About Kurt W
Kurt W Bartlett began his professional life in settings that value discipline and practical skills. He studied languages at the Defense Language Institute in 1994 and completed further coursework there in 1995. That early training left him comfortable in structured environments and attuned to detail. Those traits would shape his later work in public safety and the law.
Bartlett spent the 1990s in uniform. He served as a sergeant in the U.S. Army beginning in 1991. Later he joined the Metro Nashville Police Department and rose to the rank of police sergeant by 1999. Those years in military and municipal policing exposed him to investigations, evidence handling, and courtroom procedures from the enforcement side. He moved from enforcing rules to advising people about them.
His legal credentials include admission to practice in Tennessee and admission to the U.S. Supreme Court bar. He applies courtroom experience and an understanding of law enforcement to criminal defense work. Colleagues and clients note that he brings the perspective of someone who has worked inside the systems he now challenges on behalf of clients.
Bartlett’s background includes an uncommon certification for a lawyer: a Federal Pest/Rodent Control License issued by the U.S. Department of Defense. That credential reflects earlier responsibilities tied to government service and an ability to meet specialized regulatory requirements. He also maintains professional memberships; one of those memberships dates from 2011 and continues to the present, and he holds other active memberships as well.
He practices from an office that lists Bartlett Law and an entry identifying DUI Criminal Defense Lawyer as a primary area of practice. His casework involves DUI and other criminal matters, where his combined experience in policing and court practice informs how he prepares cases. He represents clients at arraignments, pretrial hearings, and trials, and regularly handles negotiation efforts as part of case strategy.
Bartlett’s career path reads as a series of practical moves: language training, military service, policing, and then law. Each step added tools that he now uses in legal work. He continues to serve clients from his practice at Bartlett Law, concentrating on DUI and criminal defense matters.
