Legal Employers

Following is a sample of legal employers that have recruited students and graduates from the University of Tennessee College of Law.

Adams and Reese/Stokes Bartholomew (TN; AL; MS; LA; TX)
Advocates for Basic Legal Equality (Toledo, OH)
Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld (Washington, DC; Dallas, TX)
Allen, Kopet & Associates (Knoxville and Jackson, TN)
Alston & Bird (Atlanta, GA; Charlotte, NC)
Ambrose, Wilson, Grimm & Durand (Knoxville, TN)
American Civil Liberties Union (nationwide)
Andrews Kurth LLP (Houston, TX)
Appalachian Research & Defense Fund of Kentucky (Prestonburg, KY)
Armstrong Allen (Memphis, TN)
Arnett, Draper & Hagood (Knoxville, TN)
Atlanta Legal Aid Society (Atlanta, GA)
Baker, Donelson, Bearman,Caldwell & Berkowitz (TN; AL; MS)
Baker, O’Kane & Thompson (Knoxville, TN)
Balch & Bingham (Birmingham, AL)
Barnes & Thornburg (Indianapolis, IN)
Bass, Berry & Sims (Nashville, Knoxville and Memphis, TN)
Batson, Nolan, Brice, Williamson & Girsky (Clarksville, TN)
Becker, Fleishman, Brown & Knight (Knoxville, TN)
Bell, Seltzer, Park & Gibson (Charlotte, NC)
Berkeley Law Foundation (Berkeley, CA)
Berry & Perkins (Irvine, CA)
Blackburn & McCune (Nashville and Knoxville, TN)
Bone McAllester Norton (Nashville, TN)
Boult, Cummings, Conners & Berry (Nashville, TN)
Bourland, Heflin, Alvarez, & Minor (Memphis, TN)
Bovis, Kyle & Burch (Atlanta, GA)
Bowen Riley Warnock & Jacobson (Nashville, TN)
Bracewell & Giuliani (Houston, TN)
Branham & Day (Nashville, TN)
Brewer, Krause & Brooks (Nashville, TN)
Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard (Greensboro, NC)
Brown, Brown & Brown (Washington, D.C.)
Bullock, Fly & Hornsby (Murfreesboro, TN)
Burch, Porter & Johnson (Memphis, TN)
Butler, Snow, O’Mara, Stevens & Cannada (Memphis, TN; Jackson, MS)
Butler, Vines & Babb (Knoxville, TN)
Bundy McElroy Hodges (Abingdon, VA)
Burch, Porter & Johnson (Memphis, TN)
Burr & Forman (Birmingham, AL)
Cabaniss, Johnston, Gardner, Dumas & O’Neal (Birmingham, AL)
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft (New York, NY)
Cahill, Gordon & Reindel (New York, NY)
Carlton Fields (Tampa, FL)
Carrington, Coleman, Sloman & Blumenthal (Dallas, TX)
Carpenter & O’Connor (Knoxville, TN)
Center for Constitutional Rights (New York, NY)
Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel (Chattanooga, TN)
Christian & Barton (Richmond,VA)
Community Mediation Center (Knoxville, TN)
Comptroller of the Currency (Washington, D.C.)
Conservation Law Foundation (Boston, MA)
Constangy, Brooks & Smith (Nashville, TN; Atlanta, GA)
Consumers Union (nationwide)
Cornelius & Collins (Nashville, TN)
Crumley & Associates (High Point, NC)
The Davis Firm (Knoxville, TN)
Defender Association of Phildelphia (Philadelphia, PA)
Dennis, Corry & Porter (Atlanta, GA)
Dewey Ballantine (New York, NY)
Dinsmore & Shohl (Lexington and Louisville, KY; Cincinnati, Columbus and Dayton OH)
District of Columbia Public Defender Service (Washington, D.C.)
