Thompson Burton PLLC
About
Thompson Burton PLLC, founded in 2005, is a full-service law firm based in Franklin, TN. With a team of dedicated partners, they specialize in various legal areas including bankruptcy and creditors' rights, commercial litigation, mortgage defense litigation, and commercial real estate. They are known for their broad range of experience and practical advice, representing creditors in distressed loan situations, community banks, real estate developers, and manufacturers. Offering a litigation avoidance and defense standpoint, they serve clients at both the state level throughout Tennessee and in every federal court district in the State of Tennessee.
Specialties
Service type
Transactional business, Litigation / Legal representation
Work type
Landlord / tenant dispute, Lease / contract interpretation, Writing a lease / contract, Buying a property, Selling a property, Short sale, Foreclosure, Contract disputes, Title and Boundary Disputes, Zoning, Planning and Land Use, Housing Discrimination, Construction Disputes, Other real estate issues
Location and hours
Thompson Burton PLLC
Seven Corporate Centre
Franklin, TN 37067
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
Mon
8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Closed
Closed
8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
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Work Experience
Attorney
Stites & Harbison
2000 - 2014
Attorney-Member
Thompson Burton PLLC
2014 - Present
AttorAT&T
Tazewell Shepard, P.C.
1997 - 1999
Attorney
Wilmer & Shepard, PA
1996 - 1997
Attorney
Troutman Sanders
2005 - 2012
Lieutenant
United States Navy
1998 - 2002
Attorney/Partner
Thompson Burton
2013 - Present
Associate
Thompson Burton PLLC
2015 - Present
Attorney
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings, LLP
2012 - 2012
Attorney
Parker, Hudson, Rainer & Dobbs, LLP
2007 - 2012
Associate Attorney
Thompson Burton PLLC
2017 - Present
Judicial Law Clerk to the Hon. Frank G. Clement, Jr.
Tennessee Court of Appeals
2015 - 2017
Partner
Thompson Burton PLLC
2013 - Present
Partner
Cornelius & Collins, LLP
2005 - 2012
Senior Law Clerk
Tennessee Court of Appeals, Middle Section
2005 - 2007
Extern
Federal District Court of Tennessee, Western Section
2005 - 2005
Summer Associate
University of Tennessee General Counsel's Office
2004 - 2004
Judicial Law Clerk
Williamson County, Tennessee Circuit Court
2003 - 2003
Education
University of Tennessee
2001
Lipscomb University
1998
University of Alabama School of Law
1996
University of Tennessee
2005
Vanderbilt University
1998
Lipscomb University
1992
University of Tennessee College of Law
Auburn University , Auburn
1984
University of Tennessee College of Law
1987
University of Tennessee College of Law
2007
Birmingham-Southern College
2003
Belmont University College of Law
University of Tennessee College of Law
2005
University of Tennessee, Knoxville (main)
2001
University of Memphis - Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law
2005
University of Tennessee
2002
University of Memphis - Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law
Law
2005
University of Tennessee
Business Administration
2002
University of Tennessee College of Law
Law
2007
Birmingham-Southern College
History
2003
University of Tennessee College of Law
Law
2005
University of Alabama School of Law
Law
1996
University of Tennessee, Knoxville (main)
Business Administration
2001
Lipscomb University
Political Science
1992
Belmont University College of Law
University of Tennessee College of Law
Law
1987
Auburn University , Auburn
1984
University of Tennessee
Law
2005
Vanderbilt University
Economics
1998
University of Tennessee College of Law
University of Tennessee
Law
2001
Lipscomb University
Political Science
1998
Associations & Affiliations
Mid-South Commercial Law Institute
Past President
Mid-South Commercial Law Institute
President
Mid-South Commercial Law Institute
Board of Directors
ICSC
Federal Bar Association, Middle Tennessee Chapter
President
Tennessee Bar Association, Tennessee Bar Association Leadership Law Committee
Executive Committee
Tennessee Bar Association, Tennessee Bar Association Leadership Law Committee
Co-chair
Tennessee Bar Association
Member
American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers
Member
Tennessee John Marshal American Inn of Court
Barrister
Nashville Bar Association
Member
Tennessee Bar Association
Member
American Bar Association
Member
Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association
Member
American Trial Lawyers Association
Member
Junior League of Nashville
Tennessee Bar Association
Nashville Bar Association
Williamson County Bar Association
Junior League of Nashville
Member
Kappa Kappa Gamma Nashville Alumni Association
Member
Nashville Bar Association
Member
Harry Phillips American Inn of Court
Member
Tennessee Bar Association
Member
Publications
Pratt's Journal of Bankruptcy Law
“A Bankruptcy Case that Resembles a Hollywood Movie Plot
2012
Pratt's Journal of Bankruptcy Law
Lender Must Tell Insurer About Foreclosure
2008
Consumer Finance Law Quarterly Report, Vol. 61, No. 4
Complying with the Tennessee Home Loan Protection Act
2007
Georgia Real Property Law Section Newsletter
"You Don't Have to Pick Your Poison: Foreclosure, Deficiency Judgments, and Other Collection Strategies in Georgia"
2009
Tennesee Bar Journal
Anthrax Scare & Employer Liability
2003
(book)
Surviving Divorce
2011
Tennessee Law Review
Civil Rights--ADEA--The Availability of Disparate Impact Claims
2005
Speaking Engagements
Judgment Enforcement in Tennessee
Collecting the Judgment
2007
Landlord-Tenant Law In Tennessee: Beyond the Basics
Landlord-Tenant Issues and Bankruptcy
2007
Lending Summit
Commercial Loan Work Out
2012
National Business Institute
Employment Issues Discussion
2018
Medical Records Law
Medical records law/HIPAA
Piercing the Corporate Veil in Tennessee: What Your Business Clients MUST Know
2014
Services offered
Real Estate Lawyer