Barry L. Abbott

Partner | Managing Member

Mr. Abbott is a founding member of the firm and serves as the firm’s Managing Member. Mr. Abbott is a member of the Tennessee Association of Construction Counsel where he serves on the Board of Directors (2024-Present). Mr. Abbott is one of our firm’s litigation attorneys and focuses his practice in the areas of construction litigation, real estate litigation, real estate transactions and business litigation. His civil litigation experience includes construction disputes, bond claims, materialmen’s and mechanics’ liens, title insurance defense, zoning, deed and title disputes, quiet title actions, boundary line disputes, contract disputes as well as a variety of general commercial, real property and business disputes. Mr. Abbott is experienced in representing clients in alternative dispute resolution including mediation and arbitration.

Mr. Abbott served as an interim municipal judge for the City of Collegedale from October 2003 to March 2005. In 1988 he was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the US Army Reserves, where he served for eight years. He is a veteran of the Persian Gulf War, Operation Desert Storm, where his unit supported the 101st Airborne Division in Iraq.

Bar Admissions

• Georgia, 1994
• Tennessee, 1992

Education

• J.D. | University of Tennessee College of Law | 1991
• B.S. Psychology & B.A. English | University of Tennessee at Chattanooga | 1988

Professional & Civic Activities

• A native of Chickamauga, Georgia, Mr. Abbott has lived in Chattanooga since 1991. He enjoys cooking, barbecuing and spending time with his wife and family.
• Chattanooga Bar Association, Co-Chairman of the Fee Dispute Arbitration Panel
• Hamilton County General Sessions Court, Special Judge
• Chattanooga Bar Association Board of Governors, 2005 – 2009
• Chattanooga Bar Association, Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee member, 2005
• Ivy Academy, Special Counsel to the Board of Directors
• Dizzy Dean Baseball, Inc., Harrison Recreational League, Special Counsel
• Anglican Church of the Redeemer, Special Counsel