Sherry Thompson
Civil Litigation Paralegal

Sherry recently joined our law office as a Civil Litigation Paralegal, and as a Trainer with Modern Practice Solutions.

Sherry worked in downtown Nashville for many years as a Legal Assistant/Paralegal with several prestigious, large law firms. Her professional background also includes having served as an Administrative Assistant for a Long-Term Care Insurance Division in addition to being licensed to sell long-term care insurance. She travelled throughout Middle Tennessee hosting seminars about long-term care insurance as well as training other insurance agents on how to sell long-term care insurance.

With her strong legal background and excellent communication skills, Sherry is well-prepared to explain the regulations on OSHA and HIPAA compliance to your team. She is engaging and makes learning most enjoyable.

When not working, Sherry and Mike enjoy camping, boating, and are self-proclaimed foodies who enjoy time spent with friends and family. Her other hobbies include cooking, reading, and personal travel. Sherry is excited to share her skills and knowledge from her experiences in the legal profession with our clients.

Matthew Alvarez
Paralegal

Matthew Alvarez is a highly experienced paralegal who recently joined The Law Office of Olivia Wann and Associates, PLLC. He has over 15 years of experience as a paralegal working at a busy law firm specializing in construction law and real estate with an emphasis on compliance, claims, and the ability to establish and maintain good working relationships with attorneys, colleagues, and clients.

He obtained a Bachelor's degree in Criminal Justice from Illinois State University, and also attained a Paralegal Certification from an ABA Accredited college.

Matthew is from a small town in northeast Illinois and moved to Stewart County in 2021. He likes to stay focused with work while keeping relationships with friends and family a priority. He enjoys spending time outdoors, camping, going to the lake, watching football, and Nascar.

Megan Crutcher
Paralegal

Megan Crutcher joined the team at the law office in May of 2021. She serves as a paralegal in the areas of HR, probate and civil matters. She is a candidate for a bachelors of science degree in education and counseling. Her personality combined with her education and training helps her in understanding each client’s needs. She enjoys working with our clients and helping them with any concerns they may have.

In her spare time, she enjoys traveling, being in nature, reading, crafting, and spending time with her loved ones; especially her dog Millie and cat Peaches.

Christie Dunn
Paralegal

Christie is a highly experienced paralegal who recently joined our office's team. She has 16 years of combined experience as a paralegal working in busy law firms in Tennessee and Kentucky in the areas of family law, estate planning, litigation and insurance defense. She obtained paralegal certification from TN State University.

Christie is a native of Stewart County, born and raised! In her spare time, she enjoys spending time with family as well as exercising her creativity making jewelry and working on renovation projects.

Gracie Hogue
Program Implementation Specialist

Gracie graduated from Murray State University in 2012 with a Bachelor of Music in Violin Performance, where she attended with two music scholarships. Gracie joined the MPS team in 2016. She manages the online training program, the weekly newsletter, media, and program implementation.

In her spare time, Gracie likes to hang out or go hiking with her husband Matt, draw, paint, quilt, fiddle, write and illustrate fiction, and watch M*A*S*H with her German Shepherd, Hawkeye.

Tammie Taylor
Client Services Representative

Tammie has been in the medical-dental industry for the last 20 years. Her expertise was in dental insurance and assuring the dental practice maximized its revenue through accurate and timely billing. She worked many years in office management and made an easy transition with Modern Practice Solutions as our project coordinator. She is the front line in assisting clients in arranging meetings for our speakers.

Cindy Garland
HIPAA Consultant

Cindy is our client service representative and also serves as our HIPAA consultant in handling HIPAA risk assessments and ancillary services. Cindy’s vast background includes serving as Intelligence in the U.S. Navy. She worked for many years as Olivia’s paralegal. With her strong legal assistance background and knowledge of IT matters, it was a perfect fit for Cindy to help our clients with arranging their compliance packages and assisting them with HIPAA.

Terri Walker, RDA
Compliance Specialist

Terri started her dental career as an Oral Surgery Assistant in the mid 1980's, where she found her passion for infection control and dentistry. She served as the OSHA and Infection Control Coordinator for several years. During that time, she continued to attend the standard OSHA training seminars and left each one extremely disappointed until she attended a Modern Practice Solutions seminar. During a break, she approached the speaker and they spoke together about her history and interest in infection control. From there, she started her new career teaching others the importance of maintaining strict infection control and safety standards for their patients and employees. Terri also studied OSHA at Eastern Michigan University and attended multiple training symposiums regarding Infection Control and dental safety. She took a reprieve from the dental field for a few years and missed it tremendously, but has recently returned to Modern Practice Solutions and is excited to be back working with clients again.

Sherry Lynn Tidwell
Compliance Specialist

Sherry Lynn Tidwell recently joined the Modern Practice Solutions’ team as a compliance specialist and trainer. Prior to joining our firm, she was a long-term client and well-familiar with our company’s OSHA and HIPAA compliance processes, and even participated in the Advanced Safety Manager and Advanced HIPAA courses. Sherry Lynn spent over 25 years as a registered dental assistant and primarily managed a dental office in a busy practice in the Nashville area. Sherry Lynn is dynamic and willing to share her wealth of knowledge with our clients. When she’s not educating and inspiring dental teams, Sherry Lynn is spending time with her husband, volunteering in the community, and bringing smiles to everyone she meets.

Kevin Wann
Accounts Manager

Kevin served many years in the automotive industry having held positions to include engineering, project management, and corporate management. Kevin takes care of accounts payable for both the law practice and Modern Practice Solutions. In his spare time, Kevin likes to be with his wife Olivia and their fur babies, and spend time near the lake.