Everette Parrish, Attorney at Law

  Everette Parrish, Attorney at Law

Everette Parrish has been a Nashville resident since 1980 helping the elderly, the young, individuals, small businesses and the under-privileged as defense attorney, guardian ad litem, health care fiduciary and conservator in his twelve years as a licensed attorney.
     As a criminal defense attorney, he practices in Williamson County and Davidson County and in the federal courts of middle Tennessee on the reserve CJA Panel for the Federal Public Defender’s office. Everette represents retained clients and readily accepts indigent appointed clients for the probate, criminal, and circuit courts of Williamson, Davidson and surrounding Tennessee counties.     He is a past Nashville bar Journal author with several articles appearing in the Journal. He is presently a member of the Williamson County Bar Association.
     Past work experience includes death penalty case legal and IT support for the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Middle District of Tennessee, government contracting, and subrogation recovery for Allstate Insurance.

Area of Practice

CRIMINAL DEFENSE

There Are Many Possible Defenses To Your Case:

• The search or stop could be illegal. 
• Conduct by the police could be inappropriate.
• You may not have been legally arrested.
• Evidence could have been mishandled, not properly preserved or destroyed.
• The police have to do every step as they’ve been trained to do. If any one step is left out or not done right, then your case may be dismissed.

WILLS & ESTATES

Wills.
Everyone should have a will. It often brings peace to loved ones, makes their lives better, and affirms that you think of others, not yourself. In Tennessee, not having a will isn’t awful, because there are good laws in place that generally distribute your possessions to husband, wife, child, parent, etc. — the bad thing is that if there are none of these, the state of Tennessee gets it all.

Without a will, your relatives may have to wait longer to get their portion and their portion could be considerably less than if you had made out a will. So, with a will, you direct your generosity to something other than government (unless that’s your desire.)

Estate Planning and Trusts.
For those who have accumulated a lot (i.e., you’re rich), you may want your heirs to receive as much money as possible, paying as little tax as possible. This is the role of estate planning while you’re alive. Incorporating the will early in the estate plan helps insure your goals are met at all stages in your life and after-life. It can make financial provisions for disabled relatives and even scurrilous relatives you love, but who just can’t hold on to a dollar.

Estate planning and wills can create Trusts — legal entities which store up money for specific purposes and which may have tax advantages and ways to keep the money safe, so it can grow over time.

Once you have a will, you will feel more in control, at peace having thought of the future for your loved ones, and proud that you turned procrastination in accomplishment, at least on this one lingering task.

As an attorney, I have good checklists and systems to help make the process easy, enjoyable, logical, and thorough as all of the many questions are answered in drafting will, estate, and trust documents, so call me.

DEPENDENT CARE

CARE FOR CHILDREN, THE DISABLED, AND THE ELDERLY.
Tennessee law does all it can to help young and old alike. Dependant care means children get help. It means senior adults are provided for. Often times, a loved one has overwhelming needs that make it impossible for them to care for themselves, sometimes for several months, other times for their entire life. You know when a loved is in serious need or is not being treated right. That’s where I can help.

FAMILY LAW

LITIGATION