About Us


Firm History:  Winchester, Sellers, Foster & Steele, P.C. was founded by J. Michael Winchester on June 1, 1983. E. Brian Sellers (1985), Gordon D. Foster (1989), Walter N. Winchester (1990) and Anthony Steele (1993) joined the firm as associates and later became shareholders of the firm on May 15, 1998. Joshua R. Holden joined the firm in 2003 and became a shareholder in 2016. Ryen M. Lamb joined the firm in 2017 and became an associate in 2019. Rachel M. Hester and Jacob L. Gilliam joined the firm as associates in 2020.

Areas of Practice: Winchester, Sellers, Foster & Steele, P.C. engages in a general practice of law, with an emphasis on commercial, banking and bankruptcy/creditor’s rights law. Its attorneys are admitted to practice in the State of Tennessee, in both state and federal courts.

Winchester, Sellers, Foster & Steele’s mission is to provide quality legal services at a fair rate for its clients, both institutional and individual, with knowledge, skill, timeliness and zeal, while maintaining integrity, ethical standing and good reputation among the Courts, the profession and the public.

Representative Clients


  • 7 TITLE LLC
  • ADVANCIAL FEDERAL CREDIT UNION
  • ALLEGAN FEDERAL CREDIT UNION
  • AMERICAN CREDIT ACCEPTANCE
  • C&F FINANCE COMPANY
  • C3 STUDIO, LLC
  • CARMAX AUTO FINANCE
  • CINCH AUTO FINANCE
  • CITIZENS BANK
  • Civil Service Merit Board
  • CLAYTON HOMES, INC.
  • Commercial Bank
  • COMMERCIAL ROOFING SPECIALTIES
  • CU REVEST, LLC
  • DALE SUPPLY COMPANY
  • DITECH FINANCIAL, LLC
  • DIVERSITAS HOLDINGS LLC
  • D’MARIE INC.
  • DRIVE FINANCIAL SERVICES
  • EAST COAST METAL DISTRIBUTORS
  • FERGUSON ENTERPRISES, INC.
  • FIRST HORIZON BANK
  • FIRST INVESTORS FINANCIAL SERVICES
  • FIRST US BANK
  • FIRSTBANK
  • FOOTHILLS PROPERTY MANAGEMENT
  • GOLDEN CHILD HOLDINGS LLC
  • GORGON CAPITAL, LLC
  • GROW FINANCIAL FEDERAL CREDIT UNION
  • HARLEY-DAVIDSON CREDIT CORP.
  • HEARTHSIDE BANK
  • HYUNDAI MOTOR FINANCE CO.
  • INDEPENDENT DEALERS ADVANTAGE, LLC
  • Injury Finance, LLC
  • KIA MOTORS FINANCE COMPANY
  • KNOXVILLE CENTER MALL
  • KRYSTAL RESTAURANTS, LLC
  • KUBOTA CREDIT CORP.
  • LK METALS OF TENNESSEE, INC.
  • MALIBU COLLISION REPAIR CENTER
  • MCCAMMON-AMMONS-CLICK FUNERAL HOME
  • McKenzie Banking Company ( now, Foundation Bank)
  • MIDATLANTIC FINANCE COMPANY
  • MOUNTAIN COMMERCE BANK
  • MOUNTAIN LAKE MARINA, LLC
  • MYNATT FUNERAL HOME
  • NICHOLAS FINANCIAL
  • NISSAN MOTOR ACCEPTANCE
  • ON THE BORDER, LLC
  • ORNL FEDERAL CREDIT UNION
  • PINNACLE BANK
  • PMB RENTALS, LLC
  • REGIONS BANK
  • RELIANT MH, A DIVISION OF UNITED COMMUNITY BANK
  • SHRED PRO SECURE
  • Simmons Bank
  • SmartBank
  • SMS FINANCIAL, LLC
  • SOUTHEAST BANK
  • SPB HOSPITALITY
  • TEMUJIN HOLDINGS, LLC
  • THE CREDIT UNION LOAN SOURCE
  • TOYOTA MOTOR CREDIT CORP.
  • TRIO INVENSTMENT GROUP, LLC
  • TRUIST BANK
  • TRUSTFIRST
  • UBANK
  • UNITED BANK
  • UNITED CUMBERLAND BANK
  • UNITED SOUTHEAST FEDERAL CREDIT UNION
  • UT FEDERAL CREDIT UNION
  • VANDERBILT MORTGAGE & FINANCE, INC.
  • VW CREDIT, INC.
  • Y-12 FEDERAL CREDIT UNION
  • YES COMPANIES, LLC
  • YES FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLC