Sam J. McAllester, III primarily represents financial institutions and concentrates his practice in the areas of secured transactions, commercial paper, commercial lending, loan documentation, real estate, the issuance of title insurance policies, bankruptcy, financial consultations, creditors' rights, collections, and foreclosures.

He served as Staff Attorney for the Tennessee Department of Labor; Chapter 7 Interim Trustee, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Middle District of Tennessee; and Panel of Trustees, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Middle District of Tennessee. Mr. McAllester has been the guest speaker at numerous seminars on commercial lending, real estate and bankruptcy and creditors rights for the Tennessee Bar Association and other professional groups and organizations. He is a member of the Board of Regents for the American College of Mortgage Attorneys, currently serving as Tennessee state chair. He is also a member of the American Bankruptcy Institute. Mr. McAllester is a former board member and Secretary of the Mid-South Commercial Law Institute. He is also a member of the Nashville, Tennessee and American Bar Associations.

Mr. McAllester was selected as a Mid-South Super Lawyer in the 2009 edition. In 2003 and 2004, his peers in the Nashville legal community named him to the Nashville Business Journal’s "Best of the Bar" in the area of bankruptcy law.

He received his Bachelor of Science from the University of Tennessee in 1969, and his Juris Doctor from the University of Tennessee College of Law in 1970.