Background
Beard, John W. was born on April 22, 1953 in Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States.
Beard, John W. was born on April 22, 1953 in Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States.
University of Tennessee (Bachelor of Science, with high honors, 1975. Juris Doctor, 1978). Order of the Coif. Omicron Delta Kappa; Phi Kappa Phi.
Beta Alpha Psi.
Beta Gamma Sigma. Phi Alpha Delta. Vice President, Chattanooga Tax Practitioners, 1985 1986.
Worked at Patrick, Beard & Richardson, Professional Corporation (Chattanooga, Tennessee) specializing in General Practice. Trials in all State and Federal Courts. Corporation, Commercial, Litigation, Construction, Bankruptcy, Estate Planning, Probate, Real Estate, Trusts, Banking, Federal and State Tax Practice, Personal Injury and Professional Negligence.
Admitted to the bar, 1978, Tennessee.
1979, Georgia.
Order of the Coif. Omicron Delta Kappa; Phi Kappa Phi.
Beta Alpha Psi. Beta Gamma Sigma. Phi Alpha Delta.
President, Chattanooga Tax Practitioners, 1985-1986. Member: Chattanooga and Tennessee Bar Associations.
State Bar of Georgia. Estate Planning Council of Chattanooga.
Patrick, Beard & Richardson, Professional Corporation was organized on May 1, 1984.
Prior to that time, Gary R. Patrick and John West. Beard had been partners at Stophel, Caldwell & Heggie, Professional Corporation, one of Tennessee"s largest law firms, and Mike Richardson had been a senior associate in the law firm of Gearhiser, Peters & Horton. The firm offers a wide range of legal services including personal injury litigation, professional negligence litigation, commercial litigation, domestic work, commercial and banking work, corporate and business law, tax law, estate planning, estate administration, real estate, bond work and bankruptcy work including representation of trustees and creditors. The firm has a substantial and growing base of commercial and business clients, serves as local counsel for national companies and handles complicated negligence and commercial litigation.
Chattanooga and Tennessee Bar Associations. State Bar of Georgia. Estate Planning Council of Chattanooga.
Corporations, Estate Planning and Business Law.