Evan Cope
· civil litigation including, but not limited to:
· divorce
· child custody domestic relations matters
· business and real estate litigation
· personal injury law
· employment
· municipal and county government law
· contract law
· land use law
Mr. Cope, a partner with CHSR&M, represents individuals, business entities and local governments in matters generally involving civil litigation including, but not limited to, divorce, child custody and other domestic relations matters, business and real estate litigation, personal injury law, employment, municipal and county government law, contract law, and land use law.
Mr. Cope is a member of the 2010 Tennessee Bar Association Leadership Law program. The purpose of this program is to nurture effective leadership with respect to ethical, professional and community service issues; to build relationships among legal leaders from across the state and from across disciplines within the profession; to raise the level of awareness among lawyers regarding the broad range of issues facing the legal profession; and to enhance the diversity of leaders within the legal profession and the community as a whole.
In addition to the practice of law, Mr. Cope is involved in various civic causes, and presently serves on the board of directors of the Boys & Girls Club of Rutherford County and the Tennessee Bar Association Standing Committee on the Protection of the Public from the Unauthorized Practice of Law. Mr. Cope also serves on the Community Advisory Council of Middle Tennessee State University, an organization committed to helping MTSU develop and maintain community networks and relationships.
In 2006, Mr. Cope was selected by United States Senator Bob Corker to serve as his Rutherford County campaign chairman in Senator Corker's successful bid for that office.
Mr. Cope served as a district representative to the Tennessee Bar Association, Young Lawyers Division, during which time he organized and produced a free legal clinic for those in need of legal advice but unable to afford the same, and has volunteered his time at the Salvation Army Christian Legal Clinic. He has also served on the Webb School Alumni Board and the board of trustees of the Oaklands Historic House Museum, a well preserved antebellum home and museum listed individually on the National Register of Historic Places both for its architectural significance and its rich historical associations.
Mr. Cope is a member of the Commonwealth Society of the Middle Tennessee Medical Center Foundation. The Commonwealth Society was established in 1996 by the MTMC Foundation Board to serve as a forum for young leaders of Murfreesboro and Rutherford County to study and explore the issues surrounding modern health care in Middle Tennessee.
Mr. Cope is a graduate of the Webb School in Bell Buckle, Tennessee, and received his undergraduate degree in political science, with a minor in history, from Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee. While at Rhodes, Mr. Cope completed the British Studies at Oxford University program during which he studied British history and government. Mr. Cope graduated from the University of Memphis School of Law where he received the Deanís Award for Academic Excellence in Trial Advocacy and served as a member of the Moot Court Board. While in law school, Mr. Cope clerked for the Honorable Robert L. (Butch) Childers, judge of the Circuit Court of Tennessee at Memphis.
Mr. Cope is a member of the Rutherford/Cannon County, Tennessee and American Bar Associations.
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