Andrew Battle Sanders
Andrew Battle Sanders has over 15 years of experience as a Memphis attorney. Andrew represents parties in business law and litigation, commercial real estate litigation, financial services litigation, fiduciary law and litigation, trust and probate litigation, creditors’ rights litigation, and estate planning.
Tennessee Probate and Trust Administration
National Business Institute, Memphis, TN, November 2022
Tennessee Probate Litigation & Fiduciary Duties
National Business Institute, Memphis, TN, December 2020
Preparing Tennessee Wills & Trusts
National Business Institute, Memphis, TN, December 2020
Main Trust Principals, Testamentary Trusts and Revocable Living Trusts
Trusts A to Z, National Business Institute, Memphis, TN, December 2019
Final Accounting and Closing the Estate
The Probate Process from Start to Finish, National Business Institute, Memphis, TN, November 2019
Self-Settled Trusts
Speaker, National Business Institute, December 2018
Resolved commercial landlord dispute for over $2 million with an amended lease agreement.
Settled a hotly disputed breach of fiduciary duty case, preserving $5 million estate.
Successfully resolved a tenant dispute then negotiated a nearly $1 million lease for charitable organization.
Caused settlement of premises liability matter after defeating summary judgment, worth almost $8 million.
Advised corporate client on divestitures and mergers worth over $1.5 billion.
Advise clients with estate planning and probate matters routinely.
Community Legal Center, Volunteer Attorney
Serve on multiple judicial candidates election committees (2022)
Serve as fiduciary for conservator estates, and as co-administrator (2019-22)
Serve as trustee/fiduciary to large trust committee (2022)
University of Memphis School of Law
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Student Government, Member
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CALI Award for Trust Law
Rhodes College
Andrew joined the firm after running his own practice for eight years litigating and assisting his clients with business disputes, estate planning and elder law.
Andrew started his legal career serving as law clerk to the Honorable Arnold B. Goldin, Chancellor for Shelby County Chancery Court, Part II, for two years (2003-05). Judge Goldin currently serves on the Tennessee Court of Appeals, Western Division. Prior to joining Stites & Harbison, he was an associate attorney at Memphis Law Firms (2005-11) and had his own practice from 2011-19.
Andrew loves travelling with his family, hunting, fishing, and canoeing, and watching his daughters in ballet and soccer.
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Stites & Harbison welcomes Andrew Battle Sanders to the Memphis office
MEMPHIS, Tenn.—Stites & Harbison, PLLC welcomes attorney Andrew Battle Sanders as Counsel to the firm based in the Memphis, Tenn., office.