Previous Law Firm Name

• Hollins, Wagster, Yarbrough, Weatherly & Raybin, P.C.

Law Firm Overview

The members of our firm have a professional background and depth of experience rarely found in a firm of our size.

• The members average twenty-five years in practice
• Five members are listed in Best Lawyers in America
• One member is a former Editor-in-Chief of the Vanderbilt Law Review
• Three members are former Assistant District Attorneys
• One member is the former Public Defender for Nashville
• One member is a former Assistant Public Defender
• One member has authored a treatise on Tennessee Criminal Law and Procedure cited in over one hundred appellate court cases.
• One member has been elected a Fellow in the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, and is a Fellow in the American Academy of Trial Lawyers
• One member is a former Navy Judge Advocate General's Corps attorney
• All members and associates continue their legal training and are frequent lecturers at continuing legal education seminars both in Tennessee and nationally.

The members of the firm are also active in local and state bar associations.

• Six of our members have been elected officers of the Nashville Bar Association and three have served as President of the Association.
• One member has served as President of the Lawyer's Association for Women
• All members have been appointed chairs of various committees of the Nashville Bar Association.
• Two members have been elected President of the Tennessee Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and four have been elected to its Board of Directors.

The members of the firm have been appointed by Judicial, Legislative and Executive officials to serve on various commissions and boards nationally, statewide and locally including:

• The National Uniform Law Commission,
• The Tennessee Sentencing Commission,
• House Task Force to Study Judicial Reform in Tennessee,
• The Tennessee Continuing Legal Education and Specialization Commission
• The Indigent Defense Commission.

The law firm has received the highest rating in both legal ability and ethical standards offered by the prestigious Martindale Hubbell and the firm is listed as preeminent by that publication.

The law firm is located in the central business district of the state capitol in close proximity to all state and federal courts as well as all state executive, administrative and legislative offices.

Areas of Practice

• Business & Commercial Law
• Contracts
• Business Organizations
• Civil Rights
• Criminal Law
• DUI/DWI
• Victims' Rights
• White Collar Crimes
• Estate Planning
• Family Law
• Adoption
• Child Support
• Custody & Visitation
• Divorce
• Nursing Home
• Insurance Law
• Internet - Cyberspace
• Litigation & Appeals
• Personal Injury -- Defense
• Personal Injury -- Plaintiff
• Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Plaintiff
• Probate & Estate Administration
• Products Liability Law
• Medical Malpractice
• Real Estate Law
• Whistleblower/Qui Tam
• Workers' Compensation Law

West Practice Categories

Business & Commercial Law, Contracts, Business Organizations, Civil Rights, Criminal Law, DUI/DWI, Victims' Rights, White Collar Crimes, Estate Planning, Family Law, Adoption, Child Support, Custody & Visitation, Divorce, Nursing Home, Insurance Law, Internet - Cyberspace, Litigation & Appeals, Personal Injury -- Defense, Personal Injury -- Plaintiff, Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Plaintiff, Probate & Estate Administration, Products Liability Law, Medical Malpractice, Real Estate Law, Whistleblower/Qui Tam, Workers' Compensation Law