Grager, Alex

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
• Franchise Disputes 
• Religious Organization and Community Conflicts
• Discovery Disputes including large scale document production & E-Discovery issues
• Trademark & Service Mark Filings

Leigh Ann has a distinctive service-oriented approach to helping her clients. Focusing always on the needs and interests of her clients, Leigh Ann is available to travel 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 and representation of numerous large and small nonprofit organizations across the state.
• 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 has been a trained mediator since 1998 and is a Tennessee Supreme Court Rule 31 Listed General/Civil Mediator with years of experience mediating civil lawsuits and workplace and community disputes.

Trained in evaluative, facilitative mediation and 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 also a great trainer and speaker for local trade associations and professional groups. Leigh Ann provides workshops on an array of topics from Conflict Resolution to Leadership Development and a host of Legal Topics.

Leigh Ann is licensed to practice law in both Mississippi and Tennessee and is a committee member of the Association for Conflict Resolution's National Commercial Section, Chair of the Nashville Bar Association's Alternative Dispute Resolution Section, President Elect of the Tennessee Association for Professional Mediators, volunteer mediator for the Nashville Conflict Resolution Center, member of the Women of Commercial Real Estate of Nashville, the Nashville & Tennessee Bar Associations, and other community groups. Leigh Ann is also a Panel Mediator Neutral for Construction Dispute Resolution Services, LLC as well as an arbitrator and mediator for the American Arbitration Association, a mediator for the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and a charter member, mediator & neutral for Tennessee Academy of Mediators and Arbitrators and National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals.

Leigh Ann is also a proud supporter of Nashville's CABLE Women's Organization and the Lawyers Association of Women. Leigh Ann serves as an Arbitrator of civil claims for the Better Business Bureau of Middle Tennessee. She also serves as an adjunct of mediation at Belmont University's Massey School of Business, MBA program as well as other colleges and universities in the area.

Don't forget to ask about our flat fee, monthly retainer programs for your business or organization. Contact us to find out more about a customized legal services plan that is affordable and easy to fit into any organization's budget.

Special Designations :

• Rule 31 Civil Mediator, Tennessee Supreme Court, 2003
• Tennessee Academy of Mediators and Arbitrators, Charter Arbitrator and Mediator, 2010 - Present
• National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals, Arbitrator and Mediator 2010 - Present
• Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), Mediator, 2009 - Present
• United States District Court, Middle District of Tennessee, ADR Panel Member and Mediator, 2007- Present
• Construction Dispute Resolution Services, National Construction Mediator and Arbitrator, 2007- Present