Business Digest: Chambliss adds 3 shareholders

Chambliss adds 3 shareholders

Justin L. Furrow, Jeffrey G. Granillo and Douglas S. Griswold have become shareholders in the Chattanooga law firm of Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel, P.C.

Furrow focuses on labor and employment law. He has successfully defended and assisted clients in federal and state courts, as well as before administrative agencies such as the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and U.S. Department of Labor.

Granillo concentrates his practice on personal injury litigation, product liability defense and intellectual property disputes. He has successfully represented clients in high stakes trademark, copyright and patent infringement actions in a variety of federal courts across the country.

Focusing on health care and business law, Griswold works with health care clients on HIPAA, fraud and abuse, regulatory compliance, certificates of need, employment arrangements, billing issues and other health care related matters. He has also represented a number of health care providers in various business transactions, including asset and stock purchase transactions and joint venture arrangements. In addition to health care matters, Griswold advises corporate clients in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, real estate ventures and other corporate matters.

“These attorneys have demonstrated first-rate legal skills and an outstanding commitment to client service, the cornerstone of our firm,” said Mike St. Charles, managing shareholder at Chambliss.

NACS honors top employees

North American Credit Services (NACS) and Medical Services of Chattanooga honored top performing employees during the company’s recent 2014 employee special recognitions banquet.

“We are proud to have compassionate and dedicated employees throughout our company,” said Dallas S. Bunton, Sr. , chairman and CEO of NACS and Medical Services of Chattanooga.

The award recipients included Lynn Beatty, NACS Employee of the Year; Timothy Vine, Medical Services Employee of Year; Mike Brewer, Campus Management Award; Karen Carroll, Campus Administrative Support; Becky Brumlow, AHS / Centralized Billing Offices Management Award; Debbie Burgess, NACS Collector of the Year; Jeff Marsh, Medical Services Billing Technologies Financial Counselor of the Year, and Talia Leath, Medical Services, winner of the Early Out Financial Counselor of the Year Award.

Habitat elects 2 new directors

Don McDowell, a retied manufacturing executive, and Dave Worland, a nonpofit veteran, have joined the board of Habitat for Humanity of Greater Chattanooga Area.

McDowell worked for more than 30 years at Philip Morris Companies, Inc. Prior to retiring in 2010, McDowell was the general manager of the company’s Holland Division. McDowell earned engineering degrees from Virginia Tech and is a licensed professional engineer.

Worland is president and CEO of Leadership Ministry Worldwide, which is an international ministry based in Chattanooga. Prior to joining Leadership Ministry Worldwide in 2014, Worland served as executive vice president of the National Christian Foundation and was the founding president of the Chattanooga Christian Community Foundation. Worland is a graduate of High Point University in North Carolina.

McDowell and Worland join 11 other board members at Habitat for Humanity of Greater, which since its start in 1986 has built 249 affordable and energy efficient homes in Hamilton County.

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