Melvin Malone
Education
- J.D., University of Tennessee
- B.S., University of Tennessee
Employment
- Miller & Martin PLLC (Nashville)
Melvin Malone serves as Managing Member of the Nashville office of Miller & Martin PLLC. In this role, he directs all operations of the Nashville office and serves as a member of the Policy Committee that manages more than 200 Miller & Martin attorneys in three offices.
Malone has been a member of Miller & Martin since 2002. He chairs the Telecommunications & Utilities Practice Group and co-chaired the firm’s Diversity Committee until December 2008 . Before joining the firm, he served as a Commissioner of the Tennessee Regulatory Authority and its predecessor the Tennessee Public Service Commission. He served as Chairman of the Authority from 1998 to 2000 and as Legal Counsel to Tennessee Governor Don Sundquist from 1995 to 1996.
Among other matters, Malone has successfully litigated on behalf of a regional financial institution, a global wireless communications company, the nation’s largest three-service public utility, a national automotive finance company and a coalition of Tennessee telephone cooperatives. He also provides counsel to builders, start-up companies, retail merchants, religious organizations, professional athletes, non-profits and others on a host of legal matters.
Melvin reflects on his law school experience in this way: "In many ways, my time at the College of Law laid the foundation for my life - personally, spiritually and professionally. Still today, some of my closest friends and most influential mentors are persons that I met during my law school years. Also, it was during my first summer of law school that I embarked upon my first missionary trip outside of the U.S. I could not be more grateful for my years at the College of Law."