S. NIXON PRESSLEY

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Nixon Pressley brings to the table for his clients a wealth of business, legal, and local experience. Nixon's experience as a corporate counsel, financial and business manager, and in the practice of law in Mt. Juliet, ensures clients with needs in corporate and business matters, contracts, purchase and sale transactions, wills, estates and probate, and real estate matters of all kinds of highly skillful and experienced representation by an attorney who has a wealth of local knowledge and a great reputation within the Mt. Juliet business and legal community.  

Nixon then went to work for his father-in-law, Ken Stilts, as in-house counsel for Mr. Stilts’ music artist management company located in middle Tennessee. Upon Mr. Stilts’ transition from the music business, Nixon became In-House Counsel and later General Counsel and Chief Financial Officer of Mr. Stilts’ other thriving business, S & S Industries, Inc., a manufacturing company serving companies involved in the appliance, heating, and air conditioning industries and pre-engineered metal building contractors. Contemporaneously with these endeavors, Nixon operated a solo law practice in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee. Nixon’s law practice has consisted of a wide array of experience—including personal injury, family law, wills and estates, business formations, contracts, and real estate. He also has experience evolving from his time in the corporate world including workers’ compensation, employment law, employee benefits, banking and finance, contracts and leases, insurance, and corporate governance. And, as a result of the sale of S & S Industries, Inc. in March of 2013 Nixon has hands-on practical experience with mergers and acquisitions. 

Since 2015 Nixon and long-time friend Denny Bennett have partnered together in the practice of law in Bennett & Pressley, P.C.  Nixon heads up the firm’s Mt. Juliet, Tennessee office and its Mt. Juliet affiliation with Lawyer's Escrow Service, Inc. in the real estate closing, escrow and title business.

Nixon is admitted to practice in all Tennessee state courts and is a member of the Tennessee Bar Association and the Fifteenth Judicial District Bar Association. 

Nixon and his wife, Tina, reside in Lebanon, Tennessee. They have two adult children and two grandchildren. In his spare time, Nixon enjoys golf, travel, University of Tennessee athletics, and family time.