Conservatorship and Alternatives to Conservatorship:
A Guide For Families
by The Arc of Tennessee

Conservatorship
Michael McNulty
Attorney At Law
Gordon Law Group
803 18th Avenue South
Nashville, TN 37203
Phone: 615-321-0220
Fax: 615-321-9099

David R. Howard
Carter & Howard
182 W. Franklin Street
Gallatin, TN  37066
Phone:  615-206-1400
Fax:  615-206-1408

Legal Aid
Legal Aid Society
650 North Water Avenue
Gallatin, TN  37066
Phone: 1-888-475-4150

Legal Aid Society
Sumner County
Phone: 615-451-1880 or 1-800-239-1443

Legal Aid Society
Macon, Smith, Trousdale and Wilson Counties
Phone: 1-800-238-1443

Special Education Advocacy
Davidson County
Disability Law & Advocacy Center of Tennessee, Inc.
22416 21st Avenue South
Nashville, TN  37212
Phone: 800-342-1600
Phone: 615-298-1080
TTY: 888-852-2852
Fax: 615-298-2046
Email:  GetHelp@DLACTN.org

The Arc of Davidson County
111 North Wilson Blvd.
Nashville, TN  37205
Phone: 615-321-5699
Email: arc@arcdc.org
 

Hamilton County
The Arc of Hamilton County 
4613 Brainerd
Chattanooga, TN  37411
Phone: 423-624-6887
Fax: 423-624-3974
Email: TheArcofHamilton@inbox.com

Rutherford County
Felicia K. Burk (Advocacy & Preemptive Mediation)
3024 Silver Springs Court
Murfreesboro, TN  37128
Murfreesboro, TN  37128
Phone: 615-896-0505
Fax: 615-217-0700
Email: burkf@comcast.net

Shelby County
The Arc of the Mid-South
3485 Poplar Avenue, Suite 210
Memphis, TN  38111
Phone: 901-327-2473
Fax: 901-327-2687
Email: msarc@arcmidsouth.net

Washington County
The Arc of Washington County
Bill Schiers, Executive Director
2700 South Roan Street, Suite 300 B
Johnson City, TN 37601
Phone: 423-928-9362
Fax: 423-928-7432
Email: kim@arcwc.org

Williamson County
The Arc of Williamson County
Sharon Bottorff, Executive Director
129 W. Fowlkes Street, Suite 151
Franklin, TN 37064
Phone: 615-790-5815
Fax: 615-790-5891

Out-of-State
COPAA
The Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates
Phone: 410-372-0208
Fax: 410-372-0209

Special Education Parent Consultants
Deborah Balthrop
P.O. Box 218422
Nashville, TN  37221
Phone:  615-593-6048
Email:  deborahbalthrop@yahoo.com

Missy Mitchell
P.O. Box 218422
Nashville, TN  37221
Phone:  615-568-2783
Email:  m.mitchell22@yahoo.com

Special Needs Planning
Academy of Special Needs Answers

AXA Advisors LLC
3322 West End Avenue
Suite 201
Nashville, TN 37203
Phone: 732-476-2807
Contact: Stuart Flaum
Email: stuart.flaum@axa-advisors.com

Gordon Law Group
803 18th Avenue South
Nashville, TN 37203
Phone: 615-321-0220
Fax: 615-321-9099
Email: Rachel@gordonlawgroup.com 

VistaPoints.org - The Special Needs Trust Resource Center
201 Walton Ferry Road
P.O. Box 364
Hendersonville, TN 37077-0364
Phone: 615-824-7230
Fax: 615-824-8772
Email: info@vistapoints.org 

YAHOO GROUPS - Legal
The Ultimate Advocate
Reed Martin Special Education Advocate
Coalition of Special Education Parents

Out-Of-State Attorneys
California
David Sherman
Sherman & Ziegler
Washington Mutual Building, Suite 300
2740 Van Ness Avenue
San Francisco, CA  94109
Phone: 415-924-1300
Email: aspecialedlawyer@sbcglobal.net
Website: http://www.specialeducation.ws/ 

Kentucky
Florence Sue Huffman
Attorney At Law
Huffman Law Office
250 East Short Street, Suite 201
Lexington, KY  40507
Phone: 859-333-9930
Fax: 859-254-3103
Email: huffmanlaw@insightbb.com