, real estate transactions, taxation, workers’ compensation, civil rights defense, and tort litigation. We represent clients before state and federal courts and regulatory agencies throughout the Southeast.
The Firm’s philosophy emphasizes timely and efficient representation while maintaining high standards of ethics and professionalism. We recruit graduates from respected law schools and, when appropriate, bring in practicing attorneys with relevant experience to address the evolving needs of our clients. The Firm’s continuity is reflected in the long-term commitment of many attorneys who have remained with the Firm since law school graduation or judicial clerkship.
Our attorneys and staff contribute their time, resources, and support to programs and organizations that strengthen our community and participate in national, state, and local professional associations. A number of the Firm’s attorneys have been peer rated with Martindale-Hubbell and have received an AV rating. Many have also been selected by their peers for inclusion in U.S. News and World Report’s Best Lawyers® in America and Law and Politics magazine’s Super Lawyers rankings. Our attorneys regularly speak at seminars, workshops, and educational programs and remain committed to serving our clients, our community, and one another.