Attorney Profiles

Sandra L. M. Smith
 

Email: [email protected]

Admitted:

• 2000, Tennessee Bar

Education:

• Middle Tennessee State University, B.S., 1991
• Nashville School of Law, J.D., 2000

Member:

• Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association, 2000-2007
• Rutherford Cannon County Associations
• Tennessee Bar Association

Practice areas:

• Divorce
• Family law
• Juvenile law
• Adoption law
• Workers compensation
• Automobile accidents
• Wills and powers of attorney

Melanie S. Lepp
 

Email: [email protected]

Admitted:

• 1994, Florida Bar
• 1996, Tennessee and U.S. District Court, Middle District of Tennessee
• 2002, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit

Education:

• Florida Atlantic University, B.B.A., 1989
• Nova Southeastern University, J.D., 1994

Member:

• Rutherford Cannon County Bar Association
• Tennessee Bar Association

Practice areas:

• Automobile accidents
• Work injuries
• Social Security disability
• Medical malpractice
• Wrongful death
• Wills
• Powers of attorney
• Divorce
• Custody
• Child support
• Criminal defense

Representative Cases:

• Phillips v. A&H Constructr. Co., 134 S.W.3d 145, Tennessee Supreme Court 2004 (Workers' Compensation)
• Long v. Mid-Tennessee Ford Truck Sales, Inc., 160 S.W.3d 504, Tennessee Supreme Court 2005 (Workers' Compensation)
• Hale v. Lincoln County, 2005 Tenn. App. LEXIS 771, Tennessee Court of Appeals (Single vehicle accident)
• Heggs v. Wilson Inn Nashville-Elm Hill, Inc, 2005 Tenn. App. LEXIS 535, Tennessee Court of Appeals (Slip and Fall)