Drew, Eckl & Farnham (Atlanta, GA)
Dunn, MacDonald, & Coleman (Knoxville, TN)
Eastridge & Demonds (Johnson City, TN)
Egerton, McAfee, Armistead & Davis (Knoxville, TN)
Eldridge & Blakney (Knoxville, TN)
Emory University School of Law, Barton Child Law and Policy Clinic (Atlanta, GA)
Equal Justice Works Fellowships for Equal Justice (Washington, D.C., and nationwide)
Exxon Company, Law Department (Houston, TX)
Fair Housing Council (Louisville, KY)
Farmer & Luna (Nashville, TN)
Farris Mathews Branan Bobango & Hellen (Memphis and Nashville, TN)
Federal Bureau of Investigation (nationwide)
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (nationwide)
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Washington, D.C.)
Federal Trade Commission (Washington, D.C.)
Fisher & Phillips (Atlanta, GA)
Florida Department of Environmental Protection (Tallahassee, FL)
The Ford Foundation Fellowship Program (New York, NY)
Flaherty, Sensabaugh & Bonasso (Charleston, WV)
Ford & Harrison (Atlanta, GA)
Frantz, McConnell & Seymour (Knoxville, TN)
Frost Brown Todd (TN; KY; OH)
Fulbright & Jaworski (Washington, D.C.)
Galloway, Johnson, Tompkins, Barr & Smith (New Orleans, LA)
Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (Boston, MA)
Gearhiser, Peters, Lockaby & Tallant (Chattanooga, TN)
Gentry, Tipton, Kizer & McLemore (Knoxville, TN)
Georgia Justice Project (Atlanta, GA)
Georgia Legal Services (Atlanta, GA)
Gerrish & McCreary (Memphis, TN)
Gideon & Wiseman (Nashville, TN)
Glankler Brown (Memphis, TN)
Glassman, Edwards, Wade & Wyatt (Memphis, TN)
Goody’s Family Clothing, Inc. (Knoxville, TN)
Governor’s Office of Planning and Budget (Atlanta, GA)
Grant, Konvalinka & Harrison (Chattanooga, TN)
Gray, Layton, Kersh, Solomon, Sigmon, Furr & Smith (Gastonia, NC)
Great West Casualty (Knoxville, TN)
Greenebaum Doll & McDonald (Nashville, TN; Louisville, KY; Cincinnati, OH)
Greenberg Law Firm (Roanoke, VA)
Gullett, Sanford, Robinson & Martin (Nashville, TN)
Gunster, Yoakley & Stewart (West Palm Beach, FL)
Habitat for Humanity (Atlanta, GA)
Hall, Booth, Smith & Slover (Nashville, TN; Atlanta, GA)
Hamilton, Brooks, Smith & Reynolds (Concord, MA)
Hardin & Parkes (Columbia, TN)
Harwell, Howard, Hyne, Gabbert & Manner (Nashville, TN)
Hays & Porter (Atlanta, GA)
Henry, McCord, Bean, Miller, Gabriel & Carter (Tullahoma, TN)
Herndon, Coleman, Brading & McKee (Johnson City, TN)
Hill Boren (Jackson, TN)
Hodges, Doughty & Carson (Knoxville, TN)
Holbrook & Peterson (Knoxville, TN)
Holland & Knight (Atlanta, GA)
Holrob Investments (Knoxville, TN)
HomeBase (San Francisco, CA)
Hopping Green & Sams (Tallahassee, FL)
Huddleston Bolen (Charleston, WV)
Hughes & Luce (Dallas, TX)
Hunter, Smith & Davis (Kingsport, TN)
Hunton & Williams (Knoxville, TN; Richmond, VA; Atlanta, GA)
Husch & Eppenberger (Chattanooga, Memphis and Nashville, TN; St. Louis, MO)
Jackson Lewis (Atlanta, GA; Orlando, FL)
James, McElroy & Diehl (Charlotte, NC)
Jenkens & Gilchrist (Chicago, IL)
Johnston Barton Proctor & Powell (Birmingham, AL)
Kay, Griffen, Enkema & Brothers (Nashville, TN)
Kelley, Drye & Warren (Washington, D.C.)
