Atty. E. Todd Presnell
Todd Presnell is a trial lawyer licensed in Georgia and Tennessee who represents major corporations, small businesses, governmental entities, tax-exempt organizations, and individuals in their litigation-related needs. Mr.
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E. Todd Presnell is a employment, business, ip, and litigation attorney based in Nashville, Tennessee, practicing at Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP. Admitted to practice in Tennessee, Tennessee Bar Association. Educated at The University of Memphis (J.D., 1995) and The University of Tennessee (B.S., 1991). Recognitions include Best Lawyers in America — Commercial Litigation (2026), Best Lawyers in America — Litigation - Banking and Finance (2026), and Best Lawyers in America — Litigation - Intellectual Property (2026). Serands clients in Nashville, TN and the surrounding metropolitan area.
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- Todd Presnell is a trial lawyer licensed in Georgia and Tennessee who represents major corporations, small businesses, governmental entities, tax-exempt organizations, and individuals in their litigation-related needs
- Mr. Presnell has served as lead counsel in federal and state courts across the country, including Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Illinois, Minnesota, New Mexico, Tennessee, and Texas
- He has handled numerous bench and jury trials, argued before the Sixth, Seventh, and Tenth Circuit Courts of Appeals, the Tennessee Court of Appeals, and briefed cases before the United States Supreme Court and the Tennessee Supreme Court
- Mr. Presnell's experience includes product liability cases in the automotive, equipment-manufacturing, food-product, and manufactured housing industries, employment-discrimination cases for small, privately held companies to multinational corporations, disputes over non-compete and non-solicitation agreements, litigation over trade-secrets violations, contract and other disputes involving health-care companies, fiduciary-duty disputes involving corporate directors and officers, trust-related litigation, and business tort claims
- In addition to his trial and appellate work, Mr. Presnell is a recognized expert in the area of evidentiary privileges, including serving as Editor-in-Chief of Evidentiary Privileges for Corporate Counsel (DRI 2008), and provides audit-related and training services to in-house legal departments in establishing and maintaining the corporate attorney-client privilege
- He also works with in-house legal departments in creating and implementing document-retention policies and procedures
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E. Todd Presnell's Areas of Practice
Each practice area below reflects the types of cases E. Todd Presnell handles, with a brief overview of what that area of law covers.
Employment lawyers represent workers in wrongful termination, discrimination, harassment, wage & hour disputes, and severance negotiations.
E. Todd Presnell is one of 169,120 employment attorneys indexed nationally. Browse employment attorneys in Tennessee →
Business attorneys advise founders and growing companies on entity formation, contracts, financing, M&A, and dispute resolution.
E. Todd Presnell is one of 501,317 business attorneys indexed nationally. Browse business attorneys in Tennessee →
IP attorneys protect inventions, brands, and creative work through patent prosecution, trademark registration, copyright, and trade-secret enforcement.
E. Todd Presnell is one of 106,079 ip attorneys indexed nationally. Browse ip attorneys in Tennessee →
Civil litigation attorneys for breach of contract, business disputes, civil rights, and class action lawsuits.
E. Todd Presnell is one of 454,532 litigation attorneys indexed nationally. Browse litigation attorneys in Tennessee →
Jurisdictional Context
Why local counsel matters in Tennessee
Practicing law in Tennessee. Legal matters in Tennessee are governed by state-specific rules of civil and criminal procedure, statutes of limitations, and substantive law. Cases originating in Nashville are typically filed in the local municipal court or the appropriate Tennessee state district court, depending on subject matter and amount in controversy. An attorney licensed in Tennessee brings working knowledge of local procedural deadlines, judicial practices in this andnue, and the substantive law that applies to cases brought here. Out-of-state attorneys generally cannot represent clients in Tennessee courts without local counsel or pro hac vice admission.
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