Tennessee Legal Research Services for Attorneys
The National Legal Research Group was founded in 1969 to provide quality research and writing services to law firms of all shapes and sizes. More than 50 years, 50,000 clients and 185,000 research projects later, we still have the same goal.
We have served over 1,500 attorneys in Tennessee on over 2,900 research projects. We list some of these attorneys below, along with what they have said about our services.
NLRG offers a broad range of work products, both objective and advocacy. Our objective products can help you evaluate a case or give you sources to cite in a work product of your own. Our most common advocacy product is a motion brief or trial brief. Earlier in the case, we can draft complaints, answers, and motions, including discovery motions. We also draft signature-ready appellate briefs to the Sixth Circuit, the Tennessee Supreme Court, the Tennessee Court of Appeals and the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals. Here is a broader discussion of the types of products we prepare.
Many of our clients are solo practitioners and small firms. We take great pride in allowing these clients access to the same legal research firepower enjoyed by larger firms, at an affordable price. We cannot work for non-attorneys.
We have over 25 research attorneys. Some work at our headquarters building just west of Charlottesville, Virginia; others work remotely. We list below our attorneys who most regularly work on Tennessee cases. You can also view full biographies of our entire attorney staff. We specialize by area of law, and most of our attorneys have years of experience working in their areas. All of our research projects are done by human attorneys; we use AI only as one among many research tools.
Our normal turnaround time is 2-3 weeks, but we can sometimes do quick email or telephone reports in as little as 1-2 days, though at a higher billing rate. Here is a full list of our billing rates.
Tennessee Research Attorney Spotlight
Senior Attorney Amy Gore
After working in private practice in North Carolina, Amy joined the NLRG staff in 1988. Amy specializes in insurance, attorney-client and ethics, and defamation and invasion of privacy matters. She has prepared many appellate briefs in the areas of causation on legal malpractice claims, defamation, and insurance coverage. She also has extensive work in civil procedure and evidence. During her time with NLRG Amy has also worked in the Special Projects Division authoring numerous state and federal jurisprudence articles, but now focuses her efforts exclusively in the Research Division. Read Full Bio
Senior Attorney Lee Dunham
B.A., Washington & Lee University. J.D, University of Virginia School of Law. Member, Virginia Bar. Lee served as a clerk in Virginia Beach, then spent a number of years in private practice at firms in Charlottesville, Virginia and Denver, Colorado, before joining NLRG. She resides at the beach in Lewes, Delaware. Full bio here
Senior Attorney Anne Hemenway
B.A., Harvard University, 1979, Cum Laude. J.D., Case Western Reserve University School of Law, 1985. Member, New Mexico Bar. Anne worked as a legislative assistant for former Senator Birch Bayh and former Senator Joe Tydings in Washington, D.C. Upon graduating from law school, she practiced commercial law for five years before joining NLRG. Read Full Bio.
Testimonials
"Wow, what a prompt, professional, relevant and courteous response, just what I have learnt to expect from NLRG during the last couple of decades!"
—T. Frank Jackson, Memphis, TN
"I appreciated your work product and professionalism. I will use your service again!"
—Nancy King Crawford, Nashville, TN
"Suzanne Bailey was very cooperative and kept me informed. She did a great job."
—C. Ronald Blanton, Hendersonville, TN
