Thomas W. Lawless
Attorney At Law
The Customs House, Suite 403, 701 Broadway, Nashville, Tennessee 37203-3944 Telephone: 615-351-7839; 615-248-1900 Fax: 615-985-0900
 
 

Thomas W. Lawless
Member
Email: tomlawless@comcast.net

Practice Areas: Creditor Rights; Bankruptcy; Collections; Foreclosures; Mediation; Real Estate; Commercial Real Estate; Residential Real Estate.

Admitted: 1981, Tennessee; U.S. District Court, Eastern, Western and Middle Districts of Tennessee, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth and Federal Circuits, U.S. Court of International Trade and U.S. Supreme Court

Law School: Nashville School of Law, J.D., 1980

College: Middle Tennessee State University, B.S.

Member: Nashville (Chairman, Professionalism and Ethics Committee; Member: Bankruptcy Committee; Legislative Committee; Judicial Selection Committee), Federal Circuit, Tennessee, American (Member: Small Firm Practice and Solo Attorney Committee; Bankruptcy Committee) and International Bar Associations; American Board of Certification; American Bankruptcy Institute; National Association of Chapter 13 Trustees; National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees; National Association of Republican Lawyers; Tennessee Land Title Association; Green Hills Rotary Club; The Federalist Society (Founding Member and First President, Nashville Chapter); Republican National Lawyers Association.

Biography: Recipient, Dial-A-Lawyer Volunteer of the Year Award, Nashville Bar Association, 2004. Listed in: Best of the Bar, Nashville Business Journal, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007; Who's Who in American Law; Who's Who in America; Who's Who in the World; Mid-South Super Lawyers, 2006-2007, 2007-2008. Certified Rule 31 Mediator by Commission on ADR for State of Tennessee. Former Vice President and Counsel, First American Corporation. Poll Officer, Election Commission and Chairman, Davidson County Republican Party. Member: Tennessee Republican Party; National Rifle Association; Board of Zoning Appeals, City of Oak Hill. Former Republican Candidate, 5th Congressional District of Tennessee, U.S. Congress. Fellow: Nashville Bar Association; Tennessee Bar Association. (Certified in Creditors' Rights Law by the American Board of Certification) (Certified Creditor's Rights Specialist, Tennessee Commission on Continuing Legal Education and Specialization)

Born: 1954

ISLN: 905591733

 
 
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