Carol McCoy
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Carol McCoy

Hon. Carol L. McCoy is a mediator with a distinguished judicial career spanning 20 years as chancellor in Nashville for the Twentieth Judicial District of Tennessee. During her time on the bench, Carol was highly regarded for her hard work, courtesy, intelligence, preparedness, and timeliness. She demonstrated the ability to handle complex legal issues, reading all briefs and cited cases then promptly rendering well-reasoned opinions.

In the numerous decisions that she authored, Carol resolved a wide variety of disputes in the area of businesses, partnerships and corporations, healthcare companies, non-competition and intellectual property, public and private education, employment, entertainment, valuation of writers’ catalogs and royalty rights, construction, insurance, real property, taxation, contracts, zoning, franchise, state and local government boards and commissions, including administrative appeals and constitutional challenges.

From 1997 to 1998, Carol participated in a pilot project that provided judicial mediation for lawsuits pending in other courts. She completed in-depth mediation training at the National Judicial College in Reno and later supplemented this training with additional mediation courses while on the bench. After retiring, she qualified as a Tennessee Rule 31 Mediator in 2019 and again 2025.

Carol also practiced 23 years as a litigator.  She handled civil matters in state and federal courts, dealing with personal injury, business and contract disputes, employment discrimination, product liability, bankruptcy, and creditors’ rights. In private practice, she gained valuable insights into real-world business operations, incorporating small businesses, establishing and reviewing manuals for proper employee relations, and advising on prompt payments, collections, taxes, regulations, leases, and insurance. She served as a trustee for an estate in excess of $4,000,000 and also served as a court-appointed conservator for an impaired citizen with a sizeable estate, later serving as the trustee for the trust created for this individual’s benefit.

Early in her judicial career, Carol was appointed by the Tennessee Supreme Court to the Appellate Court Judicial Evaluation Committee, one of five trial judges tasked with evaluating the performance of all Tennessee appellate judges, including the five justices on the Tennessee Supreme Court.

Throughout her career, Carol has actively participated in Nashville and Tennessee legal and civic communities, serving on numerous nonprofit boards and government commissions. A native Tennessean, she has volunteered extensively and has been committed to serving the Nashville community.