We have tried hundreds of cases and dozens of appeals, with a reputation for settling cases in these areas for top dollar. Previously, we did 15 years of insurance defense, and we know how insurance companies operate. We represent both businesses and individuals and have a balanced view of how the procedure works from both sides. If you are facing jail or hefty fines or deserve significant compensation from an accident or injury, call us anytime.

Grandson of a sharecropper and son of a factory worker and a nurse, Tuck Beard understands East Tennessee, its people, and its values. Tuck is from Polk County, Tennessee, and graduated with a history degree from Tennessee Wesleyan then received his law degree from the University of Tennessee College of Law. Before receiving his law degree, Tuck worked in bars, paper mills, and pest control. Tuck is an avid supporter of Tennessee athletics and loves blues, bluegrass, jazz, and country and western music. Tuck takes great pride in practicing criminal, juvenile, family, and personal injury law, but Tuck takes disability law personally. At a young age, Tuck experienced first-hand how grueling and demanding the disability process can be. Tuck also experienced how impersonal, callous, and cold big-disability firms can be when they represent clients. Tuck believes claimants are people with dignity and should be treated as such.

Kent Thomas Jones, Owner and Managing Partner A graduate from the George Washington University Law School (GW), Kent T. Jones is the Owner and Managing Partner of Jones & Associates PC. Kent's undergraduate work at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville was in English and Honors Political Science. At GW, Kent placed first as an oralist in the Mid-Atlantic Regionals of the Phillip Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition and was appointed to be a Member of the GW Moot Court Board. Additionally, he served as President of the GW International Law Society, sponsoring speaker panels on international trade law, international criminal law, international human rights law and other areas, including, but not limited to sponsorship of an International Law Weekend with the Georgetown University Law School with a speaker from the U.S. Department of Commerce. After clerking for a prominent federal securities law firm and international trade law firm, both in Washington, DC, he secured an in-house position with a corporation in Chattanooga, Tennessee, producing contracts for Fortune 500 companies. During the next 13 years, Kent did predominantly insurance and workers' compensation defense work for a regional law firm, where he was a Senior Partner, with the execption of one and one half years with a plaintiff's employment discrimination law firm in Chattanooga. He formed Jones & Associates PC in April of 2012, and the core areas of practice developed into insurance law, divorce, criminal defense and personal injury, as well as other assorted assignments involving real estate, commercial creditors bankruptcy, wills, conservatorships, guardian ad litem work and workers' compensation. He is a former member of the Board of Trustees for a local, private Episcopal School and has participated in volunteer activities in the Hamilton County community, mostly involving health and children.