Our Firm

A Firm That Sees You

Founded by an award-winning lawyer, business leader, and chief inclusion officer, Hinton & Company specializes in integrating leadership development and cultural inclusivity into organizations of all sizes.

Let’s start this journey together.

At the core of our mission, we leverage expertise from different sectors and industries to offer tailored strategies designed to foster inclusive leadership practices that impact your organization's culture and success.

Hinton & Company, a premier culture and leadership firm, recognizes the uniqueness of your organization’s culture, history, and mission. While we draw on industry-leading practices, each engagement is a fresh opportunity to tailor our strategies to your specific needs, reinforcing our commitment to your distinctive success.

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Our Values

What Drives Us

Collaboration

We value collaboration, partnering with each client to co-create impactful, tailored solutions that foster a winning culture.
Innovative

Our expertise fuels creativity and innovation in cultural and leadership development, grounded in deep, sector-spanning knowledge.
Simplicity

Nobody likes complicated. We prefer simple - so do our clients. We are committed to creating impactful change in a less complicated way.

Our Team

Wade A. Hinton, Esq.

CEO & Founder

Our founder is Wade Hinton, an award-winning chief diversity officer, attorney, and business leader. DiversityFirst named Mr. Hinton one of its Top 100 Diversity Officers. Mr. Hinton has been recognized for his leadership by the Network Journal, the National Bar Association, the Tennessee Bar Foundation, and a host of others. He is a Presidential Leadership Scholar, aGerman Marshall Fellow., and a Tennessee Bar Foundation Fellow. Mr. Hinton served as a Chief Inclusion and Diversity Officer, the City Attorney for his hometown of Chattanooga, Tennessee, and Deputy General Counsel for Volkswagen Chattanooga. During Mr. Hinton’s tenure with Unum as its first Chief Inclusion & Diversity Officer, the Fortune 250 company received a number of awards and made its first appearance on Forbes Magazine’s list of Best Employers for Diversity.