About Us

We like to say that Bone McAllester Norton PLLC is a young firm with a history. This history long precedes the firm's organization in January of 2002. The firm traces its origin to September of 1978 when Charles Bone, Sam McAllester and Mike Norton, along with Jayne Ann Woods, opened Bone & Woods in downtown Nashville. Since then, Bone, McAllester and Norton have continued to practice law together. It is this continuity that has given us a deep sense of relationship with each other, our clients and our community.

In our fast-paced, digitized business world, change takes place at the speed of light. Our lawyers understand that competence, innovation, creativity, flexibility and technological resources are hallmarks of quality legal service. But alone, these characteristics do not equal superb legal service: accessibility, responsiveness, cost-effectiveness and professionalism are essential. At Bone McAllester Norton, we have an unwavering commitment to these traits that result in client satisfaction.

We offer certain distinctives to our clients: namely, a strategic approach combined with objective advice, responsiveness and accessibility, and our diversity. We are thankful for the opportunity to serve our clients, and we work hard to demonstrate our appreciation by providing extraordinary service and an exceptional work product. We believe that providing quality legal work is a minimum standard and that responsiveness and accessibility to our clients are defining attributes among our lawyers. We are intentionally a diverse assembly of professionals and are committed to treating everyone we reach - clients, employees, adversaries, the public, and ourselves - with the highest level of dignity, civility and respect.

Our firm has been recognized for a number of achievements over the last few years. Twice the firm was named by the Nashville Business Journal as a finalist for its Best in Business Award. It has also been recognized by the Nashville Business Journal as one of the best places to work in Nashville. The firm was also named by Business TN magazine as one of the fastest growing businesses in Tennessee. In addition, a number of our lawyers have been recognized among the best lawyers in Nashville in their respective areas of practice.