Civil Rights Lawyers Serving Tennessee

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115 lawyers found

Civil Rights law in Tennessee covers discrimination, police misconduct, First Amendment violations, voting rights, and civil liberties. When these legal matters arise, having the right attorney can make a significant difference in the outcome. Tennessee has its own statutes, court procedures, and legal standards that apply specifically to civil rights cases, and attorneys who practice in Circuit Court regularly understand the nuances that affect how these matters are resolved.

The statute of limitations for civil rights matters in Tennessee is generally 1 year (one of the shortest in the US), though specific deadlines vary by case type. Cases proceed through Circuit Court, and Tennessee's state laws may provide protections or requirements that differ from federal standards. The Tennessee Bar Association sets the professional standards for practitioners, and attorneys who focus on civil rights in Tennessee bring jurisdictional expertise that general practitioners often lack.

When selecting a civil rights 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.

For a detailed overview of how civil rights law works in Tennessee — including key statutes, deadlines, and what to expect from the legal process — Read our complete guide to civil rights law in Tennessee. If you're ready to take the next step, browse the attorney profiles below and reach out for a free consultation.

Seamus Kelly - Attorney
Seamus Kelly
0/5 (0 reviews)
Music City Law, PLLC
 1033 Demonbreun Street Suite 300 Nashville TN 37203
(615) 200-0682
Vanderbilt University Law School (2010)
English
Bar #032202
Tennessee Bar
Active License
Verified
Antitrust Law Appeals & Appellate Business Law
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David Louis Raybin - Attorney
David Louis Raybin
0/5 (0 reviews)
Raybin & Weissman, P.C.
 424 Church St Suite 2200, Fifth Third Center Nashville TN 37219
(615) 256-6666
University of Tennessee College of Law (1973)
Bar #003385
6th Circuit Bar
Active License
Verified
Civil Rights Criminal Law DUI & DWI
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Dominick R. Smith - Attorney
Dominick R. Smith
0/5 (0 reviews)
DRS Law
 943 College St. Bowling Green KY 42101
(615) 742-1775
Bar #028783
Tennessee Bar
Active License
Verified
Appeals & Appellate Civil Rights Insurance Claims
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Todd G. Cole - Attorney
Todd G. Cole
0/5 (0 reviews)
Cole Law Group, PC
 1648 Westgate Cir #301 Brentwood TN 37027
(615) 490-6020
Shepard Broad Law Center, Nova Southeastern University (2004)
Danish, English
6th Circuit Bar
Unknown Status
Appeals & Appellate Arbitration & Mediation Business Law
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Drew Justice - Attorney
Drew Justice
0/5 (0 reviews)
The Justice Law Office
 1902 Cypress Drive Murfreesboro TN 37130
(615) 419-4994
University of Tennessee College of Law (2007)
Tennessee Bar
Unknown Status
Appeals & Appellate Business Law Civil Rights
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Howard Manis - Attorney
Howard Manis
0/5 (0 reviews)
Cochran Firm - Mid South
 40 South Main, Suite 1700 Memphis TN 38103
(901) 523-1999
University of Memphis (1990)
English
Mississippi Bar
Unknown Status
Civil Rights Criminal Law Legal Malpractice
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David Weissman - Attorney
David Weissman
0/5 (0 reviews)
 424 Church Street Suite 2200, Fifth Third Center Nashville TN 37219
(615) 256-6666
Florida State University College of Law (1989)
Bar #025188
United States District Court Middle District of Tennessee Bar
Active License
Verified
Civil Rights Personal Injury Real Estate Law
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Benjamin Raybin - Attorney
Benjamin Raybin
0/5 (0 reviews)
Hollins, Raybin & Weissman P.C.
 424 Church Street Suite 2200 Nashville TN 37219
(615) 256-6666
Vanderbilt University Law School (2007)
Bar #029350
Tennessee Bar
Active License
Verified
Civil Rights Criminal Law Personal Injury
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Douglas B. Janney III - Attorney
Douglas B. Janney III
0/5 (0 reviews)
