Chambliss names four associates

Justin L. Furrow, Jeffrey G. Granillo, Jeffrey W. Maddux and Joy Dixon Wilman have become associates at the law firm of Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel P.C.

Mr. Furrow, a graduate of the University of Tennessee College of Law, is with the firm's labor and employment law practice. He is also a graduate of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. He and his wife, Crissy, live in North Chattanooga.

Mr. Granillo, who received his bachelor's degree from Cornell University and his law degree from Emory University, concentrates his practice on general commercial and class action litigation. He served as a law clerk to Judge Cindy Morris of the Georgia Superior Court in Dalton. He lives in the Mountain Creek area.

Mr. Maddux, who received law and MBA degrees from the University of Memphis, joins practices in the areas of bankruptcy and creditors' rights, medical malpractice, education law and product liability. He and his wife, Emily, live in North Chattanooga.

Ms. Wilman, who earned her law degree at the University of San Diego, practices in the areas of business and corporate law, health care, and taxation and estate planning. She and her husband, Hamish, live in Hixson.

The Chambliss law firm has 72 lawyers.

Pair promoted at the Marriott

Shaner Hotels has announced Mary Childress has been promoted to director of sales and Marci Smith has been elevated to assistant director of sales at its Marriott Convention Center property.

Ms. Childress has worked at the Chattanooga hotel since 1995.

Ms. Smith has worked at the Chattanooga property since 2005. She is a graduate of Indiana University.

Malone overseer at Miller Martin

Melvin J. Malone has been elected as the managing member of the Nashville office of the law firm of Miller & Martin PLLC.

Mr. Malone, a native of Chattanooga, will direct all operations of the Nashville office.

He also will be a member of the seven-person policy committee that manages the Chattanooga-based law firm that has more than 200 attorneys. The Nashville offices has 58 lawyers.

Mr. Malone has served as a Miller & Martin member since 2002 and is chairman of the telecommunications and utilities practice group. He is a chairman of the firm's diversity committee.

J&J/Invision cited as worker friendly

Georgia Trend magazine named a family-owned Dalton, Ga., carpet manufacturer to its 2008 Honor Roll of the Best Places to Work in Georgia.

The magazine editors cited J&J/Invision's commitment to the environment and open communication between executives and employees as reasons they believe it is one of the most employee-friendly companies in Georgia.

Four hundred employers of all sorts were nominated, and 15 were picked.

"We are honored to be included on this list among such outstanding companies," said Jim Bethel, chief executive of J&J/Invision. "We truly value our employees and are pleased to know that we are doing things as a company that they are proud to be a part of."

Tapped for post, Gentry sells firm

Buck Gentry has become chief operating officer of InfoSystems Inc., a technology company, and has sold his certified public accounting practice to Joe P. Honey.

Mr. Gentry is a University of Tennessee graduate who also serves as board chairman of Contact of Chattanooga Inc. He and his wife, Tonya, live in Riverview.

Mr. Honey has been a CPA for 27 years and is accredited in business valuation.

He specializes in providing accounting, tax and consulting services to businesses. He has experience with such companies as Covista, Olan Mills and Joseph Decosimo and Co. He is a graduate of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.

Red Bank's Bryant is Lockheed VP

Lockheed Martin has named Mark Bryant as vice president of the external tank program at the NASA Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans.

He will be responsible for external tank design, production, delivery, and flight during this fly-out period of the space shuttle program.

At 15 stories tall, almost 28 feet in diameter and weighing about 1.7 million pounds, the external tank holds more than 500,000 gallons of propellant that propels the astronauts into space.

A 1975 graduate of Red Bank High School, Mr. Bryant's career with Lockheed Martin began in 1985. He is the son of Margaret and Jack Bryant, of Red Bank.