Background
McGinness, Junior, W. Scott was born in 1947 in Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States.
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W. Scott McGinness Jr.
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Dartmouth College (Bachelor of Arts, 1969). University of Tennessee (Juris Doctor, 1975).
Career
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, OSHA, FLSA and Contract Administration), and Employment Law (including EEO, ADEA, ADA, OFCCP and State Employment Laws), Environmental, Health Care, Immigration, Intellectual Property, Mergers and Acquisitions, Not-For-Profit, and Charitable Foundations, Real Estate, Securities, Tax Exempt Finance, Tax, Venture Capital and White Collar Crime. Admitted to the bar, 1976, Tennessee.
Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif. Member, Editorial Board, Tennessee Law Review, 1975. Assistant, Tennessee Board of Law Examiners, 1980.
Member: Chattanooga, Tennessee and American Bar Associations. Military: Lieutenant (junior grade), USNR, active duty, 1970-1972. 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.
Membership
Member, Editorial Board, Tennessee Law Review, 1975. Assistant, Tennessee Board of Law Examiners, 1980. Member: Chattanooga, Tennessee and American Bar Associations.
Military: Lieutenant (junior grade), USNR, active duty, 1970-1972.
