Thomas W. Lawless earned his JD in 1980 from the Nashville School of Law and was admitted to practice in Tennessee in 1981. He is admitted to practice in all state and federal courts in Tennessee as well as the Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and the United States Supreme Court. He is a board certified Creditors’ Rights Law Specialist by the American Board of Certification and the Tennessee Commission on Continuing Legal Education and Specialization as well as a Rule 31 Mediator by the Tennessee Commission on Alternative Dispute Resolution. His practice includes representation of financial institutions and mortgage lenders in matters involving classified assets, workouts, extensive bankruptcy representation of creditors, collections, foreclosures, civil litigation and commercial and residential closings and documentation. He is a member of the Nashville, Tennessee, American and International Bar Associations as well as a member of the Federal Circuit Bar Association. He is the present Chairman of the Professionalism and Ethics Committee and is a member of the Bankruptcy Committee, Legislative Committee and the Judicial Selection Committee of the Nashville Bar Association and serves on the American Bar Association’s Committee Small Firm Practice and Solo Attorney and well as the Bankruptcy Committee. He is a Fellow of the Tennessee and Nashville Bar Associations. He is an active member of the American Bankruptcy Institute, National Association of Chapter 13 Trustees, National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees and the Tennessee Land Title Association. He is active in civic activities, participating as Chairman of the Davidson County Republican Party, serving as a Poll Officer for Davidson Country Election Commission, a past candidate for the 5th Congressional District Republican nomination for the U.S. Congress and is active in the local Rotary Clubs. He received the 2004 Dial-A-Lawyer Volunteer of the Year Award from the Nashville Bar Association. He was a founding member of the Nashville Chapter of the Federalist Society and served as its first President. He is a member of the Republican National Lawyers Association. He was listed in the Nashville Business Journal’s “Best of the Bar 2004 through 2009.” He is listed in Who’s Who in American Law, Who’s Who in America and Who’s Who in the World. He is listed in Martindale-Hubble as AV rated as well as being selected in the Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers (in America) 2006 through 2009. He is listed in the Mid-South Super Lawyers 2006 through 2009. He has been recognized and included in Best Lawyers in America. He is a frequent lecturer and has published numerous articles on creditor issues in the financial industry. He is presently serving as the Chairman of the City of Oak Hill Board of Zoning Appeals.

 Website: http://www.tomlawless.com/

Mark Hilliard

423 South Margin St. Franklin, TN 37064 (office)

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O'More College of Design of Franklin Tennessee is a non-profit institutuion of higher education offering Bachelor of Fine Arts degrees in Interior Design, Fashion Design & Merchandising, and Visual Communcations.

Charles G. Grummon

Charles Grummon is a Certified Financial Planner and Managing Director of Investments for the Brentwood TN branch of Wells Fargo Advisors.  He has been helping business owners, executives, and retirees develop and execute comprehensive financial plans and manage investment portfolios for almost 30 years.  In addition to his work as treasurer of the Wang Foundation for Sight Restoration, Charles has led financial literacy classes promoting good personal financial management and is active with the Brentwood Rotary Club and KIPP Academy - Nashville.  Wells Fargo Advisors is one of the nation's premier financial services firms with nearly 16,000 financial advisors nationwide.  Wells Fargo & Company is one of the nation’s largest, strongest and most respected financial institutions in business since 1852.

Lynda M. Evjen

Founder and CEO Evjen and Associates

Wang Foundation Board
Litearcy Council Board
Rhinestone Cure Board

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Lynda Evjen brings broad experience in strategic business development, public relations, advertising and marketing.

Ms. Evjen was founder and CEO of The Buzbee Group; a California based company that developed sales campaigns, collateral and market strategies for Fortune 500 companies. She has also held executive positions in marketing and business development at MED-COR, a nationwide staff outsourcing company for hospitals, which she co-founded in 1983. As Executive Vice President of MED-COR, she led market research and impacted business growth to over $40M. Evjen’s duties included working with American Medical Records associations on ground breaking marketing campaigns for each state.

She has been awarded AAUW’s Women in Leadership Award 2009, Optimist of the Year 2008, Nashville Business Journal’s The Women of Influence Award in 2008, Women Making A Mark Award in 2007 and Outstanding Professional from AFP both in 2005 and 2006. She is active in the community, sits on several non-profit/corporate boards, and has been appointed to Assembly member Rebecca Cohen’s Arts Commission for the State of California and the Tennessee Visitors Commission by Governor Bredesen.

Ms. Evjen has served as a board member or advisory board member on the boards of privately held and not-for-profit companies and holds a B.F.A. from Midwestern University and an M.B.A. from University of Texas.