Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel shareholder Kirby Yost is the new chair for the firm’s real estate practice group, which advises local, regional and national clients on commercial transactions and developments.
Yost follows Michael Stewart, who served as section chair for several years.
Yost joined Chambliss in 2011. She assists owners and developers of all sizes on real estate transactions, including acquisitions, dispositions, financing and retail and office leasing, advising on land use, zoning and other real property matters.
Yost also works with various regional and national businesses on general business matters.
Yost is recognized in the 2022 edition of the Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America for her work in land use, zoning, real estate and transportation law.
Yost serves on several boards and committees for nonprofit organizations, including Little Miss Mag Early Learning Center, Boys and Girls Clubs of Chattanooga, Reflection Riding Arboretum and Nature Center, Creative Discovery Museum, Rotary Club of Chattanooga, the University of Tennessee Law Alumni Group and the Tennessee Bar Association Public Education Committee and mentor program.
She is also an active alumna of the Tennessee Bar Association Leadership Law Program and the Chattanooga Chamber’s Leadership Chattanooga.
Yost graduated from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville summa cum laude and the University of Tennessee College of Law magna cum laude. She is also an active alumna of Chattanooga’s Baylor School.
Source: Chambliss Law