Brad Lampley joined Adams and Reese in 2005 as part of a merger with Stokes and Bartholomew. He serves as Partner in Charge of the Nashville office.
Brad has a multifaceted practice, serving as legislative counsel to businesses and trade associations with interests before the Tennessee General Assembly. He also focuses on business litigation and commercial dispute resolution, with experience in banking and construction litigation, sports law and real estate.
Active civically, Brad is currently serving a two year term as Chairman of the Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl. He is the youngest Chairman in the bowl’s history, and is currently the youngest bowl chairman in the United States. He previously chaired the bowl’s sponsorship and marketing committees.
Brad also serves on the board of directors for the Middle Tennessee Chapter of the National Football Foundation, which provides college scholarships to leading scholar-athletes from high schools throughout Middle Tennessee. Additionally, he was recently appointed to the Alumni Council at the University of Tennessee College of Law. He is a past member of the board of directors for the Fellowship of Christian Athletes.
His other significant contributions and honors include:
- Being named the youngest Partner-In-Charge in the history of Adams and Reese, at age 33.
- High-profile representation of a former major college basketball coach, successfully defending the coach before the NCAA Committee on Infractions.
- Participating in the successful lobbying effort to enact a ban on text messaging while driving in Tennessee.
- Defense of a $20 million stock ownership/breach of contract and fiduciary duty case against a family-owned company and the defense of a majority stockholder.
- Being named to the inaugural class of the Nashville Business Journal’s Top Forty Under 40. He was also named to the “Mid-South Rising Stars” list of outstanding young lawyers in Tennessee, Mississippi and Arkansas by Mid-South Super Lawyers Magazine.
Brad graduated from the University of Tennessee, where he was named Top Graduate of the College of Communications. He also played offensive tackle for the Volunteers’ football team, where he was a member of Coach Phillip Fulmer’s first recruiting class and was part of one of the winningest senior classes in Tennessee football history. He was named to the Southeastern Conference’s All-Academic Team three times, and was a four-time recipient of the UT Athletic Department’s Academic Achievement Award. He also served as the University’s delegate to the SEC Student-Athlete Advisory Council and later served as the student-athlete representative to the UT Athletics Board. Brad counts two of his former football coaches at Tennessee — Phillip Fulmer and current Duke head coach David Cutcliffe — as strong influences on his professional life.
Brad and his wife Christy have two children. In his free time, Brad enjoys coaching youth sports, grilling, and watching SEC football.
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