Throughout the month of October Bone McAllester Norton is partnering with the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce for their Business Studio Legal Series. The series is designed to shape the legal plan for business of all sizes. 

Dates and topics include: 

October 7: Protecting your business relationships, goods and services 

Sean Kirk will teach you how to negotiate contracts that protect your business relationships with suppliers, vendors, customers and others. Register here.

Sean C. Kirk

October 13: Permitting for events and alcohol service

Learn best practices with Rob Pinson while partnering with breweries, distilleries and wineries as well as the most frequently asked questions small businesses have when working with the Alcoholic Beverage Commission. Register here.

Robert D. Pinson

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

October 20: Benefiting from business structure

 Make sure your organization has the optimum business structure in this session with Chris Raybeck, especially as we approach the holidays and tax season. Register here.

Christopher J. Raybeck

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

October 27: Labor and employment law for small business

Join us as Anne Martin guides small business owners and HR professionals through the labor and employment law world, covering a wide range of topics from harassment policies to maternity leave to changes in overtime. Register here.

Anne C. Martin

The Pilgrimage Festival is in its second year and it already attracts world-wide talent from top musicians to the latest - this top producer, Justin Timberlake.



The buzz around this festival is electric.  We've heard it said:  If Coachella and Stagecoach got together and had a baby it would be the Pilgrimage Festival.  It's the perfect blend of rock, country, folk, bluegrass, with a bit of jazz.  And, of course, its in Tennessee so we like to add in the best food we have to offer.

The festival is in Franklin on September 24-25, 2016.  For more information about the lineup, click here.

To read The Tennessean article about Justin Timberlake joining the ranks at Pilgrimage, click here.  Or Rolling Stone.

We are so excited to see the lineup for this fall's Pilgrimage Festival.  A client of BoneLaw, this event is in its second year and slated to be better than the first.

The Tennessean has a great article about what the planners learned from the inaugural event and changed made as a result.  To read the article, click here.

An excerpt from the article:

What's new for year 2?

We talked to Pilgrimage Festival co-founders Kevin Griffin and Brandt Wood about what's new and improved about Pilgrimage in its second year:

It'll be easier to get a beverage: "We're putting a few more bars in, because people came thirsty," says Wood. "We noticed some (long) beer lines, and we were called out on it. We are going to fix that by adding more bartenders, more bars and the same great selection of craft beer, wine and spirits. We weren't sure how robust it needed to be, and it was impressive. People came out to party."

Griffin had to be talked into booking his own band, Better Than Ezra: "I didn't want it to be, 'Hey! I started a festival, and I'm playing!'" Griffin explains. "You know? In a spot (on the lineup) that's too high. I didn't want to give anybody any ammo (to criticize the festival), because I wanted to have a purity of the whole thing. This is what this (festival) is about. It's not about my performing career. But so many people said, 'We want you to play,' and I can get my band cheap."  Read more. . . 

Sean Kirk - Bone LawSean Kirk will be speaking at a seminar Landlord-Tenant Law: Lease Agreements, Defaults and Collections on Wednesday, March 30, 2016.

Sean's presentation "Happening Now in Tennessee Landlord-Tenant Law" will discuss recent changes in Davidson County associated with its construction noise mitigation plan and short-term rental regulations, as well as recent case law and issues affecting landlord-tenant relations.

Wednesday, March 30, 2016

8:30 am - 4:30 pm
One Century City Place Conference Center
26 Century Boulevard
Nashville, TN 37214

Anyone interested in attending may register here.

A program summary brochure is available here:Landlord-Tenant Law Program Brochure.

Nashville, TN – The Nashville Bar Foundation (NBF) honored the 2016 Class of Fellows on Saturday, March 12, 2016 at Hillwood

Country Club.

