Growth through talent Evans Petree’s recent shareholder promotions and additions, including the hire of Russell Hayes as a shareholder and the promotion of Andrew J. Gille, indicate active expansion of senior legal capacity and practice leadership. This suggests opportunities to engage for sophisticated corporate or real estate transactions, succession planning, and strategic advisory services as the firm scales.

Strategic hires The firm’s onboarding of new attorneys and the emphasis on high-value practices (e.g., real estate transactions, lending, contract law, land use, and tax planning) point to potential cross-sell of services such as tax planning, regulatory compliance, and technology-enabled matter management to support growing practice areas.

Full-service appeal Evans Petree markets itself as more than law with integrated in-house experts and a broad service footprint. This presents a sales angle for offering client-centric solutions like practice management software, cybersecurity, contract lifecycle management, and data analytics services to enhance cross-functional collaboration.

Tech stack synergies The firm utilizes tools including AWS, WordPress, DocuSign, Microsoft 365, and analytics (Matomo). There is potential to discuss digital transformation, cloud security, document automation, e-signature workflows, and marketing technology enhancements to improve efficiency and client delivery.

Market positioning With a revenue range of 25–50 million and a mid-to-large firm profile in Memphis, Evans Petree could be receptive to partnerships or services targeting growth in professional services, client experience optimization, and targeted marketing services aimed at expanding market share and differentiating in a competitive regional landscape.