Zachary Atchley has joined Grant, Konvalinka & Harrison as an associate.
Atchley comes to the firm as a fourth-generation attorney after first practicing with his father, Fielding Atchley, and his brother, Trevor Atchley.
His practice areas include general civil and commercial litigation, financial and estate planning, probate administration and business and corporate law.
Atchley earned his undergraduate degree from Appalachian State University Graduate in 2006. While at Appalachian State, he graduated from Watauga Residential College, an alternative honors program.
He earned a Master of Public Administration with a concentration in nonprofit management from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in 2010 and his J.D. from Lincoln Memorial University’s Duncan School of Law in 2022.
Atchley comes to the law after working in nonprofit management for 10 years. He specialized in program development, grant writing, administration, organizational planning and fundraising for nonprofits that serve Chattanooga’s disinvested neighborhoods and underserved populations.
Atchley is an active volunteer in both his church and city. In addition to incorporating pro bono work into his practice, he volunteers at Chattanooga School for the Arts and Sciences and Center for Creative Arts, where his daughters attend, and serves as a deacon at First Christian Church Chattanooga, co-president of Barking Legs Theater’s board of directors, and as a member of Chattanooga’s beer board.