Background
Degler, Mark W. was born on July 19, 1962 in Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States.
Degler, Mark W. was born on July 19, 1962 in Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States.
University of Tennessee (Bachelor of Science, magna cum laude, 1985). University of Virginia (Juris Doctor, 1988). Phi Delta Phi; Delta Theta Phi.
Beta Alpha Psi.
Worked at Miller & Martin (Chattanooga, Tennessee) specializing in General Practice, Civil Trial and Appellant Practice in all State and Federal Courts. Administrative, Antitrust and Trade Regulation, Banking and Finance, Bankruptcy and Workouts, Business and Commercial, Construction, Employee Benefits, Estate Planning and Probate, Franchising, Labor Law (including National Labor Relations Board, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, FLSA and Contract Administration), and Employment Law (including Equal Employment Opportunity, ADEA, American Dental Association, OFCCP and State Employment Laws), Environmental, Health Care, Immigration, Intellectual Property, Mergers and Acquisitions, Not-Foreign-Profit, and Charitable Foundations, Real Estate, Securities, Tax Exempt Finance, Tax, Venture Capital and White Collar Crime. Admitted to the bar, 1988, Georgia.
1989, District of Columbia.
1991, Tennessee.
Phi Delta Phi. Delta Theta Phi; Beta Alpha Psi.
Member: Mortar Board. Blue Key, Golden Key.
Recipient, Edwin South. Cohen Tax Prize.
Member, Editorial Board, 1986-1987 and Executive Editor, 1987-1988, Virginia Tax Review. Author: Virginia Tax Review, Volume 7, Issue 1. Virginia Tax Review, Volume 7, Issue 4.
Assistant Professor of Accounting and Finance, University of Tennessee, 1991-1993.
Member: Chattanooga, Tennessee and American (Member, Sections on: Taxation. Business Law) Bar Associations.
State Bar of Georgia. District of Columbia Bar.
The firm was founded by Colonel T. M. Burkett in 1867.
Colonel Burkett"s practice was continued by his nephew, White Burkett Miller, admitted to the Bar in 1889. Mr. Miller"s sons, Burkett and Vaughn Miller, the latter having served as law secretary to Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes on the United States. Supreme Court, continued their father"s practice.
F. Linton Martin and H. James Hitching, graduates of Columbia Law School joined the firm in 1923 and 1944.
The firm today enjoys the distinction of being Chattanooga"s oldest and largest law firm.
Member: Mortar Board. Blue Key, Golden Key. Recipient, Edwin South. Cohen Tax Prize.
Member, Editorial Board, 1986-1987 and Executive Editor, 1987-1988, Virginia Tax Review.