Shelton Swafford Chambers

Shelton Swafford Chambers advises high-net-worth clients and family-owned businesses on estate planning, tax planning, trusts, asset protection, and succession matters. Her work includes dynasty trusts, charitable trusts, family governance structures, gifting strategies, and federal estate and gift tax returns. She helps clients preserve wealth, plan for future generations, protect private information, and make informed legal decisions involving business interests, family responsibilities, and long-term legacies.

Shelton earned her J.D. from The University of Tennessee College of Law and her B.S. from The University of Tennessee, graduating magna cum laude. Her law and accounting education support detailed planning for tax, estate, trust, and business matters. She uses that training to explain complex options clearly, review financial and family goals, and design plans that efficiently and responsibly address property, taxes, charitable giving, caregiving needs, and future transfers.

Shelton helps families and business owners manage sensitive planning issues with care and discretion. Her practice includes estate administration, trust planning, special needs planning, elder law, Medicaid planning, guardianships, conservatorships, and prenuptial or postnuptial agreements. She also guides family businesses through succession concerns, including tensions between active and non-active owners. Her advice helps clients reduce uncertainty, prepare for change, and protect the people and assets that matter most during transitions.

Shelton Swafford Chambers serves clients with a strategic, practical, and personable approach. She works to understand each client’s priorities before recommending legal tools for short-term needs or long-term goals. Her guidance supports families facing health care decisions, divorce-related concerns, special needs issues, charitable planning, and wealth transfer. Through careful planning and trusted counsel, she helps clients create lasting legacies while protecting privacy, stability, and core family interests.

Law Office Affiliations

• Shareholder, Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel P.C.
• Member, Chattanooga Bar Association
• Member, Tennessee Bar Association
• Member, American Bar Association
• Past President, Southeast Tennessee Lawyer’s Association for Women
• Past Board Member, Chattanooga Tax Practitioners
• Member, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
• Member, Tennessee Society of Certified Public Accountants

Licensed State

• Tennessee

Education

• University of Virginia School of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• Emory & Henry College
  Bachelor of Arts (BA)

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