Jennie Corley
Evan Sharber
Russ Swafford
Miller & Martin recently added eight attorneys across the firm’s offices in Georgia and Tennessee, including three from Chattanooga - Jennie Brooks Corley, Russ Swafford and Evan Sharber.
“One of our strategic priorities for 2022 is to continue to add depth and experience in our high-demand practice areas,” Miller & Martin’s Chairman Scott Parrish stated. “By adding these highly qualified attorneys, the firm’s platform will be strengthened, and we will continue to be able to service the complex legal needs of our clients with the expertise and skill with which they are accustomed.
Also, with the addition of Luke Smith as a Member in our Commercial group who brings hospitality and leisure industry expertise, we add yet another specialty to our portfolio of practice areas.”
Ms. Corley, a business and regulatory lawyer with 10 years of experience, joined the firm’s Corporate group as an associate. Prior to joining Miller & Martin and relocating to Chattanooga, she was a public policy advisor with the Nashville office of Bass, Berry & Sims. She focuses her practice on state legislative and regulatory issues and general corporate matters. She advises clients in a variety of industries, including healthcare, 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.
She holds a law degree from the University of Tennessee College of Law and an undergraduate degree from the University of Tennessee at Martin. She is licensed in Tennessee.
Mr. Swafford, a litigation associate with six years of experience as an attorney, including previously serving as Special Assistant United States 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 L. Reeves and U.S. Magistrate Judge Christopher H. Steger. Swafford concentrates his practice in the areas of civil litigation, labor and employment, government investigations and white-collar criminal defense.
He is also a captain in the United States Air Force Judge Advocate General’s Corps., serving as an assistant staff judge advocate for the 6th Air Refueling Wing at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Florida providing a full range of legal services to the U.S. Air Force, its mission partners and service members of all military branches.
He holds a law degree from the University of Tennessee College of Law and undergraduate degrees in Business Administration, Political Science and Accounting from Lee University. He is licensed in Tennessee and pending admission in Florida.
Mr. 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 has 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.
He previously served as a legislative aide to U.S. Senator Bob Corker in Washington, D.C., and interned with U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Suzanne H. Bauknight. He holds a law degree from the University of Tennessee College of Law and an undergraduate degree from Washington and Lee University. He is licensed in Tennessee.
Miller & Martin is a leading full-service law firm with 130 attorneys across four offices in Tennessee, Georgia and North Carolina.