Law Office of Douglas B. Janney III
 5115 Maryland Way Brentwood TN 37027
(615) 742-5900
Ohio Northern University (1997)
English
6th Circuit Bar
Active License
Business Law Civil Rights Employment Law
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Alexis Irene Tahinci - Attorney
Alexis Irene Tahinci
0/5 (0 reviews)
Tahinci Law Office PLLC
 105 Ford Ave Suite 3 Kingsport TN 37663
(423) 406-1151
Pennsylvania State University - Dickinson School of Law (2007)
Bar #031808
Active License
Verified
Civil Rights Employment Law Personal Injury
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Larry Crain - Attorney
Larry Crain
0/5 (0 reviews)
Crain Law Group, PLLC
 5214 Maryland Way Brentwood TN 37027
(615) 376-2600
District of Columbia Bar
Unknown Status
Civil Rights Intellectual Property Legal Malpractice
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Daniel A Gillespie - Attorney
Daniel A Gillespie
0/5 (0 reviews)
The Gillespie Law Office
 618 S. Gay Street Suite L-1 Knoxville TN 37902
(865) 275-5291
Temple University (2009)
Unknown Status
Agricultural Law Appeals & Appellate Civil Rights
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David Alexander Burkhalter - Attorney
David Alexander Burkhalter
0/5 (0 reviews)
Burkhalter, Rayson & Associates, P.C
 111 South Central Street Knoxville TN 37902
(865) 524-4974
University of Tennessee College of Law (1976)
Tennessee Bar
Unknown Status
Animal & Dog Law Civil Rights Employment Law
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R. Sadler Bailey - Attorney
R. Sadler Bailey
0/5 (0 reviews)
Bailey & Greer, PLLC
 Bailey & Greer, PLLC 6256 Poplar Avenue Memphis TN 38119
(901) 680-9777
Emory University (1986)
English
Bar #011230
6th Circuit Bar
Active License
Verified
Civil Rights Legal Malpractice Medical Malpractice
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Herbert Thornbury - Attorney
Herbert Thornbury
0/5 (0 reviews)
McMahan Law Firm
 100 W. M L King Blvd Suite 500 Chattanooga TN 37402
(423) 756-2221
University of Tennessee College of Law
Bar #001449
Tennessee Bar
Active License
Verified
Civil Rights Personal Injury Social Security Disability
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Nickolas I. Schulenberg - Attorney
Nickolas I. Schulenberg
0/5 (0 reviews)
Freeman & Fuson
 2126 21st Ave S Nashville TN 37212
(615) 298-7272
University of Tennessee - Knoxville
English
Bar #037670
Tennessee Bar
Active License
Verified
Civil Rights Criminal Law Divorce
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James W. Friauf - Attorney
James W. Friauf
0/5 (0 reviews)
 6515 Clinton Hwy Suite 207 Knoxville TN 37912
(865) 236-0347
Bar #027238
Active License
Verified
Appeals & Appellate Civil Rights Consumer Law
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Thomas R Greer - Attorney
Thomas R Greer
0/5 (0 reviews)
Bailey & Greer, PLLC
 Bailey & Greer, PLLC 6256 Poplar Avenue Memphis TN 38119
(901) 680-9777
University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law (2002)
English
Tennessee Bar
Unknown Status
Civil Rights Legal Malpractice Medical Malpractice
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Connie Reguli - Attorney
Connie Reguli
0/5 (0 reviews)
 1646 Westgate Circle Ste 101 Brentwood TN 37027
(615) 661-0122
Nashville School of Law (1989)
Tennessee Bar
Unknown Status
Civil Rights Divorce Domestic Violence
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Jim Higgins - Attorney
Jim Higgins
0/5 (0 reviews)
The Higgins Firm PLLC
 651 E 4th St #100 Chattanooga TN 37403
(615) 353-0930
University of Memphis
English
Kentucky Bar
Unknown Status
Civil Rights Elder Law Employment Law
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Quinton E. Thompson - Attorney
Quinton E. Thompson
0/5 (0 reviews)
The Quinton Thompson Law Office, PLC
 119 S. Main St 500 Memphis TN 38103
(901) 322-8737
Vanderbilt University Law School (2012)
English
Bar #034468
Tennessee Bar
Active License
Verified
Business Law Civil Rights Criminal Law
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James Bryan Moseley - Attorney
James Bryan Moseley
0/5 (0 reviews)
 237 Castlewood Drive Suite D Murfreesboro TN 37129
(615) 254-0140
University of Tennessee College of Law (1997)
