Center for Politics Advisors

Managing Shareholder, Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC

Culver Schmid is the Office Managing Shareholder of the Knoxville Office of Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC, a law firm with over 650 attorneys and 23 offices. His legal career involves serving as a corporate and business attorney with a focus on finance, municipal corporations, real estate development and commercial transactions. Culver has substantial experience representing political candidates and campaign committees on election law matters including campaign finance issues. Culver has been active in the community in many capacities serving as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Episcopal School of Knoxville. He has also served as Chairman of Knoxville’s Community Development Corporation and a member of Governor Bill Haslam’s Council for Judicial Appointments. He received the Justice Joe W. Henry Memorial Award from the Tennessee Bar Association for his article entitled “Restoring Rights of Individuals Convicted of a Felony Crime: A Manual”. By appointment of The Supreme Court of Tennessee, he serves as vice-chairman of The Board of Professional Responsibility of the Supreme Court of Tennessee which administers the disciplinary process for lawyers in Tennessee. Culver is a graduate of the Webb School of Knoxville and a 1981 graduate of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Virginia. He received his law degree from the University of Tennessee College of Law. He and his wife Linda live in Knoxville and have two children and two grandsons.