Everett L. Hixson Jr. - Chattanooga, TN
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Commercial and Business Disputes Lawyers in Chattanooga, TN
100 W. Martin Luther King Blvd Suite 300 Chattanooga, TN 37402
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Chattanooga Commercial and Business Disputes Lawyer
Updated: 03/16/2026
Areas of Practice
- Commercial and Business Disputes
- Insurance Coverage Analysis and Litigation
- Real Estate
- Construction and Development Litigation
- Landlord and Tenant Litigation
- Creditor's Rights and Bankruptcy
- Personal Injury Defense
- Appellate
- Mediation
Attorney Information
Overview
For over 35 years, Everett (Bo) Hixson Jr. has practiced in Tennessee and Georgia on behalf of individual and corporate clients. He has extensive experience in general commercial litigation, including business disputes, real estate, construction, and personal injury. He has asserted creditor’s rights in bankruptcy and state court on behalf of financial institutions, shopping centers, and commercial property managers and owners. His diverse practice includes representing individuals in corporate dissolutions and litigation between franchisees and franchisors.
Bo’s real estate practice includes conducting foreclosures and litigating wrongful foreclosures against and on behalf of lenders and loan servicers. He frequently represents buyers, sellers, and realtors in real estate transactions as well as title insurance companies and property owners in title disputes and boundary line issues. Bo represents homeowner associations in Tennessee and Georgia, including the preparation and enforcement of covenants, conditions and restrictions in both states.
In the area of construction litigation, Bo represents developers, owners, architects, and contractors with various construction defaults, liens, defects and other disputes arising out of the development of commercial properties, subdivisions, PUDs, and residences. His regulatory experience includes representing architects and engineers before professional licensing boards.
Bo’s landlord and tenant practice involves representing commercial and residential property owners and managers with various tenant defaults and disputes. He represents theaters, restaurants, shopping centers, and hotels regarding the Americans with Disabilities Act claims and defends premises liability claims, including inadequate security, personal injury, and third-party criminal actions. His personal injury practice involves the representation of victims arising out of automobile, school bus and tractor-trailer collisions.
Additionally, Bo has extensive appellate practice experience with over two dozen reported decisions in Tennessee and Georgia courts and U.S. District and Bankruptcy Courts.
Awards and Honors
Honors
- Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent®
- Tennessee Supreme Court Rule 31 Listed Mediator
Education
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Legal Education
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University of Tennessee College of Law,
Knoxville,
Tennessee, 1986
J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence
Law Review: Tennessee Law Review, Assistant Editor, 1984 - 1986
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University of Tennessee College of Law,
Knoxville,
Tennessee, 1986
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Non Legal Education
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Tennessee State University,
Chattanooga,
Tennessee, 1983
B.A., Bachelor of Arts
Honors: Managing Editor, UTC Echo - Georgia Institute of Technology
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University of Tennessee
Honors: Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity
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Tennessee State University,
Chattanooga,
Tennessee, 1983
Current Employment Position(s)
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Partner
Classes and Seminars
- Various Bankruptcy, Collection, and Foreclosure Seminars (Speaker)
Representative Cases
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Arnold v. Gouvista
- Citation: 735 S.W.2d 458
- Court: Tenn. Ct. App
- Year: 1987
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State of Tennessee Department of Human Services v. Guivista
- Citation: 735 S.W.2d
- Court: Tenn. Ct. App.
- Year: 1987
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In Re: Countrywood Investment Group
- Citation: Ltd., 117 B.R. 338
- Court: Bkrtcy. M.D. Tenn
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Peoples Bank of Elk Valley v. Conagra Poultry Co.
- Citation: 832 S.W.2d 550
- Court: Tenn.C
- Year: 1991
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Wamp v. Tennessee State Board of Architectural and Engineering Examiners
- Citation: 133188
- Court: Tenn. Ct. App.
- Year: 1992
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Wamp Tennessee State Board of Architectural and Engineering Examiners
- Citation: S.W. 2d 273
- Court: Tenn
- Year: 1993
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Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company v. Cleveland Mall Associates
- Citation: 841 F.Supp. 715
- Court: E.D. Tenn
- Year: 1996
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Union Planters National Bank v. Crook, 484 S.E.2d 327, 255, Ga.App. 578
- Court: Ga. App.
- Year: 1997
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Union Planters National Bank v. Crook
- Citation: 33 UCC Rep. Serv. 2d 129
- Court: Ga. App.
- Year: 1997
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ABC Supply Company, Inc. v. U.S. Fidelity and Guar. Co.
- Citation: 1997 WL 764482
- Court: Tenn. Ct. App.
- Year: 1997
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Swanson v. Swanson
- Citation: 514 S.E.2d 822, 270 Ga. 733
- Court: Ga
- Year: 1999
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Layne v. Taylor
- Citation: 2000 WL 688713
- Court: Tenn. Ct. App.
- Year: 2000
Published Works
Articles
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Premises Liability-Abolition of the Common Law Classes of License and Invitee in Tennessee Tennessee Law Review, Summer, 1985
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Confiscation of a Lender’s Collateral Under the Tennessee Narcotics Act, 82 Tennessee Banker 19
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Premises Liability – "Abolition of the Common Law Classes of Licensee and Invitee in Tennessee, 52 Tennessee Law Review 787, 1985
Bar Admissions
- Tennessee, 1986
- U.S. Federal Courts, 1986
- Georgia, 1991
- U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Tennessee
- U.S. District Court Middle District of Tennessee
- U.S. District Court Western District of Tennessee
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Georgia
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Georgia
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court Middle District of Tennessee
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court Western District of Tennessee
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court Northern District of Georgia
Other Affiliations
- International Council of Shopping Centers (Member)
- Tennessee Association of Construction Counsel (Member)
- American Bankruptcy Institute (Member)
- Chattanooga Bar Association (Member Board of Governors)
- State Bar of Georgia (Litigation and Bankruptcy Sections) (Member)
- Tennessee Bar Association (Litigation and Bankruptcy Sections) (Member)
- Federal Bar Association (Member)
- American Bar Association (Litigation and Business Sections) (Member)
- American Inns of Court, Brock-Cooper Chapter (Member)
- Vestry of St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church, Signal Mountain (Member)
- Arthritis Foundation (Board Member)
- Kidney Foundation (Board Member)
- Boy Scouts of America Area Counsel Board (Member)
- Chattanooga Regional History Museum (Board Member)
- Town of Signal Mountain Board of Zoning Appeals (Member)
- University of Tennessee College of Law Dean’s Advisory Counsel (Member)
- Georgia Bar Association
- Tennessee Association of Construction Council (Founding Member)
- Associated General Contractors
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Contact
100 W. Martin Luther King Blvd
Suite 300
Chattanooga, TN 37402
Phone: 423-475-7336
Fax: 423-373-1435
Email: Send a message
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