Contract Lawyer in Williamson County, Tennessee
Before founding the practice, Hunter Fede spent six years in corporate banking in Nashville — negotiating, performing, and living with the consequences of commercial agreements from the business side of the table. That's the perspective applied to every contract the firm drafts, reviews, or enforces.
The best time to involve a contract lawyer is before you sign. The second-best time is now — whether you're drafting an agreement, unsure what you already signed, or dealing with someone who won't hold up their end.
Agreements written for your deal — not a template with the names swapped. Service agreements, leases, sales contracts, NDAs.
What you're agreeing to, what's missing, and what to push back on — in plain English, before it binds you.
Terms negotiated with the other side's counsel so the final document protects you, not just them.
When the other party won't perform: demand letters, negotiation, and litigation when it's warranted.
Most disputes settle. The goal is the outcome that costs you the least — in money and in time.
Independent contractor and subcontractor agreements that hold up — for the hiring side or the working side.
Vendor terms, customer agreements, commercial leases — reviewed by someone who reads them like a lender.
Getting paid what the agreement says, and agreements that make getting paid enforceable.
Employment agreements, non-competes, leases, and the handshake deal that needs to go on paper.
Quoted up front after a free look at the document's length and complexity. No hourly surprises.
Often yes — but proving its terms is another matter. If a deal matters, it belongs on paper.
Usually not. A well-founded demand letter and negotiation resolve most disputes short of a courtroom.
Reading a contract like a banker
The expensive clauses are the quiet ones
The price and the deadline get all the attention, but the clauses that decide disputes are the ones nobody reads: indemnification, limitation of liability, termination rights, personal guarantees, and where a lawsuit has to be filed. Six years of reading agreements on the lending side taught Hunter exactly where those provisions hide and how they get used.
Review before signing is the best money in law
Once you sign, the document is the deal — Tennessee courts enforce what's written, not what was said in the parking lot. A review before signing typically costs a fraction of a single billed dispute, and it's the one point in the relationship where you can still change the terms.
When the deal goes sideways
Most breaches resolve without a courtroom. A demand letter grounded in the actual contract language, followed by negotiation, settles the majority of disputes — and when litigation is genuinely the right tool, you'll get that recommendation with the costs laid out honestly first.
Get it in writing — correctly.
Send the document or describe the deal. The first conversation is free.
