Biography

April Perry Randle

Attorney

Practice Areas:


Estate Planning

Wills

Pour-over Wills

General Durable Powers of Attorney

Revocable Living Trusts

Advance Care Directives

Advance Health Care Plans

End of Life Planning

Trust Funding

Trust Restatements

Trust Amendments

Special Needs Planning

Probate Avoidance Trusts

Real Estate Trusts

Coordination with Financial Planners and Tax Advisors


Probate

Affidavit of Inheritance

Small Estate Administration

Trustee/Executor Assistance

Consulting with Families

Organizing/Planning and Coordination of Decedent's Estates

Coordination with Financial Planners and Tax Advisors


Business and Real Estate Law

Business Formation

Contract Drafting

Contract Review

Property Deeds and Transfers

Real Estate Leases

Real Estate Disputes


As a graduate with high honors from Middle Tennessee State University and Washburn University School of Law, Mrs. Randle is well-versed academically and has a diverse career background. After graduating from law school in 2000, Mrs. Randle served as Judicial Clerk to the Honorable Frank Schwelb in the District of Columbia Court of Appeals. Thereafter, she served as a strategic planner and defense contract analyst assisting clients such as the Department of Defense, the Smithsonian Institute and NASA. After the tragedy of 9-11, Mrs. Randle returned to Chattanooga and began her career in private practice. She has argued and briefed cases before the Tennessee Court of Appeals concerning a land boundary dispute and a consumer contract matter. She was also honored to speak on Recent Updates in Law and Legislation in Consumer Protection for the Lee Smith Publishing Company and has taught continuing legal education courses for the National Business Institute.


Active in her community, Mrs. Randle is a member of Christway Church and resides in Ooltewah, TN with her husband and two boys. She is a “soccer mom,” an avid reader, traveler, writer, and dog lover, especially of her Border Collie, Buster, who does agility and trick training. She also enjoys decorating and managing her family’s vacation rental properties. She aspires to become a blogger and Southern Fiction writer.



Education


  • Washburn University School of Law, Topeka, Kansas, Juris Doctor – 2000,

         Magna Cum Laude

  • Honors: Ungermann Trial Advocacy Award
  • Honors: Family Law Quarterly Editorial Board
  • Honors: Top Exam – Evidence
  • Honors: Top Exam – Mental Health and Disability Law
  • Honors: Top Exam – Secured Transactions
  • Honors: Top Exam – Secured Transactions
  • Middle Tennessee State University, B.A., Cum Laude
  • Honors: Dean's List
  • Honors: Honor's Program Scholarship and Thesis Award
  • Honors: Prelaw Award


Bar Admissions


  • Tennessee, 2002
  • Kansas, 2002 (inactive)
  • U.S. Bankruptcy Court Eastern District of Tennessee, 2002
  • U.S. Bankruptcy Court Middle District of Tennessee, 2002
  • U.S. Bankruptcy Court Western District of Kentucky, 2002

 

Honors


  • Better Business Bureau A+ Rating
  • Chattanooga's Best of the Best Estate Planning Law Firm Finalist, 2021/2023
  • Chattanooga People's Choice Award - Consumer Bankruptcy, 2022
  • Avvo Client's Choice Award - 9.9 Rating
  • America's Most Honored Lawyer Recognition, 2018-2023
  • Top Rated Lawyer Recognition, 2019
  • Martindale-Hubbell Client Champion Gold, 2020


Representative Clients


  • Chattanooga Area Schools Fed'l Credit Union
  • Music City Autoplex, LLC
  • Atlantic Coast Conservancy, LLC
  • Zele Beauty Lounge


Past Positions


  • D.C. Court of Appeals, Judicial Clerk to the Honorable Frank Schwelb
  • SAIC, Defense Contract Analyst and Strategic Planner
  • Attorney with United States House. Rep. Chuck Fleischmann (R-TN-03)
  • Counsel to Cleveland Small Business Development Center



Fraternities or Sororities


  • Delta Zeta


Professional Associations


  • Chattanooga Small Business Networking Association, Preferred Vendor
  • Estate Planning Council of Chattanooga


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