 

Among the honorees were the following Nashville attorneys:

Michael G. Abelow, Sherrard & Roe, PLC

Mary Beth Ausbrooks, Rothschild & Ausbrooks, PLLC

Laura B. Baker, Law Offices of John Day, PC

Charles Robert Bone, Bone McAllester Norton, PLLC

Samuel T. Bowman, Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz

Paul Kent Bramlett, Bramlett Law Offices

C. David Briley, Bone McAllester Norton, PLLC

Matthew R. Burnstein, Waller

Jean Byassee, Dobbins, Venick, Kuhn & Byassee, PLLC

David Cañas, Thompson Burton, PLLC

James R. Cartiglia, Patterson Intellectual Property Law, PC

Catherine A. Caster, Centerstone

Robert F. Chapski, Lewis Thomason

Jennifer Gingery Cook, Webb Sanders, PLLC

Phillip F. Cramer, Sherrard & Roe, PLC

Alexander Davie, Riggs Davie, PLC

Ralph DeMarco, Rutherford & DeMarco

David N. Garst, Lewis Thomason

Lynda Motes Hill, Frost Brown Todd, LLC

Timothy T. Ishii, Law Offices of Timothy T. Ishii

Brendi Kaplan, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough

Suzanne Kessler, Bone McAllester Norton, PLLC

Ryan D. Levy, Patterson Intellectual Property Law, PC

James Mackler, Frost Brown Todd, LLC

Richard Manson, SourceMark, LLC

Rocky R. McElhaney, II, Rocky McElhaney Law Firm, PC

Austin L. McMullen, Bradley Arant Boult Cummings, LLP

Margaret Moore, Wiseman Ashworth Law Group, PLC

Valerie Diden Moore, Butler Snow, LLP

Junaid Adetayo Odubeko, Bradley Arant Boult Cummings, LLP

Lea Carol Owen, Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz

Jason M. Pannu, Lewis Thomason

Michelle Poss, Sobel, Poss & Moore, PLLC

Matt Potempa, Martin Heller Potempa & Sheppard, PLLC

Stephen H. Price, Burr & Forman, LLP

Scott A. Rhodes, White & Rhodes, PC

Marissa Moses Russ, MTR Family Law, PLLC

Peter C. Sales, Bradley Arant Boult Cummings, LLP

Carolyn W. Schott, Sherrard & Roe, PLC

Blaine H. Smith, Bass, Berry & Sims, PLC

Eric W. Smith, Nissan North America, Inc.

Richard E. Spicer, Spicer Rudstrom, PLLC

Nancy Wood Stabell, Wood Stabell Law Group

Camille Webb Steward, Nashville Electric Service

Richard F. Warren, Jr., Bradley Arant Boult Cummings, LLP

Benjamin Whitehouse, Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance

Benjamin E. Winters, Law Office of Benjamin E. Winters

Jessalyn H. Zeigler, Bass, Barry & Sims, PLC

 

The NBF also presented the David Rutherford Award to Ashley T. Wiltshire, Jr., former Director of the Legal Aid Society.  This award is given to a Fellow who exemplifies the memory and ideals of David Rutherford, which include professionalism, charitable contributions in the legal field and in the community as a whole, and the spirit of collegiality among bench and bar.

 

About the Nashville Bar Association

The Nashville Bar Association, established in 1831, is a professional organization serving the legal community of Nashville, Tennessee. The NBA—with almost 3,000 members—is the largest metropolitan bar association in Tennessee.

We are honored to have several of our attorneys and clients on the Nashville Post's annual InCharge List for 2016.

The InCharge List recognizes individuals in the business community who have made contributions to their business sector, that in turn, keep Nashville thriving and growing.  The list makers, who have been hand-selected by the Nashville Post editorial staff, are over 400 of Nashville's business elite in over 20 categories of business.  It is the premier who's who list and a great reference tool!

As the Nashville Post puts it "The 448 women and men on our list, the Post's Seventh, represent the best of the best - and are always 'in charge'."

The Bone McAllester Norton attorneys featured on this list were honored last night at the InCharge Event held at the Nashville Public Library.

Charles Robert Bone - Bonelaw President and CEO

Stacey Garrett KojuEdward M. Yarbrough

 

 

 

 

 

Charles Bone

Will Cheek

 

Bone McAllester Norton had the honor of attending the member preview opening for Treasures from the House of Alba on February 4, 2016.  The Frist Center for the Visual Arts hosted a VIP reception for the opening of its latest exhibit " Treasures from the House of Alba: 500 Years of Art and Collecting."

