Practices

Experience. It’s a common word with uncommon implications. At Bell Nunnally, we’ve been serving clients for 30 years. Along the way, we’ve earned the respect and recognition of our peers. But to our clients, milestones of time aren’t particularly meaningful in and of themselves. It is what our nearly 50 attorneys do with their experience that matters.

Insight. Our clients like how we think. It’s not just the quality of our advice—it’s the depth of our insight. We “get it.” Of course, that doesn’t just happen. It requires a passion for genuine understanding. We’re convinced it’s not enough merely to do the work that’s asked of us. To truly deliver value for our clients, we have to understand why we’re being asked to do the work in the first place. That requires thinking and it requires perspective. It means sitting down and talking, not only about the client’s immediate objective, but also about the client’s business as a whole. In the end our clients receive something far more valuable than mere legal advice—they receive strategies for success.

Breadth. Our experience, like our client base, is broad and diverse. Below are brief overviews of our core practices, which are more fully described in their individual descriptions.

Bankruptcy and Financial Restructuring

We bring to our clients a breadth of understanding that comes from years of success in handling cases of every type within the complicated realm of bankruptcy and financial restructuring. But knowledge of bankruptcy law alone is not enough. We assess our clients’ bankruptcy objectives and where appropriate collaborate with firm attorneys in other relevant disciplines—corporate, finance, real estate, employment, tax, and litigation—to craft an effective approach. Read more

Commercial Finance

At Bell Nunnally, we have developed a multi-disciplinary team of attorneys with extensive experience in closing complex loans in commercial, asset-based, and real estate transactions. Clients, whether borrowers or lenders, rely on us for effective representation in structuring, negotiating, and documenting financing transactions of all types. We guide them every step of the way. Our understanding of the intricacies of financial transactions is solid. Through that understanding our firm closes transactions without making them harder than necessary. After all, the closing of a transaction should be the start —and not the end—of a business relationship. Read more

Corporate and Securities

Understanding a client's business—and being knowledgeable about the business environment in which the decision is being made—is critical to developing a legal strategy that accomplishes the client's goals. With that understanding, we can best evaluate the risks and rewards in complex business transactions, and counsel clients on the broader ramifications of decisions being made. We often become one of the primary resources of the client's leadership team when planning for the future. For us and for our clients, each transaction is part of an ongoing partnership. Clients turn to Bell Nunnally for counseling in a full range of corporate, business and securities matters. We represent domestic and foreign publicly traded companies, privately held, family-owned and venture-backed companies, partnerships, private equity firms and other investment funds, management groups, and entrepreneurs. Read more

Creditors' Rights

We bring an aggressive and measured approach to obtaining payment from debtors. Our collective knowledge and experience in this area is formidable. Our goal is simple: to turn a debt into cash. Indeed, we count legal victories, not in terms of paper judgments, but in terms of dollars in your pocket. We vigorously prosecute claims for our creditor clients based on promissory notes, leases, guarantees, and unpaid accounts. Read more

Entertainment, Advertising and New Media

The legal issues that arise in conjunction with matters involving entertainment or emerging technology are vast and touch on many nuanced legal implications. We have a repository of skills and experience from years of working with industries that merge the disciplines of copyright, trademark, licensing, business and commercial transactions, technology, and media. We are sought after as leading-edge entertainment, advertising and new media law practitioners—we enjoy bringing a creative approach to the business of entertainment. Read more

Immigration

Attempting to navigate the complexities of U.S. immigration law can have severe consequences if done alone or without the proper skill and experience. We help businesses and individuals obtain immigration benefits including nonimmigrant status, Legal Permanent Residency, and U.S. Citizenship. Read more

Intellectual Property

Intellectual property may be a company’s greatest asset. We recognize that and work closely to help clients safeguard and protect these most valuable resources through informed counseling and strategic litigation. Protecting and leveraging your brainchild and brand is not for the uninitiated. Let us help. Read more

Labor and Employment

Every employer is covered by at least one state or federal employment law, and frequently by multiple laws. Our employment attorneys assist business owners in negotiating the day-to-day maze of those laws. And, because employment problems can, and frequently do, turn into lawsuits, our employment lawyers are skilled in the courtroom. We have litigated virtually every type of employment discrimination case, and that considerable jury trial experience provides the insights to advise employers on the steps needed to avoid litigation. Our goal is always to focus on helping clients run their businesses in a way that keeps them out of court. But when a trial is the best option, we have the experience and skill to be zealous advocates. Read more

Litigation

We're at home on the battlegrounds—state courts, federal courts, and before panels of arbitrators. We're a section of real trial lawyers, with experience that spans many different industries and many different specialties. And while our litigators are known in the legal community for successes in the courtroom, we are also respected for our successes in less visible areas of the litigation process—the procedural and evidentiary battles that often are decisive in determining outcome. Read more

Mergers and Acquisitions

A principal focus at Bell Nunnally is our mergers and acquisitions practice. Our transactional lawyers have substantial skill and experience in facilitating the structuring, financing and successful completion of acquisitions, divestitures, investments, mergers, joint ventures/strategic alliances and recapitalizations. Read more

Private Clients and Estate Planning

You’ve worked hard to build a business or to steward your resources. We work hard to ensure your goals for safeguarding or transferring the fruits of your labor are met. Read more

Real Estate

Real estate law requires perspective. Bell Nunnally & Martin’s real estate lawyers know more than what the law says—we possess a thorough understanding of the fundamentals of the real estate industry, and how individual real estate matters fit into the overall business objectives of our clients. We use this knowledge to optimize both immediate and long-term results for our clients. Read more

Tax

Discussions on tax law can yield complicated talk—but no clear answers. Not so at Bell Nunnally. We understand tax law, and we also work hard to understand our clients' objectives. Equally important, we strive to make sure our clients understand us. Our practice includes transactional tax planning and tax controversy litigation. Whatever the need, our tax attorneys understand—and can be understood. Read more