Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani has welcomed six partners across its Tennessee and Florida offices. Christopher Cathey joins the Miami office, Jordan Neiderland, Allan “A.J.” Parker, and Craig Sarner join the Nashville office, Sharhonda Robinson-Edwards joins the Jacksonville office, and Scott Vincent joins the Memphis office. Their backgrounds span commercial litigation, insurance, professional liability, healthcare, construction, and general liability matters, further strengthening the firm’s litigation bench across the Southeast and nationwide.
“Chris, Jordan, A.J., Sharhonda, Craig, and Scott bring a wide range of experience that will benefit our clients and colleagues throughout the Southeast,” said Peter Siachos, Regional Oversight Partner of GRSM’s Southeast offices. “Their additions strengthen our local teams and give clients access to attorneys who understand their businesses and can draw on the resources of our national platform.”
Cathey focuses his practice on complex business disputes involving financial services, real estate, corporate, and creditors’ rights matters. With 27 years of commercial litigation experience, he represents financial institutions, property owners, corporate officers, and private businesses in matters from pre-suit negotiations through trial and appeal. He is admitted to practice in Florida, Kentucky, Ohio, the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Sixth and Eleventh Circuits, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky, the U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Middle, and Southern Districts of Florida, and the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.
Neiderland focuses her practice on commercial litigation, general liability, insurance coverage, trucking, and healthcare liability matters. She represents individuals, businesses, healthcare providers, and insurers in state and federal courts, handling litigation from pre-suit stages through trial and appeal. She is admitted to practice in Tennessee, the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and Middle Districts of Tennessee, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
Parker focuses his practice on general liability defense and construction litigation, with additional experience in premises liability, insurance coverage, commercial litigation, freight brokerage liability, and transportation and trucking defense. He represents insurers, businesses, contractors, property owners, and insureds in complex litigation throughout Tennessee. His experience includes trying cases to verdict, numerous summary judgment rulings in favor of clients, victories in the Tennessee Court of Appeals, and managing high-exposure matters for national and regional clients. His prior experience as in-house counsel and assistant project manager for a masonry contractor gives him firsthand knowledge of construction operations and contractual risk. Parker serves as President-Elect of the Tennessee Defense Lawyers Association and has been a faculty member of its Trial School since 2024. He is admitted to practice in Tennessee and the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and Middle Districts of Tennessee.
Robinson-Edwards focuses her practice on commercial disputes and general liability matters for businesses in the restaurant, retail, hospitality, transportation, and construction industries. With more than 20 years of legal experience, she represents clients in matters involving premises liability, personal injury, wrongful death, director and officer liability, product liability, negligent security, trucking, and construction defects. She is admitted to practice in Florida, California, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Middle Districts of Florida.
Sarner focuses his practice on professional liability, medical malpractice, premises liability, environmental claims, construction defects, real estate, product liability, and general civil litigation. With more than 20 years of litigation experience, he represents clients through all phases of complex disputes. He has also represented licensed professionals before licensing boards. He is admitted to practice in Tennessee, the District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia, the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Fourth and District of Columbia Circuits, and the U.S. District Courts for the District of Maryland, the Eastern and Western Districts of Virginia, and the Eastern, Western, and Middle Districts of Tennessee.
Vincent focuses his practice on general civil litigation, insurance defense and coverage, commercial litigation, premises liability, class action and multidistrict litigation, trust and estate litigation, probate, and estate planning. With more than two decades of experience, he represents corporations, insurers, and individuals in a range of disputes and helps families plan their legacies through wills and trusts. He is admitted to practice in Tennessee, the U.S. District Courts for the Western District of Tennessee and Northern District of Florida, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
Source: www.grsm.com
