Nashville School of Law

Honorable Patricia Cottrell

Professor

Nashville School of Law
4013 Armory Oaks Drive
Nashville, TN 37204

Firm, Company, or Court

  • Chief Compliance Officer, Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County – 2019

Juris Doctor

  • University of Tennessee College of Law (1976), graduated in top 5%, Tennessee Law Review, John Greene Scholarship Recipient, Instructor, Legal Research and Writing

Education

  • University of Tennessee, B.S., (1973), National Merit Scholar

Prior Employment

  • Of Counsel, Bone, McAllester, Norton – 2015 – 2019
  • Judge, Tennessee Court of Appeals – 1988 – 2004
  • Chief Deputy Attorney General, Office of Tennessee Attorney General – 1993-1997
  • Director of Law, Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County – 1991 – 1993
  • Deputy, Civil Litigation and State Services Division, Tennessee Attorney General’s Office – 1982 – 1991, 1976 – 1978
  • Assistant Director, Tennessee Alcoholic Beverages Commission – 1979-1981
  • Director, Public Law Institute – 1978-1979

Legal Skills and Values I

Professional and Community Activities

  • Nashville Bar Association, Board of Directors
  • Nashville Bar Foundation
  • Tennessee Bar Foundation
  • Lawyers Association for Women, Founding Member
  • American Inns of Court, Harry Phillips Chapter, Executive Committee
  • Tennessee Supreme Court Historical Society
  • Metro Charter Revision Commission
  • Sister Cities of Nashville, Board of Directors
  • Leadership Nashville Alumna
  • L.A.W. Nominee for Athena Award
  • Eakin Elementary Parent Teacher Organization, President
  • Adjunct Faculty, Nashville School of Law
  • Adjunct Faculty, Belmont University College of Law
  • Adjunct Faculty, Vanderbilt University Law School
  • Instructor, Southeastern Paralegal Institute
  • Instructor, Volunteer State Community College

Presentations 

  • Numerous CLE Presentations
  • Speaker, Tennessee Judicial Conference and Judicial Academy