Sumpter McGowin practices in the area of business and transactions with a focus on taxation, corporate law, healthcare, and estate planning. He is experienced in advising companies and their principals at all points of the business life cycle from formation of entities and negotiation of organizational documents among principals to the acquisition and disposition of whole companies.  He frequently advises physicians and other healthcare entities with respect to matters unique to the life of those businesses such as physician employment agreements, practice organization and capital structure, joint ventures, regulatory compliance, and tax planning, and frequently consults with families and individuals with respect to their estate planning.

Prior to joining Phelps Dunbar, Mr. McGowin  practiced corporate and transactional law as well as healthcare law in Tennessee.