John Schweri | Columbia Tax Lawyer

• American Bar Association Member
  2013 - Present
• Tennessee Bar Association Member
  2013 - Present
• Maury County Bar Association Member
  2014 - Present
• Tennessee Association for Criminal Defense (TACDL) Member
  2014 - Present

• MTSU Policy Debate Team | Top Speaker in the State of Tennessee
• MTSU Policy Debate Team | Top Speaker in the Southeast/South Central Region

I represented a client in a complex juvenile custody case that spanned several years and won custody at trial for my client paternal grandmother

By being honest with clients, the Court, witnesses, other attorneys and working hard and diligently and keeping promises to clients to fight hard for them, taking care of my clients by promptly returning calls, texts, emails, and letters and keep them informed about the status of their case and options going forward, doing the right thing for my client even when it involves a lot more work, doing the thorough detail oriented work on every case to understand all the facts and law involved, and investigate all avenues to reach the best resolution for my client

Honesty, work ethic, morals, experience, the ability to communicate, understanding of the law and local legal community

80%, the other 20% is hard work, experience and diligence

My understanding of similar cases, ability to help in the matter

General overview of the case, parties involved to check conflicts, and estimate timeframe and desired outcome of the case

I cover 12 counties which is more than most, and have a Master's in Business Administration and background of 13 years in Tax including working at a CPA firm and 12 years is owning, buying, selling, and rental multi-family Real Estate in Nashville TN and surrounding areas

Helping people through difficult times, or helping them build or plan their businesses or estates

Spending time with friends and family, playing music with my bands and attending concerts, traveling, cooking and bartending, sports, hiking and working out, attending live theatre and participating in community theatre, spontaneous road trips, planning conferences and festivals, playing video games and going to fun parks

I volunteer in our Juvenile Court to help the youth facing criminal charges get their lives on track, I play drums in an annual concert called Muletown Revue where we raise money for children in the Court system (CASA) Court Appointed Special Advocates, and our local hospital, me and my wife are both approved DCS foster parents and have done the training to foster children, I do a lot of pro bono work for parties who do not have the resources to hire an attorney and do more than 100 hours of a year of free service to the community. I run an event center where we do fundraisers for non-profits for children and the environment, have Saturday farmers markets for local merchants, do conferences for Midwife training, do summer camps for inter-city kids from Nashville to visit the country, community dinners, weddings, festivals, birthdays, family reunions, and concerts.