Michael G. Sheppard is an attorney in Brentwood, Tennessee. With over thirty years of experience as both a lawyer and a businessman, Michael has now focused his attention on educational law to support and ensure the best representation for teachers in Tennessee. In addition, Michael has been an executive, litigation manager, and general counsel for companies in both the United States and in England.

As an 1981 graduate of the Salmon P. Chase College of Law, Mr. Sheppard is admitted to practice before all Ohio trail and appellate courts, the Ohio Supreme Court, all Tennessee trial and appellate courts, the Tennessee Supreme Court, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, and the United States Supreme Court. Furthermore, Michael is a member of both the Tennessee and American Bar Association, where he currently resides and practices.

Currently, Mr. Sheppard handles complex litigations in the areas of education, ERISA, workers’ compensation, social security, mass tort, commercial subrogation, and business transactions as the General Counsel for the Professional Educators of Tennessee, a trade association serving over 7,000 teachers across the state of Tennessee. In addition, he is also the founder of Sheppard Law Group, PLC and is also a co-author for a number of articles for the Nashville Business Journal.
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