Sanford Heisler Adds Ex-Federal Prosecutor Hannafan in Nashville

Brent Hannafan, a former federal prosecutor, has joined law firm Sanford Heisler Sharp in its Nashville office.

Hannafan will serve as co-chair of firm’s trial practice in the new role, Sanford Heisler said Wednesday. He spent 17 years in the US Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Tennessee, including roughly six years as criminal chief, working on healthcare fraud and other white collar prosecutions as well as a wide range of other cases.

He will join Sanford Heisler lawyers representing cities and counties around the country in suits against against opioid manufacturers, distributors, and pharmacies, the firm said. He ...