Our History

It was the late 1950s.

The eyes of the nation were on Nashville, as a small group of local college students and a handful of local community leaders began organizing and conducting lunch counter sit-ins, street marches and downtown store boycotts to demand equal rights for all races. In a relatively short time, Nashville would earn the distinction as a major training ground for some of the most influential leaders of the American civil rights movement.

Against this backdrop of unrest and change, a young attorney named George E. Barrett stepped into the spotlight as the brash, unrelenting champion advocate of the civil rights pioneers.

In those early days, Barrett took on great personal and professional risk to launch his legal career in Nashville by defending men and women of all races and ethnic backgrounds. But in time Barrett would earn the respect and regard of U.S. presidents, Supreme Court justices, judges and other leaders for his unwavering defense of the principles of the U.S. Constitution.

Decades later, Barrett remains an outspoken advocate and defender of underdogs and the underserved. Around him today Barrett has assembled a team of like-minded dedicated, talented attorneys who share his compassion for representing the interests of working men and women, and organizations that continue to fight for justice and parity.