Litigation - Banking and Finance
Lauren Paxton Roberts
Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2020 Awarded Practice Areas
Biography
Lauren is a Member in the firm's Nashville office 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.
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).
Overview
- Washington and Lee University, J.D., graduated 2006
- Tennessee, State Bar
- Virginia, State Bar
- American Bar Association - Member
- Lawyers Association for Women - Nashville - Member
- Nashville Bar Foundation - Fellow
- Tennessee Bar Association - Member
- Virginia Bar Association - Member
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee
- U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee
- Virginia - Trial Courts
- Tennessee, State Bar
- Virginia, State Bar
- American Bar Association - Member
- Lawyers Association for Women - Nashville - Member
- Nashville Bar Foundation - Fellow
- Tennessee Bar Association - Member
- Virginia Bar Association - Member
- Washington and Lee University, J.D., graduated 2006
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee
- U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee
- Virginia - Trial Courts
Client Testimonials
Awards & Focus
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2026 for work in:
- Litigation - Banking and Finance
Additional Areas of Practice:
- Commercial Litigation
- Litigation - Insurance
Awards:
- Martindale-Hubbell, AV-Preeminent Peer Review Rated
- Mid-South Super Lawyers, Rising Star (2014-present)
News & Media
Case History
Cases
- Financial Institutions
Defending multiple national financial institutions and mortgage companies in the Tennessee state and federal courts
- Manufacturing
Currently representing multiple international manufacturing clients in product liability matters before Tennessee State and Federal courts
- Trial Practice
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
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