Nathan H. Ridley

Nathan H. Ridley


Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Recognized since 2007

Nashville, Tennessee

Practice Areas

Administrative / Regulatory Law

Government Relations Practice

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Nathan Ridley leads the firm’s Tennessee government relations and lobbying practice as part of the firm’s Government Affairs Practice Group. This involves representing client interests in matters pending before the Tennessee General Assembly and executive branch agencies. Nathan handles regulatory matters for the firm’s utilities, financial services, and health care clients and also serves as Secretary for the firm’s Tennessee political fund.

Before joining Bradley Arant Boult Cummings, Nathan spent eighteen years with the Tennessee General Assembly, serving as Senior Legislative Attorney in the Office of Legal Services before his departure. In this position, he served as Special Counsel to the Speaker of the Senate. He drafted bills, resolutions and amendments for consideration by members of the general assembly and served as counsel for a number of committees, including the House Commerce Committee and the Senate State and Local Government Committee.

Over the past twelve years, he has provided the “Legislative Update” for the Nashville Bar Association’s CLE program for state staff attorneys, as well as a similar update for the Tennessee Attorney General’s office. He is currently serving as chair of the Tennessee Bar Association’s LAWPAC, that group’s political fund. He is a current member and past chair of the Tennessee Lobbyists Association. He is an elder at Westminster Presbyterian Church where he is also teaching a class of fifth graders.

Location
  • 1221 Broadway, Suite 2400
    Nashville, TN 37203
Education
  • The University of Tennessee, J.D., graduated 1979
  • Vanderbilt University, B.A., graduated 1976
Bar Admissions
  • Tennessee, Tennessee Bar Association
Affiliations
  • American Bar Association - Member
  • NAIOP, Commercial Real Estate Development Association - Member
  • Nashville Bar Association - Member
  • Nashville Bar Foundation - Fellow
  • TAADAS, Tennessee Association of Alcohol, Drug & other Addiction Services - Member
  • Tennessee Bar Association - Member
  • Tennessee Lobbyists Association - Member

Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2020 - Administrative / Regulatory Law Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2017 - Government Relations Practice
Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
  • Administrative / Regulatory Law, Nashville (2020)
  • Government Relations Practice, Nashville (2017)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2025 for work in:
  • Administrative / Regulatory Law
  • Government Relations Practice
Special Focus:
  • Campaign Finance
  • Government Affairs
  • Government Contracts
  • Legislative
  • Lobbying
  • Public Utility
  • Regulatory
  • Telecommunications
Awards:
  • Martindale-Hubbell® AV Preeminent Rated

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