Litigator John Paul Nefflen Joins Shackelford’s Nashville Office
Commercial litigator John Paul Nefflen has joined the business and entertainment law firm Shackelford, Bowen, McKinley & Norton, LLP, as a partner in the Nashville office.
“John will be a tremendous asset to our Nashville office and clients. He has significant experience in complex business matters as well as disputes involving entertainment contracts and intellectual property,” said firm managing partner John Shackelford.
In a news release, the firm said:
Mr. Nefflen represents a diverse client base in federal and state courts and in alternative dispute resolution. His practice focuses on complex business litigation work for clients involved in manufacturing, banking and financial services, health care, construction, accounting, real estate, government and utilities.
Mr. Nefflen also represents recording artists and management and entertainment industry executives in contract and intellectual property disputes.
A 1997 graduate of the University of Tennessee College of Law, Mr. Nefflen joins the firm from Burr & Forman LLP. He earned his undergraduate degree from Belmont University in 1994. He is a former member of the Belmont University Alumni Association Board of Directors, and is currently a member of the Friends of the Arts at Belmont, supporting Belmont’s College of Visual and Performing Arts. Mr. Nefflen has served on the Board of Directors for Safe Haven Family Shelter for three years, and he will begin serving as the Board President in January 2017.
