Katie brings years experience managing nonprofit organizations, drafting and negotiating contracts, and guiding local business owners along their entrepreneurial journeys. As our Legal Team Leader and Contract and Employment Attorney, Katie’s unique blend of legal knowledge and business experience provides a thorough perspective for setting your business’s legal foundation and building your team.

Katie graduated from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville with honors and the University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law.

When she’s not in the office, Katie is spending time with her husband and two kids, binging a true-crime series, or relaxing with her nose stuck deep in the latest Reese's Book Club pick (preferably on a sandy beach).

Katie is licensed to practice in Tennessee.

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Michelle C is our resident labor and employment whiz, helping our clients intelligently and (more importantly) legally grow their teams.

As a former commercial litigator and shareholder in a large Detroit area law firm, Michelle loves helping entrepreneurs protect their businesses with contracts and trademarks.

She graduated from Michigan State University with honors and Wayne State University Law School in Detroit cum laude. Michelle and her husband have two kids in college and a spirited rescue pup. When she’s not working, you’ll find Michelle outside running or hiking, reading and talking about great books, and traveling to interesting corners of the world.

Michelle is licensed to practice in both Michigan and Tennessee.

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Bethany is an intellectual property attorney based on the Gulf Coast and serving clients worldwide. She has trained under some of the foremost brand protection lawyers in the business, honing her skills as both an e-commerce attorney and a trademark expert. Bethany has represented over 500 trademarks before the USPTO and has extensive experience working with owners of online businesses.

Bethany graduated cum laude with a certificate in International and Comparative Law from Mississippi College School of Law, where she served as associate editor of the MC Law Review and President of the Women’s Student Bar Association. She is a member of the Intellectual Property and Solo and Small Practice sections of the Alabama State Bar, and is actively involved in the Alabama chapter of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.

She now resides in beautiful Fairhope, Alabama, with her bearded entrepreneur husband, their four children, and their geriatric cat. She loves being at the beach, on the water, and trying all the foods and reality TV shows the world has to offer.

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Our paralegal Diane (affectionately dubbed our ‘follow-up ninja’) assists clients throughout the corporate, trademark, and copyright registration process to ensure they run smoothly and stay on track.

Diane graduated cum laude from East Carolina University in 2007 with a Bachelor of Arts in Communication and a minor in International Business.

She is a CORE Registered Paralegal through the National Federation of Paralegal Associations and a North Carolina State Bar Certified Paralegal. She is also a member of the Paralegal Division and Intellectual Property Section of the North Carolina Bar Association.

Diane and her husband have two boys. In her spare time, she loves cooking and trying new recipes. She also enjoys drinking coffee, traveling, and playing at the beach with her family.

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Our Paralegal Hannah uses her considerable documentation, research, and project management skills to help growing businesses with their contracts, employment matters, and corporate entity filings. Hannah keeps our clients happy by making sure their legal projects move along in a timely and accurate manner.

Hannah graduated from Missouri State University with a Bachelor's Degree in Professional Writing and minors in Public Administration and English.

When she's not working, Hannah loves writing and talking about literature, yoga, and anything outdoors in the Missouri Ozarks where she lives.

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Our Client Success Specialist Blake welcomes clients to our team and serves as a bridge between client and firm to ensure our clients have a positive and efficient experience with our team.

Blake helped grow her family's makeup and color business, elea blake cosmetics, into a global company before her twin sister Elea took over. She then worked for several years as the Executive Assistant and Marketing Manager of a major real estate company while also growing a small entrepreneurial photography and art business, BLAM Photography. Her work has been featured in several independent films, she has published a book Magic & Myth: Corpse Candle, and she continues to provide high-end photography services to the Chattanooga area.

When she isn't traveling to see the world, Blake spends her time in her hometown of Chattanooga with her 2 dogs, cat, chicken, and pig. In her spare time, she works to implement climate justice projects, gardens, and works on various artistic endeavors.

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Our Engagement Specialist, Allison, welcomes potential clients to our firm and ensures that everyone who contacts us receives a prompt and personal response.

Allison’s background includes communications for non-profit groups as well as paralegal work in corporate law. The last several years have been dedicated to working with teens and women through her yoga and life-coaching practice. This combined experience gives Allison the unique ability to understand the perspective of our potential clients and identify how our firm can support them. Allison graduated from Rhodes College with a B.A. in History. She is a E-RYT 500 with Yoga Alliance and an ICF Certified Holistic Life Coach.

When not working or on the yoga mat, Allison can be found exploring trails near her home in Chattanooga, trying out new recipes, and traveling to places near and far.

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Our Operations Coordinator, Brooke, is the process and systems guru at the AWB Firm, helping ensure our client experience is Smooth and Luxurious (a top AWB Firm value).

Brooke and her family moved around the country and across the world before landing in Chattanooga, Tennessee, in 2006, but she still loves adventuring to new places while keeping Chattanooga as her home base.

You can find Brooke spending time with her husband and whichever of her teenagers/young adults happen to be around at any given moment. She also adores learning new creative outlets to add to her list of hobbies — singing, cooking, baking, knitting, crocheting, sewing — and growing her handywoman skills.

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Our Digital Marketing Specialist, Rachel, introduces new folks to the firm and supports the team in sharing helpful online business insights and news on the latest legal regulations.

Rachel and her husband are high school sweethearts and live in Charlotte, NC with their dog and two cats. Rachel is also a website designer, video game streamer, vegan, and avid hiker who's always looking for her next waterfall to visit.

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