Don Carlos Fitz-James Stuart, the 19th Duke of Alba, was the guest of honor for the more than 140 works of art belonging to one of the most prominent noble families in the political and cultural history of Spain.  It is truly one of the most delightful collections in Europe - Nashville is honored to be the first city to host this collection outside of Spain.

For more information about the latest Frist Center exhibit, click here.

For the article in The Tennessean, click here.

 

 

The Music Business Association (Music Biz) has announced that chart-topping Country star Brett Eldredge will perform live at the Music Biz 2016 Awards Breakfast on Tuesday, May 17, at the Renaissance Nashville Hotel in Nashville. Sponsored by the Country Music Association (CMA) to spotlight the 50th anniversary of the CMA Awards, the Breakfast will also feature the presentation of the Presidential Award for Outstanding Executive Achievement to John Esposito, President and CEO of Warner Music Nashville and Chairman of the CMA Board of Directors, and the Independent Spirit Award to Redeye, a leading physical and digital distributor and label services provider for some of the biggest independent artists and labels in the world.

For the rest of the press release, click here.

Samar Ali will address the cross-jurisdictional issues that come into play when working with clients doing business internationally.

This session will focus on such questions as when to allow your clients contracts to be governed under English law, New York law or Tennessee Law; when to rely heavily on Alternative Dispute Resolution language; when it is necessary to set up a subsidiary; and what types of tax law issues need to be considered in such transactions. She will also provide a risk assessment strategy that you can use for clients doing work in South America, Europe, Latin America, Africa, the Middle East and Asia.

 

 

Bone McAllester Norton PLLC is a full-service law firm with 39 attorneys and offices in Nashville, Sumner and Williamson counties, Tennessee. Our attorneys focus on 18 distinct practice areas, providing the wide range of legal services ordinarily required by established and growing businesses and entrepreneurs. Among our practices, we represent clients in business and capital formation, mergers and acquisitions, securities matters, commercial lending and creditors’ rights, commercial real estate and development, governmental regulatory matters, commercial litigation and dispute resolution, intellectual property strategy and enforcement, entertainment and environmental matters. Our client base reflects the firm’s deep understanding and coverage of today’s leading industry and business segments. For more information, visit www.bonelaw.com.

Will Cheek, Bone McAllester Norton Alcoholic Beverage Team Leader, entertained Vanderbilt law students at the Cork and Tap Society mixer at Bone client Corsair Artisan Distillery and the third year Food System seminar class at Bone client Jackalope Brewing.  Will explained the history of liquor law and current federal and Tennessee legal systems to law school students at both events.  Will and the students enjoyed mixing education with liquor, including tours of the distillery and brewery!

 

 

Bone McAllester Norton PLLC is a full-service law firm with 39 attorneys and offices in Nashville, Sumner and Williamson counties, Tennessee. Our attorneys focus on 18 distinct practice areas, providing the wide range of legal services ordinarily required by established and growing businesses and entrepreneurs. Among our practices, we represent clients in business and capital formation, mergers and acquisitions, securities matters, commercial lending and creditors’ rights, commercial real estate and development, governmental regulatory matters, commercial litigation and dispute resolution, intellectual property strategy and enforcement, entertainment and environmental matters. Our client base reflects the firm’s deep understanding and coverage of today’s leading industry and business segments. For more information, visit www.bonelaw.com.

 

Bone McAllester Norton client OneC1TY brings a “town-hall” style dining Italian restaurant to their 19 acre campus in Nashville.  Pastaria is scheduled to open next summer.

 

Read more on the Tennessean here.

