Attorney Profiles

Admitted to practice law by the Supreme Court of Tennessee in 2000, Robert is also admitted to the United States District Courts for the Middle District, the United States District Courts for the Western District of Tennessee, as well as the United States Supreme Court. He is a member of the Nashville Bar Association, Williamson County Bar Association, and the Christian Legal Society.

EDUCATION - Robert graduated summa cum laude from Samford University in 1996, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in history and political science. While at Samford, he received multiple academic and scholastic honors including the American Citizenship Award, George V. Irons Scholarship, Robert LeLand Tindel Award, and the Mary Adeline Graves Colonial Dames Society Award. Robert also competed in NCAA Division I athletics as a four-year letterman in Cross Country and Track & Field, receiving highest honors from 1992-1996 from the Trans-American Athletic Conference.

Robert earned his Juris Doctorate cum laude from Florida State University (FSU) College of Law in 2000. At FSU he served as an academic tutor in Contracts, earned Academic Honors for 1998, 1999 and 2000, and was awarded the Terry Bowden, Esq. Constitutional Law Book Award.

PRACTICE - Robert has practiced in the areas of Church and Nonprofit Institutions, Business Planning (including Partnerships, Limited Liability Companies, Corporations, and Buy-Sell Agreements); Business Litigation (handling lawsuits involving Ford Motor Company, Newell-Rubbermaid, DHL Worldwide Express, and Taylor Made Golf Co.); Estate Planning (including Wills, Trusts, Family Limited Partnerships, and Private Foundations); Probate Litigation; and Personal Injury.

PERSONAL - Robert and his wife Jenna are the parents of two daughters and a son.