Stites & Harbison, PLLC

  
  Martin E. Simmons          John R. Wingo               Nicolo B. Davidson

NASHVILLE, Tenn.—Nashville attorneys Martin E. Simmons, John R. Wingo, and Nicolo B. Davidson have joined Stites & Harbison PLLC.

Simmons is a banking and finance attorney with more than 40 years of experience with bank and non-bank acquisitions and a variety of regulatory issues for the Office of Comptroller of the Currency and the Federal Reserve Board. Previously, he was of-counsel at Frost Brown Todd, LLC and general counsel, principal financial officer and corporate secretary at First American Corporation. Simmons serves as counsel to the Real Estate & Banking Group at Stites & Harbison.

Wingo has 15 years of experience and handles defense work in commercial litigation for clients in banking and insurance. Formerly the member-in-charge at Frost Brown Todd, LLC, he also served as associate general counsel at AmSouth Bank. Wingo is a member with the Business Litigation Group at Stites & Harbison.

Davidson, an intellectual property and registered patent attorney with a background in chemical engineering, operated an intellectual law practice after graduation. He is an associate with the Intellectual Property & Technology Group at Stites & Harbison.

“Martin and John are well-respected attorneys in the Middle Tennessee legal community and great additions to our team,” said Stephen Price, office executive of the Nashville office of Stites & Harbison.  “Nicolo’s entrepreneurial spirit and passion for intellectual property protection will be an asset for our growing practice here in the Nashville office and firm-wide.”

As chairman of the Lawyers Committee of the American Bankers Insurance Association, Simmons was involved in the negotiation and drafting of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act on Financial Modernization, which includes provisions to protect consumers’ personal financial information held by financial institutions. A member of the Nashville Bar Association and the American Bar Association, Simmons holds degrees from Louisiana State University and the University of Virginia School of Law. 

Wingo is admitted to all Tennessee state and Tennessee federal courts and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. A member of the Nashville Bar Association and the Tennessee Bar Association, Wingo holds degrees from Tulane University and Tulane University Law School.

Davidson is admitted to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office.  A member of the Nashville Bar Association, Tennessee Bar Association, American Bar Association and Tennessee Intellectual Property Law Association, Davidson holds degrees from the University of Washington in Seattle and Lewis & Clark Law School.

About Stites & Harbison

Stites & Harbison, PLLC, is a regional business and litigation firm with attorneys in Nashville and Franklin, Tenn.; Alexandria, Va.; Atlanta; Jeffersonville, Ind.; and Louisville, Frankfort and Lexington, Ky.  Tracing its origins to 1832, Stites & Harbison is one of the oldest law practices in the nation and among the largest law firms in the Southeast.  Our attorneys are consistently recognized by their peers in the following leading legal directories: Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory^®, The Best Lawyers in America^®, Chambers USA and Super Lawyers magazine.  Recent firm honors include: named among America’s Top Law Firms in First Tier Ratings by U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers, one of the Best Employers in Tennessee, two attorneys listed in Best of the Bar (Nashville Business Journal), one of the 50 Best Overall Law Firms in America (Global Research), one of the Leading Law Firms in America (The American Lawyer), a Go-To Law Firm^® (Corporate Counsel), one of the Top 100 Law Firms for Diversity (MultiCultural Law Magazine) and a Top 10 Growth Firm (National Law Journal).

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