 

 

Bone McAllester Norton PLLC is a full-service law firm with 39 attorneys and offices in Nashville, Sumner and Williamson counties, Tennessee. Our attorneys focus on 18 distinct practice areas, providing the wide range of legal services ordinarily required by established and growing businesses and entrepreneurs. Among our practices, we represent clients in business and capital formation, mergers and acquisitions, securities matters, commercial lending and creditors’ rights, commercial real estate and development, governmental regulatory matters, commercial litigation and dispute resolution, intellectual property strategy and enforcement, entertainment and environmental matters. Our client base reflects the firm’s deep understanding and coverage of today’s leading industry and business segments. For more information, visit www.bonelaw.com.

 

 

 

On Nov. 5, Bone McAllester Norton attorney Samar Ali will join John Strohm and Steve Joiner with the WPLN news staff for discussions on the art of negotiation & mediating conflicts.

The event starts at 5:30pm at the Nashville Public Radio’s Studio C. Please click here to RSVP for this free event. Space is limited.

 

 

 

 

Bone McAllester Norton PLLC is a full-service law firm with 39 attorneys and offices in Nashville, Sumner and Williamson counties, Tennessee. Our attorneys focus on 18 distinct practice areas, providing the wide range of legal services ordinarily required by established and growing businesses and entrepreneurs. Among our practices, we represent clients in business and capital formation, mergers and acquisitions, securities matters, commercial lending and creditors’ rights, commercial real estate and development, governmental regulatory matters, commercial litigation and dispute resolution, intellectual property strategy and enforcement, entertainment and environmental matters. Our client base reflects the firm’s deep understanding and coverage of today’s leading industry and business segments. For more information, visit www.bonelaw.com

The Alcoholic Beverage Team at Bone McAllester Norton licensed the new Pilgrimage Music & Cultural Festival in Franklin, Tennessee.

See more about the festival here.

 

 

Bone McAllester Norton PLLC is a full-service law firm with 38 attorneys and offices in Nashville and Sumner County, Tennessee. Our attorneys focus on 17 distinct practice areas, providing the wide range of legal services ordinarily required by established and growing businesses and entrepreneurs. Among our practices, we represent clients in business and capital formation, mergers and acquisitions, securities matters, commercial lending and creditors’ rights, commercial real estate and development, governmental regulatory matters, commercial litigation and dispute resolution, intellectual property strategy and enforcement, entertainment and environmental matters. Our client base reflects the firm’s deep understanding and coverage of today’s leading industry and business segments. For more information, visit www.bonelaw.com.

Bone McAllester Norton’s Loren E. Mulraine will speak among many of the country’s most accomplished business executives, lawyers, and clients in the Nation’s Capital at The New Global Paradigm Entertainment Arts and Sports Symposium. The Symposium is designed to address cutting-edge aspects of the sports and entertainment fields by exploring ways to improve these fields while addressing the challenges that confront those in the field.

Loren serves in an Of Counsel role at Bone McAllester Norton, where he focuses his practice on entertainment law, intellectual property and business and corporate law. He is also a professor at Belmont University College of Law, where he teaches courses in Copyright Law, Entertainment law, Media Law and Intellectual Property Law.

The two day event starts Friday, September 18, 2015. Click here for more information.

 

 

 

 

Bone McAllester Norton PLLC is a full-service law firm with 38 attorneys and offices in Nashville, Sumner and Williamson counties, Tennessee. Our attorneys focus on 18 distinct practice areas, providing the wide range of legal services ordinarily required by established and growing businesses and entrepreneurs. Among our practices, we represent clients in business and capital formation, mergers and acquisitions, securities matters, commercial lending and creditors’ rights, commercial real estate and development, governmental regulatory matters, commercial litigation and dispute resolution, intellectual property strategy and enforcement, entertainment and environmental matters. Our client base reflects the firm’s deep understanding and coverage of today’s leading industry and business segments. For more information, visit www.bonelaw.com.

 

Bone McAllester Norton attorney David M. Anthony will present an interactive webinar on marketing a legal practice for The Tennessee Attorneys Memo and Alabama Law Weekly on Thursday, Aug. 27, 2015. “Marketing Your Legal Practice: Websites, Blogs and More” will cover the technology and tools available to attorneys to attract and impress future clients. David will cover social media, law firm website essentials, blogs and industry listings.

