Walt Burton

Background

About Walt Burton

Walt is a well-known commercial real estate lawyer in the Nashville and national markets and has extensive experience representing owners, developers, and investors in a diverse range of commercial real estate transactions, including industrial, office, multi-family, and retail projects. His practice includes real estate acquisition, disposition, development, and leasing. Walt’s clients love his broad range of experience and often comment that he has a perspective and business sense that is unmatched in the industry. Walt has written dozens of articles regarding commercial real estate and has previously served as a guest columnist for the Nashville Business Journal. Walt was selected as part of the Georgia Bar’s YLD Leadership Academy for 2010. In 2012, the University of Tennessee College of Law recognized Walt as one of the Top Ten Alumni Ten Years Out and the Nashville Business Journal named Walt to the Top 40 Under 40 in Nashville for 2014 and Best of the Bar in 2023. Walt was selected as a Mid-South Rising Star by SuperLawyers Magazine from 2013 – 2016, and as a Mid-South Super Lawyer in 2018 through 2024. Walt has also been selected as one of the Best Lawyers in America for Real Estate Law for 2020 through 2024. Walt is active in the community and has previously volunteered for the Land Trust for Tennessee. Prior to founding Thompson Burton PLLC in 2012, Walt was an associate in the commercial real estate group in the Atlanta office of Troutman Pepper. Walt and his wife, Melissa, live in Nashville with their two sons, Liam and Jeb, and their daughter, Libby. Walt enjoys spending weekends at his family farm in Lincoln County, Tennessee. Prior to attending law school, Walt served as a Lieutenant in the weapons department onboard the USS SHILOH (CG-67), based in San Diego, California.