Attorney Profiles
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Formed in 2009, Patton & Hyder, PLLC is the successful partnership of G. Earl Patton and Susan M. Hyder. Sharing a wealth of knowledge and the same eager work ethic, Patton & Hyder offer their clients a high level of legal expertise and a seasoned team of professionals who know the legal system well enough not only navigate it, but to also make sure that their clients understand every step along the way.
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G. Earl Patton has been practicing law since 2000. He has extensive experience in the practice areas of personal injury, divorce and child custody, adoption, social security disability, and criminal defense. Patton has also represented the Cumberland County, Tennessee Board of Education since 2001. Patton is a 2000 graduate of the Nashville School of Law, and a 1993 Graduate of Middle Tennessee State University. He is the past President of the Cumberland County Bar Association and a member of the Tennessee Bar Association, the American Association of Trial Attorneys, the Tennessee and National School Boards Association Council of School Attorneys. Patton was born in Decatur, Alabama, where his father was an elected member of the Alabama House of Representatives, but moved with his family to his mother’s home town of Crossville, Tennessee at age twelve. Patton has deep roots in the Upper Cumberland, his family going back generations in both Cumberland and Fentress Counties. He is an accomplished musician and entertainer, having lived and performed in Nashville, Tennessee between college and law school. While in law school, he worked for a plaintiff-oriented personal injury law firm and later for State Auto Insurance as a claims representative, learning along the way how both sides operate in the world of personal injury litigation. Earl has four children with whom he and his wife, Rachel, love spending time outdoors.
Raised: Crossville, Cumberland County, Tennessee
H.S.: Cumberland County High School
B.S.: Middle Tennessee State University
J.S.: Nashville School of Law
Susan M. Hyder is a Crossville native and has worked in the legal field for thirty years. She is a graduate of the Nashville School of Law and was admitted to practice in 2006. She has served on the advisory board at Roane State Community College Paralegal Program for several years. She is a past President of the Cumberland County Bar Association and a member of the Tennessee Bar Association. Her practice focuses on estates, wills, real estate, corporate and family law.
Raised: Crossville, Cumberland County, Tennessee
H.S.: Cumberland County High School
B.S.: Tusculum University
J.D.: Nashville School of Law
Member of: Cumberland County Bar Association and Tennessee Bar Association
