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Education
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Washington and Lee University School of Law
J.D. 2005
Wood Foundation and Washington and Lee Academic Scholarships; Charles V. Laughlin Award; Phi Delta Phi Legal Honor Fraternity; Moot Court Executive Board, Chair; Mock Trial Team Member; Honor Advocate; Public Prosecutor Clinic
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Washington and Lee University
B.S., magna cum laude, 2002
Accounting and Business Administration
With Special Attainments in Commerce; Francis P. Gaines Honor Scholarship; Honor Roll; Dean's List; Women's Varsity Cross-Country; Kappa Delta Sorority
Admissions
Tennessee
Virginia
U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit
Service Areas
- Business Litigation
- Product Liability
- Appellate Advocacy
- Commercial Disputes - Contracts and Business Torts
- Fiduciary Duty, Trade Secret and Unfair Competition Litigation
- Trial Practice
- Class Action, Mass Action & Multi-District Litigation
- Employment
- Employment Law
- Torts & Insurance Practice
- Pharmaceuticals, Medical Devices, and Healthcare Litigation
Industry Experience
- Pharmaceutical / Medical Devices
- Industrial / Manufacturing Facilities
- Banking / Financial Services
- Construction
- Consumer Products / Food / Beverage
- Insurance Carriers/Brokers/Agents
Memberships
- American Bar Association
- Tennessee Bar Association
- Nashville Bar Association
- Virginia Bar Association
- Lawyers' Association for Women - Nashville
- Tennessee John Marshall American Inn of Court
Community Involvement
- Nashville Chapter of Washington and Lee University Alumni Association, board member
- Nashville Bar Association, Young Lawyer's Division, board member
- Alive Hospice, volunteer
- Young Leaders Council, Class 53
- Junior League of Nashville
- Nashville Pro Bono Program, board of directors, member
Lauren Paxton Roberts is an attorney in the firm's Nashville office where she concentrates her practice in the areas of business and commercial litigation. She is a member of the Business Litigation, the Torts & Insurance Practice and the Employment Service Groups.
Recent Assignments
- Defending multiple national financial institutions and mortgage companies in the Tennessee state and federal courts
- Currently representing multiple international manufacturing clients in product liability matters before Tennessee State and Federal courts
- Extensive experience with motions practice and bench trials in the Tennessee Circuit and Chancery Courts and arguments before Tennessee Court of Appeals
- Currently serving as Pro Bono Project Coordinator for the Nashville office of Stites & Harbison
Reported and Representative Cases
- Chapman v. Bank of America, N.A., 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 133590 (M.D. Tenn., Sept. 17, 2012)
- Donaldson v. BAC Home Loans Servicing, L.P., 813 F.Supp. 2d 885 (M.D. Tenn., March 2, 2012)
- Williams. v. Bank of America, N.A., 2012 Tenn. App. LEXIS 733 (Tenn. Ct. App., Oct. 12, 2012)
- Allen v. McPhee, 240 S.W.3d 803 (Tenn. 2007) (on Brief)
- Walker v. Louisville Ladder, Inc., 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 9917 (E.D. Tenn., Feb. 9, 2009)
- Rennell v. Through the Green, Inc., 2009 Tenn. App. LEXIS 525 (Tenn. Ct. App., July 31, 2009)
- Gilley v. Gilley, 2010 Tenn. App. LEXIS 32 (Tenn. Ct. App., Jan. 20, 2010)
Before Stites & Harbison
Lauren joined the firm after clerking for Judge Herbert C. Gill, Jr., of the Twelfth Circuit of Virginia, 2005 to 2006.
More Than Stites & Harbison
Outside of the firm, Lauren serves as the Public Service Director for the Nashville Bar Association Young Lawyer's Division, and is a Board Member for the Nashville Chapter of the Washington & Lee University Alumni Association. Lauren is also a board member for the Nashville Pro Bono Program.
Besides Stites & Harbison
Lauren is an avid runner and is trying her hand at triathlons.