REBECCA E. BYRD
POSITION: Partner
ADMITTED: 1992 all state Courts of Tennessee; 1997, U.S. Federal District and Circuit Courts
LAW SCHOOL: Vanderbilt University Law School, 1992 (J.D.)
COLLEGE: University of Louisville, High Honors, 1979 (B.S.)
PRACTICE AREAS: Family and Juvenile Law, Family and Civil Mediation and Arbitration, Criminal Defense, Personal Injury, Appellate Practice, and General Civil Litigation
REBECCA E. BYRD founded Byrd & Associates, PLC in 2000, and is the firm’s managing partner. Ms. Byrd was born in Nashville, Tennessee. She received her Bachelor of Science in Commerce, Finance concentration, with high honors from the University of Louisville in 1979. After graduation from college and prior to attending law school, Ms. Byrd was a successful businesswoman who owned several diverse businesses.
Ms. Byrd graduated with a Doctor of Jurisprudence (J.D.) from Vanderbilt University Law School where she was on the Dean’s List. Prior to starting her own firm, Ms. Byrd was an associate with the Williamson County law firm of Petersen and Buerger, and later became a partner of the renamed firm of Buerger, Moseley, Carson & Byrd, PLC.
For the last five years, Ms. Byrd has been actively involved in alternative dispute resolution. She is certified by the Tennessee Supreme Court as a Rule 31 Family Mediator and Rule 31 Civil Mediator. She has successfully mediated numerous cases, saving litigants the substantial expenses and emotional turmoil of protracted trials.
Ms. Byrd is also certified by the National Board of Trial Advocacy as a Certified Family Law Trial Attorney. Ms. Byrd is the current President of the Tennessee Family Law Section. She has also been a feature lecturer to family law attorneys participating in the Certified Family Lawyer continuing legal education seminar.
Ms. Byrd can be reached by e-mail at: rbyrd@byrd-associates.com