There’s no legal fight Burks & Ogle can’t take on.
Story by Micha Haas | Photography by Ethan Smith
Appeared in Cityview Magazine, Vol. 42, Issue 4 (July/August 2026)
The legal arena has changed these past fifty years. New laws are signed in Nashville; new precedents decided with the bang of the gavel. But two things never change. One: every person standing before the law has something they need to protect. And two: Burks & Ogle is ready to step into the ring beside them.
Burks & Ogle is different from a lot of firms, their team tells Cityview. They have the resources and expertise of a big high-rise law firm, but they put it to work with the focus and resolve of a team that fights for every client. Chuck Burks, the firm’s co-founder, has been in practice for over fifty years, making a name as both a criminal and civil litigator. But the firm’s expertise extends well beyond Burks’ half-century career.
That fight is sharpened by how closely the team works a case. “We discuss our cases a lot, and you really can’t do that at a larger firm,” says Burks. “We all have the opportunity to have input, and that collaboration really produces special results.”
Nate Ogle is the other half of the letterhead, a former Knox County prosecutor and private trial attorney with more than fifty jury trials under his belt.
“My job is to go on the offensive in that courtroom, to drive my client’s case home through the evidence and dismantle the other side’s,” says Nate Ogle. “Whether a judge or a jury decide it, I make sure that by the time they do, our story is the one that stands up and the right conclusion is the only one left.”
They are joined by Jacob Feuer, the firm’s third partner and a veteran of private and public defense practice, and experienced attorneys Katheryn Ogle and Chelsea Harris, each bringing their own expertise to the practice.
This collective experience shows in the firm’s results, not just in the courtroom but in the outcomes for clients.
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“What clients can expect is an advocate who knows their case cold,” says Feuer. From the first meeting, he explains, the attorneys dig into every detail, because the more they know, the harder they can fight.
As any good trial attorney knows, a case reaches far beyond the courtroom and into a client’s life. That is exactly why winning matters so much.
“Clients come to you in crisis,” explains Katheryn Ogle. “They’re scared, they’re grieving, and they often have a version of success in mind that the legal system can’t actually deliver. Part of my job is helping them reframe what a good outcome means, so we’re fighting for something real and winnable.”
And win them they do. The testimonials of courtroom successes pour in, as do Cityview’s Top Attorney accolades.
“A job well done, to me, is when a client walks away knowing they were truly heard and that someone fought hard in their corner,” says Harris. “I take on my clients’ burdens as if they were my own — their stress, their fear, their stakes. That weight is exactly what drives my work ethic, and seeing it pay off for the people I represent is what makes this profession deeply meaningful to me.”
If you are in need of an attorney in your corner, you can find Burks & Ogle online at knoxlegalteam.com, or can contact them by phone at 865-522-4964.
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