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Family Law Lawyers in Nashville, TN in Nashville, TN

Nashville, TN888-521-9952

Family LawDomestic Law/Divorce/CustodyProbate & Estate AdministrationWillsAppealsCollaborative Law

Education

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1986
B.A.
Major: Communication and Sociology (Double Major)
Lipscomb University: 40 hour Rule 31 Civil Mediator Training, March, 2011
Vanderbilt University: Collaborative Law 2-day mediation training by Chip Rose, June, 2010

Access Health Systems (HMO), Project Manager, 1994 - 2001
Meharry Medical College, Assistant to Executive VP, 1992 - 1994
Wayne State University, Assistant to Vice President for University Relations and Event Coordinator, 1990 - 1992

Parenting Plan Best Practices, Family Law Conference for Tennessee Attorneys, Nashville, Tennessee, M. Lee Smith Publishers, October 10,2019
Substitute speaker on "High Conflict Divorce Cases" - Tennessee Bar Association Family Law Forum, Nashville, Tennessee, May 15, 2019
Deductibility of Alimony, at the John Marshall American Inns of Court, Franklin, Tennessee, April 9, 2019
Settlement Negotiation, Trial Strategies and Drafting Final Orders, Tennessee Attorneys Memo, M. Lee Smith Publishers, Nashville, Tennessee, October 10, 2018
Guest on podcast Movers & Thinkers: "What is Love?" by Emily Siner, WPLN Nashville Public Radio, April 18, 2018
Discovery Issues in Family Law, Tennessee Bar Association, Nashville, Tennessee, April 5, 2018
Family Law from Start to Finish: Settlement Negotiation, Trial Strategies and Drafting Final Orders, National Business Institute, Nashville, Tennessee, May 9, 2017
Discovery Guidelines, Your Role During Settlement and Trial, Institute for Paralegal Education, Nashville, Tennessee, April 18, 2017
UCCJEA/UIFSA Considerations When Modiffing and Enforcing Custody and Child Support Orders, Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association, New Orleans, Louisiana, January 13, 2017
Complex Child Custody & Support Issues in Divorce: Modiffing and Enforcing Child Support Decrees, National Business Institute, Nashville, Tennessee, November 17, 2016
Subpoenas and Mental Health Records, Tennessee Association for Justice, April 2013

Gant v. Gant, 2017 WL 417225, Tenn.Ct.App. January 31, 2017 (No. M201502160COAR3CV)
Wester v. McDow, 2009 WL 1034758, Tenn.Ct.App. April 16, 2009 (No. M200602457COAR3CV)
O'Rourke v. O'Rourke, Chancery Court, Williamson County, Tennessee
Duke v. Duke, Chancery Court, Williamson County, Tennessee
Johns v. Johns, Chancery Court, Williamson County, Tennessee
Anderson v. Anderson, Chancery Court, Williamson County, Tennessee
Goodwin v. Morgan, Circuit Court, Davidson County, Tennessee
Walker v. Walker, 2020 WL 4354602, Tenn.Ct.App. June 18, 2020
Sullivan v. Sullivan, 2019 WL 4899760, Tenn.Ct.App. Oct. 4, 2019
Wills v. Wills, 2016 WL 2937358, Tenn.Ct.App. May 16, 2016
Rousos v. Boren, 2014 WL 4217415, Tenn.Ct.App. Aug. 26, 2014

Mentor: Students in Nashville School of Law Rigorous Writing Exercise Program, October 2017 to present
Mentor: Student in Nashville School of Law Juvenile Clinic, March to May 2016
Mentor: New attorneys through Tennessee Bar Association, March 2016 to 2019

Co-Authored chapter on "The Deductibility of Alimony: Implications of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017"; Alimony Bench Book, Tennessee Bar Association March 2019
New Statutory Parental Rights: Play Nice and Fair, or Be Punished for Misconduct Toward The Other Parent, Tennessee Bar Journal, November 2014
When A Child's Best Interests Are At Issue: Privacy of Mental Health Records in Divorce and Custody Proceedings, Tennessee Bar Journal, July 2013

Tennessee Bar Association Alimony Bench Book Committee, 2018 - Present (Co-Chair)
Tennessee Bar Association Family Law Executive Council , 2016 - Present (Chair (June 2020 to present) and Member, 2016 to Present)
Middle Tennessee Collaborative Alliance (Training Chair, Board of Directors, 2016 and 2017)
Member of the Tennessee John Marshall American Inn of Court 2014 - Present
Member of the Honorable Society of Cooper's Inn of Nashville School of Law, May 2006
Tennessee Bar Association Family Law Executive Council
Middle Tennessee Collaborative Alliance
John Marshall American Inns of Court
Tennessee Association of Professional Mediators
Tenessee Association for Justice
Nashville Bar Association
Williamson County Bar Association
Lawyers Association for Women