about our attorney-mediators

Attorney Leigh Ann Roberts provides an array of legal and conflict resolution services for businesses and nonprofit organizations. Located conveniently in Brentwood, Tennessee, Leigh Ann is highly trained and experienced and brings these credentials to her role as attorney, arbitrator, mediator, trainer and consultant.

Attorney Leigh Ann Roberts can help you, your business, or your community group with many legal issues you may face, including:

• Commercial Disputes
• Insurance Claims
• Consumer Protection Matters
• Construction Disputes
• Collection and Creditor's Rights Cases
• Transactional and Contract Claims
• Workplace and Employment Matters
• Forming Nonprofit Organizations
• Forming Corporations or Limited Liability Companies
• Religious Organization and Community Conflicts
• Discovery Disputes including large scale document production & E-Discovery issues

Leigh Ann has a distinctive service-oriented approach to helping her clients. Focusing always on the needs and interests of her clients, Leigh Ann often travels to the business owners or individuals to discuss their cases, allowing companies and individuals to focus on the continued success of their businesses or organizations.

Leigh Ann has diverse workplace experience and brings this dynamic perspective and sensitivity to her legal, alternative dispute resolution and consultation services. As a small business owner, a past manager and a dedicated director of multiple community boards, Leigh Ann understands the needs of businesses and organizational leaders. Leigh Ann also brings this experience and sensitivity to the Workplace Conflict Management Training for local businesses and organizations. Leigh Ann is a certified workplace conflict management trainer for Mediation Training Institute International providing on & off-site workplace conflict assessments and training to managers, human resources professionals and other employees.

Leigh Ann has a strong foundation and knowledge of the legal process and business world. Her past experience includes:

• Tennessee Assistant Attorney General, Consumer Protection Division
• Representation of numerous large commercial corporations and insurance companies
• Regulation of nonprofit organizations on behalf of the State of Tennessee
• Years of experience in litigation, complex business and state and federal governmental negotiations.
• Years of experience litigating personal injury, property damage and subrogation lawsuits across the State of Tennessee.
• Hundreds of hours of mediation services to parties in Middle Tennessee
• Owner and founding member of two businesses and attorney of record for numerous small businesses and local nonprofit organizations.

Attorney-Mediator Leigh Ann Roberts was raised in Jackson, Mississippi and attended undergraduate and law school at the University of Mississippi. Leigh Ann received her mediation training in 1998 and is a Tennessee Supreme Court Rule 31 Listed General/Civil Mediator with years of experience mediating civil lawsuits.

Trained in evaluative and facilitative mediation, transformational mediation, arbitration, binding mediation, non-binding arbitration, Med-Arb, Arb-Med and dispute review boards and panel processes, Leigh Ann is an excellent resource for any individual or organization experiencing conflict.

Leigh Ann is licensed to practice law in both Mississippi and Tennessee and is an active member of the Association for Conflict Resolution, National Association for Community Mediation, the Tennessee Association for Professional Mediators, the Nashville Conflict Resolution Center, the Nashville Chapter of the Commercial Real Estate for Women, the Home Builders Association of Middle Tennessee, the Nashville Bar Association, the Forum Committee on Construction Industry Dispute Avoidance and Resolution of ACR, and is a Panel Mediator and Expert Witness for Construction Dispute Resolution Services, LLC.

Leigh Ann is also a proud supporter of Nashville's CABLE Women's Organization. Leigh Ann serves as an Arbitrator of civil claims for the Better Business Bureau of Middle Tennessee. She also serves as a part-time faculty member of the Southeastern Career College Paralegal Program.

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