Newly hired Miller & Martin attorneys Jennie Brooks Corley, Russ Swafford and Evan Sharber are applying their experience to a range of matters at the law firm’s Chattanooga office.
Corley, a business and regulatory lawyer with 10 years of experience, has joined Miller & Martin’s corporate group as an associate.
Before relocating to Chattanooga, she was a public policy adviser with the Nashville office of Bass, Berry & Sims. Corley focuses her practice on state legislative and regulatory issues and general corporate matters.
She advises clients in a variety of industries, including health care, utilities, financial services, agricultural services, distilled spirits and others. Corley also advises clients with respect to federal and Tennessee campaign finance laws, with a special focus on the formation and governance of political action committees.
Corley is a graduate of the University of Tennessee College of Law and holds an undergraduate degree from the University of Tennessee at Martin. She’s licensed in Tennessee.
Swafford is a litigation associate with six years of experience as an attorney, including previously serving as special assistant U.S. attorney for the Middle District of Florida and as a law clerk for two federal judges of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee – U.S. District Judge Pamela Reeves and U.S. Magistrate Judge Christopher Steger.
He concentrates his practice in the areas of civil litigation, labor and employment, government investigations and white-collar criminal defense.
Swafford is also a captain in the U.S. Air Force Judge Advocate General’s Corps. He serves as an assistant staff judge advocate for the 6th Air Refueling Wing at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Florida.
Swafford holds a degree from the University of Tennessee College of Law and undergraduate degrees in business administration, political science and accounting from Lee University. He’s licensed in Tennessee and is pending admission in Florida.
Sharber is an associate in Miller & Martin’s commercial group and previously practiced with Baker Donelson in Chattanooga. He concentrates his practice on real estate development and financing, commercial finance and economic development transactions.
Sharber has experience in representing both lenders and borrowers in HUD-insured loans in the multifamily and senior housing industries. He’s closed dozens of loans insured by HUD, handled hundreds of interest rate reduction loan modifications under the LEAN program and represented HUD lenders in various asset management matters.
Sharber previously served as a legislative aide to U.S. Senator Bob Corker in Washington, D.C., and interned with U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Suzanne Bauknight.
He holds a degree from the University of Tennessee College of Law and an undergraduate degree from Washington and Lee University. He’s licensed in Tennessee.
Source: Miller & Martin