OUR PEOPLE
Gregory Brown
Managing Attorney
First licensed in 1999, Mr. Brown’s background is in ethics and complex civil litigation at the trial and appellate level. He is licensed in nine states (six by exam) and many federal jurisdictions, has represented clients in court in approximately 25 different states, and has extensive experience litigating a broad array of subject matters, including healthcare, construction, environmental, real estate, intellectual property, professional malpractice, and products liability litigation. He began his career in Boston and came to Lowe Yeager & Brown PLLC after practicing for several years in a large Washington, DC, law firm. He is listed by the Tennessee Supreme Court as a Rule 31 civil mediator and attorney mentor, and has testified as an expert witness on subjects related to professional ethics, the Rules of Professional Responsibility, and the standard of care applicable to attorneys practicing in litigation.
Based on this broad background, Mr. Brown represents clients in select, complex litigation matters; advises and represents professionals, executives, and public officials regarding ethical, licensing, and professional liability issues; and advises corporate clients regarding conflict avoidance and resolution, often in the healthcare, environmental, and real estate development markets. Mr. Brown holds commercial single-engine and multi-engine pilot licenses that he uses to work from both of the firm’s offices in Knoxville, Tennessee, and Washington, DC, and to address client needs throughout the Southeast economically and efficiently.
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Hugh B. Ward
Attorney
Licensed in Tennessee, Pennsylvania, and the District of Columbia, Mr. Ward has been in private practice since 2010, when he retired from twenty-five years of federal service. As a Federal Prosecutor, Mr. Ward was involved in all phases of criminal investigations and prosecutions of federal firearms laws, white collar crime, organized crime, drug trafficking and national security issues. Mr. Ward participated in the Joint Terrorism Task Force in the Eastern District of Tennessee. Mr. Ward held a Top Secret, SCI, security clearance.
Since 2010, Mr. Ward’s practice has focused on commercial, business and general civil litigation, government regulatory affairs, bankruptcy law, criminal defense and administrative law and corporate representation.
Mr. Ward is currently an Adjunct Professor of Business Law at Tennessee Tech University and formerly Roane State Community College. He comments and blogs on legal affairs and national security issues for the University of Tennessee’s Institute for Nuclear Security and WUOT the local affiliate for National Public Radio.
Louise M. Aponte
Attorney
Licensed since 1994, Ms. Aponte is a highly experienced civil and criminal litigator. Before joining Lowe Yeager & Brown PLLC in 2022, she practiced commercial litigation for several years at a leading New York law firm and worked as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Southern District of New York’s Violent Gangs Unit. She has successfully tried racketeering, narcotics, and health insurance fraud cases and has successfully briefed and argued appeals before the Second Circuit. Ms. Aponte’s current practice includes contract, real estate, construction, products liability, and professional malpractice cases. She represents both individual clients and corporations and is licensed to practice law in Tennessee, New York, and Maine. Ms. Aponte is a graduate of Williams College in Massachusetts and Fordham University School of Law in New York.
W. Scott Hickerson
Attorney
Licensed since 2007, Mr. Hickerson’s background is in civil litigation. With most of his legal practice focusing primarily on general and professional liability defense, Mr. Hickerson has experience with both the defense and plaintiff’s bars where he works closely with individual clients, members of the insurance industry, and with representatives of local, regional, national, and multi-national companies and corporations.
Mr. Hickerson came to Lowe Yeager & Brown PLLC after practicing for over a decade with a state-wide law firm in both Memphis and Knoxville handling a variety of matters involving personal injuries, slip/trip and falls, wrongful death, automobile and trucking accidents, healthcare liability claims, product liability assertions, insurance coverage matters, employment disputes, and construction defects.
With the background he possesses, Mr. Hickerson consults with and advises clients regarding potential risks and liabilities, possible exposure, and conflict avoidance. He further serves as pre-trial, trial, and appellate counsel and, where warranted, negotiates the settlement and resolution of claims.
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Amy J. McMaster
Attorney
Ms. McMaster is a 2003 Order of the Coif graduate of the College of William & Mary School of Law, where she served as an Articles Editor on Law Review and Member of the Moot Court team. Her law degree followed a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Victoria, Canada. After graduating from law school, Ms. McMaster worked for an Am Law 100 firm in Washington, D.C., where she specialized in environmental law and achieved the status of Partner in 2014. In 2015, Ms. McMaster joined an international, billion dollar mining company as VP, Legal & General Counsel, where she was responsible for complex contract review and execution, state and federal permitting, and advising the senior management team on environmental, labor and employment, mine safety and health, immigration, and government relation issues. Ms. McMaster has published extensively and is licensed to practice law in the District of Columbia and the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Daniel A. Sanders
Attorney
Admitted to the bar in 2008, Mr. Sanders served the first twelve years of his practice as deputy law director for Knox County, Tennessee, representing the county and its officials in all levels of trial and appellate litigation. He has expertise in tax, land use, zoning, eminent domain, public works, procurement, and real estate development. His experience also includes a deep knowledge of administrative and legislative procedures.
Mr. Sanders is a native of Knoxville, Tennessee. He received his bachelor’s degree from Carson-Newman College in Jefferson City, Tennessee, and his juris doctorate from Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia. During law school, Mr. Sanders received the Roger C. Bern Planning Award for outstanding achievement in estate & business planning, legal drafting, and problem solving and the Cali Excellence for the Future Award for excellent achievement in the study of Commercial Real Estate.
Mr. Sanders resides in the Historic Fourth & Gill neighborhood with his wife, Sarah, and their German Wirehaired Pointer, Caswell.
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