Nashville Criminal Defense, Family and Personal Injury Lawyers

With more than 100 years of combined trial experience, we dedicate our professional lives to the fight for justice and to protect the quality of life for you and your loved ones, through highly personalized service and an unwavering commitment to excellence.

The six member attorneys of Hollins, Raybin & Weissman P.C., combine a breadth of experience and achievement rarely found in a law firm of our size. Four of our members hold the AV rating* under Martindale-Hubbell's peer review system, and our firm is listed in the Martindale-Hubbell Bar Registry of Preeminent Lawyers. Four of us are listed in Best Lawyers in America. Contact us in Nashville for highly attentive client service in family law, criminal defense, personal injury, or estate administration.

Our members have served in leadership or executive capacities with such organizations as the Nashville Bar Association, the Tennessee Bar Association, and the Tennessee Association of Criminal Lawyers. Each of us has written or lectured for legal audiences both in Tennessee and around the nation.

Judicial, legislative, and executive officials have selected our members to serve on such state or national bodies as the following:

• National Uniform Law Commission
• Tennessee Sentencing Commission
• House Task Force to Study Judicial Reform in Tennessee
• Tennessee Advisory Council on Workers' Compensation
• Supreme Court Advisory Commission on the Rules of Criminal Procedure

Among the past professional positions held by lawyers at our firm are Assistant Attorney General, Assistant District Attorney, U.S. Navy JAG Corps attorney, and clerk for an appellate judge on the Tennessee Court of Appeals.

Our contributions to the profession and the public have strengthened our firm's reputation while deepening our understanding of the law in areas ranging from divorce to criminal litigation. Our firm's clients benefit as well from the recognition our attorneys have received while participating in Tennessee legal rulemaking and the improvement of the profession.

Our firm is also involved in important civil rights litigation. One of our most treasured accomplishments has been the federal class action which has improved the conditions of thousands of Tennessee foster children.

To learn more about how our firm's record of service helps us represent our clients more effectively, contact an attorney at Hollins, Raybin & Weissman P.C.

Some of our clients may know our firm under its former name of Hollins Wagster & Yarbrough. Founding member Ed Yarbrough was removed from the firm name in 2007 when he left the office following his appointment as the United States Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee. Mr. Wagster retired from the firm and new members joined the firm which is now Hollins, Raybin & Weissman, P.C.

* CV, BV, and AV are registered certification marks of Reed Elsevier Properties, Inc., used in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards, and policies. Martindale-Hubbell is the facilitator of a peer review rating process. Ratings reflect the confidential opinions of members of the Bar and the judiciary. Martindale-Hubbell Ratings evaluate two categories--legal ability and general ethical standards.