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Established 1916
Hunter, Smith & Davis, LLP enjoys a significant multi-state practice in Tennessee, Virginia, Kentucky and beyond. The firm actively practices in the areas of Civil Litigation (including Insurance Defense), Corporate, Banking and Commercial Transaction Law, Labor and Employment Law, Healthcare Law, Employee Benefits Law, Utilities Law, Real Estate and Land Use Law, Estate Planning and Taxation Law, Environmental Law, and Alternative Dispute Resolution (Mediation and Arbitration). All of the firm's attorneys are licensed to practice in the State of Tennessee. In addition, five attorneys are licensed to practice in the Commonwealth of Virginia, and the states of Georgia, Florida, Montana, Minnesota, New Jersey, North Carolina and the City of Washington D.C..
The firm's attorneys are active in many professional, civic and charitable endeavors throughout Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia including positions with numerous civic and nonprofit organizations. The firm's attorneys are also active as members and officers of the American Bar Association, the Tennessee Bar Association, the Northeast Tennessee Young Lawyers Association, the Virginia Bar Association, the Georgia Bar Association, and the Kingsport and Washington County, Tennessee Bar Associations.
Hunter, Smith and Davis, LLP attorneys and staff utilize the firm's advanced technological equipment in serving the firm's clients. This includes an expansive library and individualized desktop access to computerized on-line and CD-ROM research capabilities, the Internet and e-mail. All attorneys engage in continuing legal education programs as well as conducting periodic client seminars. The firm employs a full-time office administrator and a financial administrator along with several paralegals and legal assistants. Hunter, Smith and Davis, LLP maintains an active summer associate program that is the foundation for its recruitment and hiring of associate attorneys.
PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
The firm's attorneys are active in many professional, civic and charitable endeavors throughout the region including positions with numerous civic and nonprofit organizations. The following is a sample of the types of boards, groups and organizations to which our attorneys devote their time, efforts and resources:
PROFESSIONAL
American Bar Association
American Board of Trial Advocates
American College of Trial Lawyers
American Health Lawyers Association
The Association of Trial Lawyers of America
Bar Association of the District of Columbia
Board of Professional Responsibility
Board of Governors for the Tennessee Bar Association
Business Law Section of the American Bar Association
Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA)
Commission on Continuing Legal Education and Specialization of the Supreme Court of Tennessee
Continuing Legal Education Committee of the Tennessee Bar Association
Corporate and Banking Sections of the American Bar Association
Defense Research Institute
Federal Bar Assocation
Federation of Insurance Counsel
Georgia Bar Association
Health Law Section of the American and Tennessee Bar Associations
Insurance Committee of the Tennessee Bar Association
International Association of Corporate Counsel
International Association of Defense Counsel
International Association of Insurance Counsel
Kingsport Bar Association
Labor and Employment Sections of American, Georgia, Tennessee, and Virginia Bar Associations
Litigation Section of American Bar Association
New Jersey State Bar Association
North Carolina Bar Association
Northeast Tennessee Committee on Technology in the Courtroom
Northeast Tennessee Young Lawyers Association
Sixth Circuit Judicial Conference
Tennessee Association of Defense Lawyers
Tennessee Bar Association
Tennessee Bar Association Board of Governors
Tennessee Bar Association House of Delegates
Tennessee Bar Association Task Force on the Judiciary
Tennessee Bar Association Young Lawyers Division
Tennessee Bar Association Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee
Tennessee Bar Foundation Board of Directors
Tennessee Board of Law Examiners
Tennessee Defense Lawyers Association
Legal Aid of Upper East Tennessee
Virginia Bar Association
Washington County Bar Association
Wisconsin Bar Association
COMMUNITY
40 Under Forty
AIM Scholars
American Cancer Society – Relay for Life
American Heart Association
American Red Cross
Appalachian School of Law
Area Chambers of Commerce
Asbury, Inc.
Boys and Girls Clubs
Bristol Ballet
Bristol Regional Memorial Center Ethics Committee
Boundless Playgrounds
Children’s Advocacy Center
Christian Legal Society
Civitan
Contact Concern
Dawn of Hope
Dobyns-Bennett High School Athletics and Library
Friends in Need
Federal Court Historical Society
Generation Next
Girls, Inc.
Goodwill
Habitat for Humanity
Hands On! Regional Museum
Holston Valley Healthcare, Inc.
Industrial Development Committee
Johnson City Symphony
Junior Achievement
Junior League of Kingsport
Juvenile Diabetes
“Kingsport ChamberZone” television program
Kingsport Fun Fest’s Art Show Sponsor
Kingsport Public Library
Kiwanis Club
Lead Bristol
Leadership 2015 - Johnson City/Washington County
Leadership Kingsport
Mountain States Foundation Leadership Council
Paramount Theater
Rotary Club
Salvation Army
Second Harvest Food Bank
Sequoyah Council of Boy Scouts of America
Symphony of the Mountains
Tennessee Chamber of Commerce
Tennessee Golf Association
Tri-Cities Estate Planning Council
United Way of Greater Kingsport
University of Tennessee Law Alumni Council
Volunteer Kingsport
Wellmont Foundation
Various Church Affiliations and Activities
Various University Alumni Organizations.
Youth Baseball and Soccer Leagues
For more information concerning Hunter, Smith and Davis, LLP, e-mail us at information@hsdlaw.com or follow the "Contact Us" link above.
