Watkins & McNeilly, PLLC is one of the oldest law firms in Nashville. We are dedicated to the cost-efficient, service-oriented practice of law with the highest standards of ethical responsibility. What distinguishes our firm is the personal attention we provide for each of our clients.
Since that time, the firm has expanded and prospered under the leadership of the late Dan E. McGugin, Sr., Lowe Watkins, Dan E. McGugin, Jr. and later W. Warner McNeilly, Jr. The firm is presently comprised of six attorneys dedicated to the cost-efficient, service-oriented practice of law with the highest standards of ethical responsibility.
The firm’s niche in the Nashville legal community is based upon providing high quality legal work at a more affordable cost to the client. In order to do so, the firm makes every effort to minimize its overhead costs and to avoid over-staffing of attorneys. Unlike larger law firms, our firm has few associates and paralegals on its payroll and we do not assign multiple attorneys to perform tasks which can be performed effectively by a single attorney. We value strong relationships with our clients and prioritize direct, face-to-face communication to address each client’s individual needs, concerns, and questions.
Healthcare, administrative, environmental and insurance defense, with an emphasis in professional negligence, products liability, construction and personal injury.
Federal and state taxation, mergers and acquisitions, estate planning and probate, real estate, intellectual property and employment law.
Representation for providers, practices and facilities in professional negligence defense, licensure and administrative matters, and day-to-day regulatory questions.
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Contract drafting and negotiation through defect claims, delay disputes, lien work and site-injury defense for owners, contractors and subcontractors.
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Wills, trusts and succession planning built around your family and your business, with the tax consequences worked out before you sign anything.
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Will contests, fiduciary disputes and contested accountings in Tennessee probate court, handled with an eye toward keeping families and assets intact.
Learn More →A selection of outcomes from our litigation and business sections. Every matter is different, and past results do not guarantee a similar outcome.
Prior results do not predict or guarantee a similar outcome in any future matter. Each case is evaluated on its own facts and circumstances.
We keep the firm deliberately small. Fewer attorneys on a file means lower cost to you, faster answers, and a partner who knows your matter without being briefed on it first.
Talk to an AttorneyMost firms lean one way. Our two sections share the same file, so a deal is structured to survive a dispute and a dispute is argued by people who understand the deal.
Read More →We have practiced in this city since 1910. We know the courts, the opposing counsel, the regulators, and how business actually gets done here.
Read More →You hear what the matter is likely to cost and what it is realistically worth — early, and in plain terms. No padded staffing, no surprise invoices.
Read More →Decades of healthcare, administrative, environmental and insurance defense work have put our attorneys in front of Tennessee courts and agencies again and again.
Read More →We had a partner who violated our operating agreement in ways that threatened everything we’d built. Watkins & McNeilly understood the business reality immediately, not just the legal theory. They were direct about our options, aggressive when it counted, and never lost sight of what we were actually trying to protect. The settlement they negotiated let us move forward on our own terms. In Nashville, for any serious business dispute, Watkins & McNeilly is the firm you want at the table.
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