David concentrates his practice in the areas of bankruptcy, commercial litigation, creditors’ rights, construction and lien litigation. He maintains and publishes two blogs (www.paidinfull.bonelaw.com and www.creditorsrights101.com), as well as a corresponding Twitter feed (@creditorlaw), which all focus on creditor issues in the law.

This webinar has been approved for one hour of general CLE credit.

Date: Thursday, August 27, 2015

Time: 2 to 3 p.m.

Click here to register.

 

 

 

Bone McAllester Norton PLLC is a full-service law firm with 38 attorneys and offices in Nashville, Sumner and Williamson counties, Tennessee. Our attorneys focus on 18 distinct practice areas, providing the wide range of legal services ordinarily required by established and growing businesses and entrepreneurs. Among our practices, we represent clients in business and capital formation, mergers and acquisitions, securities matters, commercial lending and creditors’ rights, commercial real estate and development, governmental regulatory matters, commercial litigation and dispute resolution, intellectual property strategy and enforcement, entertainment and environmental matters. Our client base reflects the firm’s deep understanding and coverage of today’s leading industry and business segments. For more information, visit www.bonelaw.com.

Minority bankers at the officer or managerial level are invited to the Freedmen Bankers Forum at Bone McAllester Norton on Tuesday, July 21. Ron Samuels, president, chairman and CEO of Avenue Bank, will present “The State of Banking and Insights on Career Development” as part of the program. Attendance is free.

The Freedmen Bankers Forum is dedicated to providing business development and collaboration opportunities for minority officers and managers in Middle Tennessee’s banking industry, through referrals, professional education and placement. Bone McAllester Norton is proud to produce this Forum.

Time: 4:30 to 6 p.m.

Date: Tuesday, July 21

Location: Bone McAllester Norton (Nashville City Center, 511 Union Street, Suite 1600).

Click This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.to RSVP.

 

 

 

Bone McAllester Norton PLLC is a full-service law firm with 38 attorneys and offices in Nashville, Sumner and Williamson counties, Tennessee. Our attorneys focus on 18 distinct practice areas, providing the wide range of legal services ordinarily required by established and growing businesses and entrepreneurs. Among our practices, we represent clients in business and capital formation, mergers and acquisitions, securities matters, commercial lending and creditors’ rights, commercial real estate and development, governmental regulatory matters, commercial litigation and dispute resolution, intellectual property strategy and enforcement, entertainment and environmental matters. Our client base reflects the firm’s deep understanding and coverage of today’s leading industry and business segments. For more information, visit www.bonelaw.com.

Bone McAllester Norton attorney James E. Mackler spoke about drone laws at the American Railway Development Association’s (ARDA) annual meeting in Denver today. The founder of the firm’s unmanned aerial systems (UAS, or commonly "drones") focus, he was part of a panel that discussed inspections and imaging using UAS.

ARDA is a not-for-profit educational trade association founded to promote economic development, real estate development, technology and environmental activities of North American railroads.

 

 

 

 

 

Bone McAllester Norton PLLC is a full-service law firm with 38 attorneys and offices in Nashville, Sumner and Williamson counties, Tennessee. Our attorneys focus on 18 distinct practice areas, providing the wide range of legal services ordinarily required by established and growing businesses and entrepreneurs. Among our practices, we represent clients in business and capital formation, mergers and acquisitions, securities matters, commercial lending and creditors’ rights, commercial real estate and development, governmental regulatory matters, commercial litigation and dispute resolution, intellectual property strategy and enforcement, entertainment and environmental matters. Our client base reflects the firm’s deep understanding and coverage of today’s leading industry and business segments. For more information, visit www.bonelaw.com.

Bone McAllester Norton’s Loren E. Mulraine will speak on protecting intellectual property at this week’s Entrepreneurs and Innovators Conference, presented by the Alabama State Black Chamber of Commerce. The two-day event will feature subject matter experts, influential leaders and successful entrepreneurs sharing their experience and tricks of the trade, all designed to help spur economic growth in Alabama.

