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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Feb 14, 2023

The partners of Nashville law firm Branstetter, Stranch & Jennings are splitting and forming two new firms, the Nashville Post reports. Ben Gastel, Tricia Herzfeld, Joe Leniski Jr., David Suetholz and Michael Wall will leave the firm to form Herzfeld, Suetholz, Gastel, Leniski and Wall (HSGLaW). All will work in Nashville except for Suetholz, who will be based in Louisville. The new firm will focus on civil rights, union-side labor law and complex civil litigation. It also will assume work on neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) cases previously handled by Branstetter, Stranch. The original firm will rebrand as Stranch, Jennings & Garvey with managing partner Gerard Stranch IV (grandson of firm founder, the late Cecil Branstetter) and Jim Stranch III, Jan Jennings, former state Rep. Mike Stewart, Jack Garvey and Nate Ring. Garvey will be based in St. Louis while Ring will work from Las Vegas. The firm will focus on class actions, mass torts, ERISA trust funds, labor unions, bank fees, data breaches and personal injury cases. It also will continue to handle governmental opioid work