Kennedy, Covington, Lobdell & Hickman (Charlotte, NC)
Kennerly, Montgomery & Finley (Knoxville, TN)
Kentucky Department of Public Advocacy (statewide)
Kilpatrick Stockton (Atlanta, GA; Charlotte, NC)
King & Ballow (Nashville, TN)
King & Spalding (Atlanta, GA; Houston, TX)
Kramer Rayson (Knoxville, TN)
The Kullman Firm (Memphis, TN; New Orleans, LA; Birmingham, AL)
Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund (Atlanta, GA)
Lange, Simpson, Robinson & Somerville (Birmingham, AL)
Leatherwood, Walker, Todd & Mann (Greenville, SC)
Legal Aid of East Tennessee (Knoxville, Johnson City, Morristown and Chattanooga, TN)
Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands (Nashville, Clarksville, Cookeville, Columbia, Tullahoma and Oak Ridge, TN)
Legal Aid Society of New York (New York, NY)
Leitner, Williams, Dooley & Napolitan (Chattanooga, Knoxville, Nashville, Memphis)
Lewis, Glasser, Casey & Rollins (Charleston, WV)
Lewis, King, Krieg & Waldrop (Knoxville and Nashville, TN; Atlanta, GA)
Littler Mendelson (nationwide)
London & Amburn (Knoxville, TN)
Long, Ragsdale & Waters (Knoxville, TN)
Luedeka, Neely & Graham (Knoxville, TN)
Manier & Herod (Nashville, TN)
Martin, Tate, Morrow & Marston (Memphis, TN)
Mayer, Brown, Roe & Maw (Chicago, IL)
McGlinchy & Stafford (New Orleans, LA)
McGuire, Wood & Bissette (Asheville, NC)
McNair Law Firm (Columbia, SC)
Memphis Area Legal Services (Memphis, TN)
Merchant & Gould (Atlanta, GA; Minneapolis, MN)
Miller, Hamilton, Snider & Odom (Miami, FL)
Miller & Martin (Chattanooga and Nashville, TN; Atlanta, GA)
Minor, Bell & Neal (Dalton and Lafayette, GA)
Mintz & Fraade (New York, NY)
Moore, Ingram, Johnson & Steele (Knoxville, TN; Marietta, GA)
Moore, Stout, Waddell & Ledford (Kingsport, TN)
Morris, Manning & Martin (Atlanta, GA)
Morgan & Hendrick (Key West, FL)
National Labor Relations Board (nationwide)
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough (Columbia, SC; Charlotte, NC; Atlanta, GA)
Nexsen Pruet (Greenville, SC)
Ortale, Kelley, Herbert & Crawford (Nashville, TN)
Otten Johnson Robinson Neff & Ragonetti (Denver, CO)
Overseas Private Investment Corp. (Washington, D.C.)
Paine, Tarwater, Bickers & Tillman (Knoxville, TN)
Parker, Hudson, Rainer & Dobbs (Atlanta, GA)
Parker, Lawrence, Cantrell & Dean (Nashville, TN)
Parker Poe (Charlotte, NC)
Peck, Shaffer & Williams (Cincinnati, OH)
PennStuart (Bristol, TN; Abingdon, VA)
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. (Washington, D.C.)
Pitts & Brittian (Knoxville, TN)
Powell Goldstein (Atlanta, GA)
Poyner & Spruill (Charlotte, NC)
The Presidential Management Fellows Program (Washington, D.C. & nationwide)
The Procter & Gamble Company, Legal Division (Cincinnati, OH)
The Procter & Gamble Company, Patent Division (Cincinnati, OH)
Pryor, Flynn, Priest & Harber (Knoxville, TN)
Public Citizen Litigation Group (Washington, D.C.)
Rainey, Kizer, Reviere & Bell (Jackson, TN)
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press (Arlington, VA)
Ritchie, Dillard & Davies (Knoxville, TN)
Robinson, Bradshaw & Hinson (Charlotte, NC)
Robinson, Smith & Wells (Chattanooga, TN)
The Rutherford Institute (Charlottesville, VA)
Sands Anderson Marks & Miller (Richmond, VA)
Sharp & Ripley (Sevierville, TN)
Sheppeard & Swanson (Knoxville, TN)
Sherrard & Roe (Nashville, TN)
Sirote & Permutt (Birmingham, AL)
Skadden Fellowship Program (New York, NY)
Smith, Currie & Hancock (Atlanta, GA)
Smith, Debnam, Narron, Wyche, Saintsing & Myers (Raleigh, NC)
Smith, Gambrell & Russell (Atlanta, GA)
Snell & Wilmer (Phoenix, AZ)
Sobieski, Messer & Associates (Knoxville, TN)
Social Security Administration (nationwide)
Southern Appalachian Biodiversity Project (Asheville, NC)
Southern Environmental Law Center (Charlottesville, VA; Chapel Hill, NC; Atlanta, GA)
Spicer, Flynn & Rudstrom (Memphis, Nashville, Knoxville and Chattanooga, TN)
Steptoe & Johnson (Charleston, WV)
Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox (Washington, D.C.)