Bar #021236
6th Circuit Bar
Active License
Verified
Civil Rights Personal Injury
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Robert Alfred Donati - Attorney
Robert Alfred Donati
0/5 (0 reviews)
Donati Law
 1545 Union Ave Memphis TN 38104
(901) 278-1004
University of Mississippi School of Law
English, French, Italian
5th Circuit Bar
Active License
Civil Rights Employment Law Personal Injury
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Aaron Guin - Attorney
Aaron Guin
0/5 (0 reviews)
Farrar & Bates, LLP
 211 Seventh Avenue North, Suite 500 Nashville TN 37219
(615) 254-3060
University of Tennessee College of Law (1998)
Bar #021200
Tennessee Bar
Inactive License
Verified
Appeals & Appellate Business Law Civil Rights
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Daniel R Pilkington - Attorney
Daniel R Pilkington
0/5 (0 reviews)
Watson, Roach, Batson & Lauderback, PLC
 Suite 1500 900 S. Gay Street Knoxville TN 37902
(865) 637-1700
University of Tennessee - Knoxville (2002)
English
Tennessee Bar
Unknown Status
Civil Rights Employment Law Medical Malpractice
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Robb C. Bigelow - Attorney
Robb C. Bigelow
0/5 (0 reviews)
Bigelow Legal, P.C.
 4235 Hillsboro Pike #217 Nashville TN 37215
(615) 800-6966
Vanderbilt University Law School (2002)
English
Tennessee Bar
Unknown Status
Civil Rights Employment Law
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Lance Kristopher Baker - Attorney
Lance Kristopher Baker
0/5 (0 reviews)
The Baker Law Office
 800 S. Gay Street, Suite 1950 Knoxville TN 37929
(865) 437-3370
Lincoln Memorial University - John J. Duncan, Jr. School of Law
Bar #032945
Tennessee Bar
Active License
Verified
Civil Rights Criminal Law DUI & DWI
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Elliott J. Schuchardt - Attorney
Elliott J. Schuchardt
0/5 (0 reviews)
Schuchardt Law Office
 6223 Highland Place Way Suite 201 Knoxville TN 37919
(865) 304-4374
Columbia Law School (1990)
English
Tennessee Bar
Unknown Status
Bankruptcy Civil Rights Family Law
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Margaret Held - Attorney
Margaret Held
0/5 (0 reviews)
Held Law Office
 1522 Highland Ave Knoxville TN 37916
(865) 637-6550
Bar #018033
Active License
Verified
Civil Rights Divorce Elder Law
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Christopher Hunter Jones - Attorney
Christopher Hunter Jones
0/5 (0 reviews)
 707 Georgia Avenue suite 403 Chattanooga TN 37402
42348670204867020
Baylor University
English
Bar #025003
Oklahoma Bar
Active License
Verified
Agricultural Law Civil Rights Criminal Law
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David Randall Mantooth - Attorney
David Randall Mantooth
0/5 (0 reviews)
 414 Union St Nashville-Davidson (Balance) TN 37219
University of Tennessee College of Law (1989)
Bar #013875
Tennessee Bar
Inactive License
Verified
Civil Rights Consumer Law Municipal Law
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Keith Farrin Blue - Attorney
Keith Farrin Blue
0/5 (0 reviews)
 211 7th Ave N Nashville-Davidson (Balance) TN 37219
University of Tennessee College of Law (1983)
Tennessee Bar
Unknown Status
Civil Rights Insurance Defense Municipal Law
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Myers Newton Massengill - Attorney
Myers Newton Massengill
0/5 (0 reviews)
 777 Anderson St Bristol TN 37620
(423) 764-1174
University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law (2000)
Bar #020861
Tennessee Bar
Active License
Verified
Civil Rights Criminal Law Divorce
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John Kirk Banks - Attorney
John Kirk Banks
0/5 (0 reviews)
 641 E Elk Ave Elizabethton TN 37643
(423) 543-3100
University of Tennessee College of Law (1973)
Bar #001204
Tennessee Bar
Active License
Verified
Civil Rights Real Estate Law Social Security Disability
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Alex Jay Hurder - Attorney
Alex Jay Hurder
0/5 (0 reviews)
 2419 Ravenwood Dr Murfreesboro TN 37129
Duke University School of Law (1976)
Bar #004303
Tennessee Bar
Active License
Verified
Civil Rights Education Law Social Security Disability
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