Alex Payne

Alex is a business lawyer. Since graduating from Vanderbilt University Law School as a member of the Order of the Coif, Alex has represented corporations, LLCs, partnerships and individual business owners, both large and small, at all phases of the business life cycle. Alex’s practice currently focuses on serving as outside general counsel (or “out-of-house” counsel) for startups and real estate businesses. Alex has experience with contract formation; mergers and acquisitions; real property, contract and intellectual property litigation; business workouts; and commercial bankruptcies and reorganizations. in a wide range of industries – including consumer technology, construction, financial services, and health care.

Prior to joining Dunham Hildebrand in 2016, Alex worked for the law firm of h3gm in Nashville as a member of the commercial litigation and bankruptcy practice group.  As a commercial litigator, Alex has helped clients to resolve issues, regardless of complexity, in a straightforward and cost-efficient way. His experience ranges from multi-million dollar intellectual property disputes and intricate title insurance defense cases to representing landlords seeking to evict commercial tenants and business owners looking to enforce non-competition covenants against their employees. Alex also assists businesses and business owners facing difficult times to navigate the workout process, and to utilize the Chapter 11 reorganization process, if necessary.

Alex approaches each client’s unique situation with the goal of diminishing business distractions, minimizing risk, and maximizing efficiencies, whether through settlement or trial, with the ultimate aim of enabling a business to do what it does best – business.