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PLLC Formation Attorney in Tennessee

If you are a licensed professional in Tennessee — a doctor, dentist, CPA, architect, engineer, and so on — your licensing board usually requires you to practice through a PLLC rather than a regular LLC. I form them with the board's rules built in, not bolted on afterward.

This page covers a focused service. For the broader editorial practice area, see Owner Disputes in Tennessee.

Why a PLLC instead of a regular LLC

A PLLC is the LLC variant the state requires for a number of licensed professions, and the difference is not cosmetic. Who can own it, who can practice through it, and even how the name has to read are governed by your licensing board, on top of the standard LLC rules. Form a plain LLC for a profession that needs a PLLC and you can plant a problem that surfaces at the worst time — a license renewal, an audit, or a claim.

Your board sets rules the Secretary of State does not

Each licensing board has its own requirements about member eligibility, professional-services restrictions, and entity naming. The right structure depends on the profession, who the members are, and how revenue and liability are meant to flow. I handle formation around those board rules — articles, member-eligibility confirmation, name approval, and the operating-agreement provisions specific to professional practice — and coordinate any board-specific filing the profession requires.

Whether you are a solo practitioner forming a first entity, a group reorganizing as a PLLC, or an out-of-state professional setting up a Tennessee-domiciled practice, the structure follows your board's rules and your facts. That is worth a short conversation before anything is filed.

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