Tennessee Bankruptcy Lawyers | Compare Attorneys Near You

If you need legal help with bankruptcy matters in Tennessee, understanding the local legal landscape is the first step. Tennessee attorneys handle cases involving Chapter 7 liquidation, Chapter 13 reorganization, means testing, exemptions, and automatic stay protections, and the state's specific rules — from filing procedures in Circuit Court to applicable deadlines — can directly shape the strategy and outcome of your case.

Bankruptcy cases in Tennessee are filed in federal court, but the state's exemption laws determine what assets you keep. Whether you're considering Chapter 7 liquidation or Chapter 13 reorganization, Tennessee's specific exemptions can significantly affect the outcome. Filing triggers an automatic stay that immediately stops creditor actions, and an experienced bankruptcy attorney knows how to maximize the protections available under Tennessee law.

When selecting a bankruptcy attorney in Tennessee, consider their specific experience with cases like yours, their familiarity with Circuit Court procedures, and their track record. The attorneys listed on this page serve clients throughout Tennessee and have profiles that include their credentials, practice areas, office locations, and client reviews. Comparing multiple attorneys helps you find the right fit for your situation and budget.

Before you choose an attorney, it helps to understand the legal landscape. Read our complete guide to bankruptcy law in Tennessee to learn about filing deadlines, state-specific rules, and what damages or remedies may be available in your case. Then use the directory below to find and compare qualified lawyers across Tennessee.

Carl Daniel Scott - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Scott Law Group
 209 Chilhowee School Rd #15 Seymour TN 37865
(865) 246-1050
University of Tennessee College of Law (1979)
Bar #010295
Tennessee Bar
Active License
Verified
Bankruptcy Business Law Foreclosure Defense
Jim Williams - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Jim Williams & Associates, Lawyers at Law, LLC
 324 Cherokee Street Kingsport TN 37660-4336
(423) 230-0006
University of Tennessee - Knoxville (1994)
English
Bar #018466
Virginia Bar
Active License
Verified
Appeals & Appellate Bankruptcy Criminal Law
Peter Amoruso - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Quist, Fitzpatrick, & Jarrard, PLLC
 800 S. Gay Street Ste. 2121 Knoxville TN 37929
8655241873206
Lincoln Memorial University (2019)
Bar #040982
Tennessee Bar
Active License
Verified
Bankruptcy Business Law Criminal Law
David C. Veazey - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Law Offices of David C. Veazey
 PO Box 3206 Chattanooga TN 37404
(423) 521-1776
University of Tennessee College of Law (2006)
English, French, Russian
Bar #028753
Tennessee Bar
Active License
Verified
Bankruptcy Criminal Law Divorce
John R. Colvin - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
 205 South High Street Winchester TN 37398
(931) 962-1044
Cumberland School of Law, Samford University (1994)
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee Bar
Active License
Bankruptcy Nursing Home Abuse Personal Injury
Van Douglas McMahan - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
McMahan Law Office
 109 West Court Avenue Selmer TN 38375
(731) 645-3100
Cumberland School of Law, Samford University (1994)
Bar #022385
Mississippi Bar
Active License
Verified
Bankruptcy Medical Malpractice Personal Injury
Bruce Allen Ralston - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Law Office of Bruce A. Ralston
 2670 Union Extended Suite 1228 Memphis TN 38112
(901) 543-5045
Bar #016260
Tennessee Bar
Active License
Verified
Bankruptcy Consumer Law
Philip Frederick Counce - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
 3333 Poplar Ave Memphis TN 38111
(901) 458-0555
University of Memphis (1972)
English
US District Court for the Western District of Tennessee Bar
Active License
Bankruptcy Business Law Consumer Law
Paul M. Estep - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Estep & Estep Lawyers-At-Law
 1733 Main Street Tazewell TN 37879
(423) 626-3525
6th Circuit Bar
Unknown Status
Bankruptcy Criminal Law Estate Planning
Ben Sissman - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
 44 North Second Street Suite 403 Memphis TN 38103
(901) 525-4414
University of Tennessee College of Law (1975)
Bar #007689
Tennessee Bar
Active License
Verified
Bankruptcy Collections
Candice K. Mendez - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Candice K. Mendez, Lawyer at Law
 1237-D Gay Street Dandridge TN 37725
(423) 623-4134
Appalachian School of Law (2005)
English
Bar #027425
Tennessee Bar
Active License
Verified
Bankruptcy Criminal Law Divorce
Randall Kirby - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Griffin Law Group
 776 East McMurry Blvd Hartsville TN 37074
(931) 837-2050
Belmont University College of Law (2018)
English
Bar #036850
Tennessee Bar
Active License
Verified
Bankruptcy Criminal Law DUI & DWI
Andy Davis - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Davis, Kessler & Davis
 705 Dinah Shore Blvd. Winchester TN 37398
(931) 967-7000
California Western School of Law (2001)
Tennessee Bar
Unknown Status
Bankruptcy Criminal Law Medical Malpractice
Eric K. Fox - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Law Office of Eric K. Fox
 103 Hazel Path Court Suite 6 Hendersonville TN 37075
(615) 264-5695
Georgetown University Law Center (1999)
United States District Court, Tennessee Middle District Bar
Unknown Status
Bankruptcy Estate Planning
Brent S. Snyder - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Brent S. Snyder Law
 2125 Middlebrook Pike Knoxville TN 37921
(865) 264-3328
University of Tennessee College of Law (1998)
English
Bar #021700
Tennessee Bar
Active License
Verified
Bankruptcy Consumer Law
Jonathan Lee Young - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Jonathan Young Law
 240 Rickman-Monterey Hwy. Rickman TN 38580
(931) 559-8985
University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law (1999)
Bar #020345
Tennessee Bar
Active License
Verified
Bankruptcy Estate Planning Family Law
David Earl Phillips - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
David E. Phillips, Lawyer at Law
 2525 Lebanon Pike Nashville TN 37214
(615) 852-7853
Nashville School of Law (1982)
English
Bar #012214
Tennessee Bar
Active License
Verified
Bankruptcy Consumer Law Foreclosure Defense
Tyler Scott Davis - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Davis Law Office
 804 W Race St Kingston TN 37763
(865) 354-3333
University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law (2012)
English
Tennessee Bar
Unknown Status
Appeals & Appellate Bankruptcy Criminal Law
Michael Augustine Wagner - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Wagner & Wagner Lawyers at Law
 701 Market Street Suite 310 Chattanooga TN 37402
(423) 756-7923
University of Tennessee - Chattanooga
Bar #012840
Active License
Verified
Bankruptcy Nursing Home Abuse Personal Injury
Christopher Clyde Todd - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Kaizen Law PC
 5865 Ridgeway Center Parkway Suite 300 Memphis TN 38120
University of Florida
Bar #040652
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Bankruptcy Business Law Personal Injury
Mark Richard Podis - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Podis and Podis
 4535 HARDING PIKE SUITE 105 Nashville TN 37205
(931) 401-1711
English
Bar #012216
Tennessee Bar
Active License
Verified
Bankruptcy Consumer Law
Weston A. Gantte - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
 1205 Gay Street Dandridge TN 37725
(865) 940-1529
University of Tennessee - Knoxville (2012)
English
Bar #034244
Tennessee Bar
Active License
Verified
Bankruptcy Business Law Criminal Law
Thomas Travaglini - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Thomas Travaglini | Lawyer At Law
 719 North Gallatin Pike Madison TN 37115
(615) 868-2880
Vanderbilt University
English
Unknown Status
Bankruptcy Personal Injury
Thomas Verner Smith - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
 112 N Liberty St P.O. Box 1743 Jackson TN 38302
(731) 423-1888
Samford University (1982)
Bar #011686
Alabama Bar
Active License
Verified
Bankruptcy Personal Injury
John Mark Stewart - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
 300 S College St Winchester TN 37398
(931) 967-4303
Cumberland School of Law, Samford University (1984)
Bar #011148
Tennessee Bar
Active License
Verified
Bankruptcy Business Law Divorce
Brian Campbell Smith - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
 502 Fleetwood Dr Lookout Mountain TN 37350
Vanderbilt University Law School (1969)
Bar #001128
Tennessee Bar
Active License
Verified
Bankruptcy Business Law Collections
Bryan C. Penland - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
 1900 Church Street, Suite 400 Nashville TN 37203
(931) 375-0006
Nashville School of Law (2006)
Bar #025631
Active License
Verified
Bankruptcy Divorce Personal Injury
Kenneth Lawson - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
 3335 Ringgold Road Suite 105 Chattanooga TN 37412
(423) 305-0384
Bar #013862
Tennessee Bar
Active License
Verified
Bankruptcy Criminal Law Divorce
Johnny Leon Woodruff - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
 PO BOX 363 APISON TN 37302
(423) 495-1999
University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law (1984)
Mississippi Bar
Unknown Status
Bankruptcy Business Law Consumer Law
Alisa Childers Peters - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
 3102 West End Ave Nashville-Davidson (Balance) TN 37203
Vanderbilt University Law School (2006)
Bar #025634
Tennessee Bar
Active License
Verified
Bankruptcy Environmental Law Real Estate Law
Douglas W. Buchanan - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
 754 Grand Marais St Grosse Pointe MI 48230
(865) 380-3000
Tulane University School of Law (1976)
Connecticut Bar
Unknown Status
Bankruptcy Business Law Consumer Law
Ann Reilly Mostoller - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
 136 S Illinois Ave # 104 Oak Ridge TN 37830
(865) 482-4466
University of Tennessee College of Law (1974)
Bar #001146
Tennessee Bar
Active License
Verified
Bankruptcy Estate Planning
Kendra Hazlett Armstrong - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
 8620 Trinity Rd 203 Memphis TN 38018
(901) 624-4464
University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law (1993)
Bar #016134
Tennessee Bar
Active License
Verified
Bankruptcy Divorce Family Law
Mark Albert Skelton - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
 121 South Depot Street Rogersville TN 37857
(423) 272-4812
University of Tennessee College of Law
Bar #010610
Tennessee Bar
Active License
Verified
Bankruptcy Divorce Elder Law
Joseph Allen Kelly - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
 303 2nd Ave Dayton TN 37321
The University of Chicago Law School (1991)
Bar #014921
Tennessee Bar
Active License
Verified
Bankruptcy Business Law Collections
Tyler Craig Huskey - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
 2430 Teaster Lane Suite 210 Pigeon Forge TN 37863
8655255300165
University of Memphis (1998)
Bar #021535
Tennessee Bar
Active License
Verified
Bankruptcy Business Law Construction Law
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