Lauren Paxton Roberts
Lauren is a Member in the firm's Nashville and Franklin offices where she concentrates her practice in the areas of business and commercial litigation, with a focus on financial services and professional malpractice. She is a member of the Business Litigation and the Torts & Insurance Practice groups.
Recent Developments - Mortgage Servicing Litigation
Presenter, Conference on Consumer Finance Law, Annual Consumer Financial Services Conference, November 2, 2017
A Focus on TILA/RESPA: Benchmarking Your Recent TRID Compliance and Implementation Efforts, Areas of Concern and Ambiguity Within the New Rule; Plus a Review of RESPA and TILA's Other Provisions and Recent Case Law
Presenter, American Conference Institute Forum on Residential Mortgage Litigation and Regulatory Enforcement, September 17, 2015
Trying the Winning Foreclosure Case
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, bench trials, and jury trials in the Tennessee Circuit and Chancery courts and Federal District courts, and arguments before Tennessee Court of Appeals
Office of General Counsel
SWIFT (Stites Women Investing in Our Future Together) Committee, Chair (2015-16)
Nashville Office Recruiting Committee, Former Member
Williamson County CASA, Board Member
Nashville Bar Association, Young Lawyer's Division, President (2016-17)
Young Leaders Council, Class 53
Junior League of Nashville, former member
Nashville Chapter of Washington and Lee University Alumni Association, former Board Member
Tennessee Bar Association Leadership Law, Class of 2014
Washington and Lee University School of Law
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Wood Foundation and Washington and Lee Academic Scholarships
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Charles V. Laughlin Award
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Phi Delta Phi Legal Honor Fraternity
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Moot Court Executive Board, Chair; Mock Trial Team Member
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Honor Advocate
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Public Prosecutor Clinic
magna cum laude
Washington and Lee University
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With Special Attainments in Commerce
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Francis P. Gaines Honor Scholarship
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Honor Roll
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Dean's List
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Women's Varsity Cross-Country
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Kappa Delta Sorority
Lauren joined the firm after clerking for Judge Herbert C. Gill, Jr., of the Twelfth Circuit of Virginia, 2005 to 2006. Outside of the firm, Lauren serves as the President-Elect 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 was previously a board member for the Nashville Pro Bono Program, and served as an intern on the board of the Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands. She is a member of the Belmont Inn of Court and serves on the Mentoring Committee for the Lawyers Association for Women (LAW).
Lauren is married, with two young daughters.
Martindale-Hubbell® AV-Preeminent® Peer Review Rated
Best Lawyers in America®, Litigation - Banking & Finance (2020-22)
Mid-South Super Lawyers®, Rising Star (2014-20)
. . . smart, capable lawyer . . .
. . . attorney of the highest capability and ethical standards.