Loren serves in an Of Counsel role at Bone McAllester Norton, where he focuses his practice on entertainment law, intellectual property and business and corporate law. He is also a professor at Belmont University College of Law, where Intellectual Property Law is one of the courses he teaches.

The Entrepreneurs & Innovators Conference is June 25-26, 2016 at The Cahaba Grand in Birmingham, Ala. Click here for more information.

 

 

 

 

Bone McAllester Norton PLLC is a full-service law firm with 38 attorneys and offices in Nashville, Sumner and Williamson counties, Tennessee. Our attorneys focus on 18 distinct practice areas, providing the wide range of legal services ordinarily required by established and growing businesses and entrepreneurs. Among our practices, we represent clients in business and capital formation, mergers and acquisitions, securities matters, commercial lending and creditors’ rights, commercial real estate and development, governmental regulatory matters, commercial litigation and dispute resolution, intellectual property strategy and enforcement, entertainment and environmental matters. Our client base reflects the firm’s deep understanding and coverage of today’s leading industry and business segments. For more information, visit www.bonelaw.com.

William J. (Paz) Haynes III , an employment lawyer at Bone McAllester Norton, will deliver a presentation on “Privacy and Social Media in the Workplace” at the upcoming Fundamentals of Employment Law Seminar, presented by Sterling Education Services, Inc. The seminar is intended to provide the framework around the basic fundamentals in employment law that companies of all sizes need to know in order to be successful, and attendees will learn how to advise clients, write policies and administer procedures effectively.



Specific topics that will be covered include Hiring and Terminating Employees in the Current Economy, Immigration Law, FLSA/Wage and Hour Critical Issues, ADA and FMLA Updates and Interplay and Privacy and Social Media in the Workplace, among others.

Paz practices in the firm’s Labor & Employment Law group. He has spoken at seminars on employment law and professional ethics for the Tennessee Bar Association, trial practices, youth groups and other civic and professional organizations.

Fundamentals of Employment Law Seminar will take place from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 11. Click here for more information.

 

 

 

 

 

Bone McAllester Norton PLLC is a full-service law firm with 38 attorneys and offices in Nashville, Sumner and Williamson counties, Tennessee. Our attorneys focus on 18 distinct practice areas, providing the wide range of legal services ordinarily required by established and growing businesses and entrepreneurs. Among our practices, we represent clients in business and capital formation, mergers and acquisitions, securities matters, commercial lending and creditors’ rights, commercial real estate and development, governmental regulatory matters, commercial litigation and dispute resolution, intellectual property strategy and enforcement, entertainment and environmental matters. Our client base reflects the firm’s deep understanding and coverage of today’s leading industry and business segments. For more information, visit www.bonelaw.com.

Bonelaw attorney James E. Mackler is slated as a speaker at the upcoming Tennessee Digital Government Summit, where he will present “UAS—A New Frontier?”

Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) is an emerging hot topic for both technologists and enthusiasts, but unless regulations are followed, these systems can remain grounded. James will cover the many drone activities taking place in Middle Tennessee and what UAS operators need to know in order to be legally compliant.

James is the founder of the firm’s UAS focus, the first of its kind in the region. He began practicing law in 1997 and has focused on regulatory compliance, civil litigation and federal criminal defense. His UAS clients range across industries, including agriculture, surveying, videography, military and government agencies.

The Tennessee Digital Summit will be held Thursday, June 11, 2015, at the Nashville Airport Marriott. Click here for more information.

 

 

 

 

Bone McAllester Norton PLLC is a full-service law firm with 38 attorneys and offices in Nashville, Sumner and Williamson counties, Tennessee. Our attorneys focus on 18 distinct practice areas, providing the wide range of legal services ordinarily required by established and growing businesses and entrepreneurs. Among our practices, we represent clients in business and capital formation, mergers and acquisitions, securities matters, commercial lending and creditors’ rights, commercial real estate and development, governmental regulatory matters, commercial litigation and dispute resolution, intellectual property strategy and enforcement, entertainment and environmental matters. Our client base reflects the firm’s deep understanding and coverage of today’s leading industry and business segments. For more information, visit www.bonelaw.com.