Stewart, Estes & Donnell (Nashville, TN)
Stites & Harbison (Nashville, TN)
Strang, Fletcher, Carriger, Walker, Hodge & Smith (Chattanooga, TN)
Sughrue, Mion, Macpeak & Seas (Washington, D.C.)
SunTrust Equitable Securities (Nashville, TN)
Supreme Court of Mississippi (Jackson, MS)
Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan (Atlanta, GA)
Tennessee Attorney Generals Office (Nashville, TN)
Tennessee Board of Regents (Nashville, TN)
Tennessee Court of Appeals (statewide)
Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals (statewide)
Tennessee Department of Commerce & Insurance (Nashville, TN)
Tennessee District Attorneys Offices (statewide)
Tennessee Public Defenders Offices (statewide)
Tennessee Supreme Court (statewide)
Tennessee Valley Authority (Knoxville, TN)
Texas Civil Rights Project (Austin, TX)
Texas Rural Legal Aid (Nashville, TN)
Thomason, Hendrix, Harvey, Johnson & Mitchell (Memphis, TN)
Thompson, O’Brien, Kemp & Nasuti (Norcross, GA)
Trial Lawyers for Public Justice (Washington, D.C.)
Troutman Sanders (Atlanta, GA)
U.S. Air Force JAG Corps (worldwide)
U.S. Army JAG Corps (worldwide)
U.S. Attorneys Offices (statewide)
U.S. Bankruptcy Courts (nationwide)
U.S. Coast Guard JAG Corps (nationwide)
U.S. Courts of Appeals (nationwide)
U.S. Court of of Federal Claims (Washington, D.C.)
U.S. Court of International Trade (New York, NY)
U.S. Department of Defense (Washington, D.C.)
U.S. Department of Energy (Oak Ridge, TN)
U.S. Department of the Interior (Washington, D.C.)
U.S. District Courts (nationwide)
U.S. Department of Justice (Washington, D.C.)
U.S. Department of Labor (nationwide)
U.S. Department of Transportation (Washington, D.C.)
U.S. Department of the Treasury (nationwide)
U.S. District Courts (Tennessee and nationwide)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (Washington, D.C.)
U.S. Marine JAG Corps (worldwide)
U.S. Navy JAG Corps (worldwide)
U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission (nationwide)
Van Winkle, Buck, Wall, Starnes & Davis (Asheville, NC)
Vinson & Elkins (Houston, TX)
Wagner, Myers & Sanger (Knoxville, TN)
Waldrop & Hall (Jackson, TN)
Walker, Bryant, Tipps & Malone (Nashville, TN)
Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis (Nashville, TN)
Walmart Stores, Inc. (Bentonville, AR)
Wasson, Sours & Harris (Atlanta, GA)
Watkins, McGugin, McNeilly & Rowan (Nashville, TN)
Webb Sanders & Williams (Tupelo, MS)
Weil, Gotshal & Manges (Dallas, TX)
Weil & Weil (Chattanooga, TN)
West Group (nationwide)
West Tennessee Legal Services (Jackson and Dyersburg, TN)
White & Case (Miami, FL)
White, Carson & Allimon (Madisonville, TN)
Wimberly, Lawson, Seale, Wright & Daves (Knoxville, Morristown and Cookeville, TN)
Wilson, Worley & Gamble (Kingsport, TN)
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice (Charlotte, NC)
Wood, Herron & Evans (Cincinnati, OH)
Woodcock Washburn (Philadelphia, PA)
Woods, Rogers & Hazelgrove (Roanoke, VA)
Woolf, McClane, Bright, Allen & Carpenter (Knoxville, TN)
Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs (Memphis and Nashville, TN; Louisville, KY)
Yezbak Law Firm (Nashville, TN)