Faculty Profile: T. Leigh Hearn-Rushton

T. Leigh Hearn-Rushton is originally from Alabama, where she graduated Auburn University and achieved her J.D. from the Cumberland School of Law in Birmingham, AL. She is a member of the Alabama State Bar, the Tennessee Bar Association, the Nashville Bar Association, the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, and the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama. After many years teaching at law schools all over the country, she founded The Rushton Law Firm, PLLC in Nashville, Tennessee where she works side-by-side with her law partner and spouse, Harold. T. Leigh focuses her practice primarily on family law, consumer protection and breach of contract. When she is not lawyering or tutoring students for the bar exam, she enjoys gardening, traveling, and spending non-work time with her husband.