Born and raised in Knoxville, Mark Pienkowski graduated from Oak Ridge High School in 2005. After graduation, Mark earned his Bachelors in History, magna cum laude, from Emory College in 2009. Furthermore, Mark was also recognized as a George P. Cuttino Scholar and invited to join the Phi Alpha Theta National History Honor Society. Mark was also recognized as a Kosciuszko Foundation Scholar and, as a result, studied abroad for two years in Poland. Upon returning to the United States, Mark enrolled at Emory Law with a merit scholarship and earned his J.D. in 2016. Due to Mark’s fondness and love for East Tennessee, he settled back in Knoxville. Pienkowski is a member of the Knoxville Bar Association and previously served on the Board of Directors for CASA of East Tennessee.

Mr. Cole has been licensed in the State of Tennessee since 1997 and has spent his entire legal career working hard for the people he represents from start to finish. Mr. Cole is an experienced and proven trial attorney with years of court experience in both civil and criminal cases; in front of both judges and juries. He simply won’t take a civil case unless he thinks there is a very good chance to win at trial and he prepares every case as though it is going to trial. Mr. Cole has represented both corporate and individual clients in all areas of state and federal courts in Tennessee. He has robust experience in jury trials in courts across the Tennessee Valley. He has obtained acquittals on behalf of numerous criminal defense clients and recovered many monetary judgments for plaintiffs. He has obtained defense verdicts for defendants in both jury and non-jury trials. Mr. Cole has gained a high level of trust from my fellow lawyers as well as from the bench, having been selected by Judges to sit as a special master to hear order of protection cases. He has been appointed as a Hearing Committee member of the Board of Professional Responsibility of the Supreme Court of Tennessee. As a Hearing Committee member, he presides over disciplinary hearings, along with two other Hearing Committee members, to determine whether or not a licensed attorney, accused of violating the ethical rules, should be censured, suspended, or disbarred. Mr. Cole has given seminars to lawyers on how to be a better trial lawyer as well as other specific areas of legal expertise This is this level of trust you should expect to have in an attorney representing your legal interests.