April 2018 – Wiseman Ashworth Trauger founding member Gail Vaughn Ashworth has been appointed by the Tennessee Supreme Court as Chair of the Access to Justice Commission. Ashworth will serve a two-year term. The Access to Justice Commission was created by the Supreme Court of Tennessee to develop a strategic plan for improving access to justice in Tennessee to include education of the public, identification of priorities to meet the need of improved access to justice, and recommendations to the Supreme Court of projects and programs the Commission determines to be necessary and appropriate for enhancing access to justice in Tennessee.
Ashworth has extensive experience at the civil and administrative trial and appellate levels as both defense and plaintiff’s counsel. Her diverse trial practice spans nearly three decades and ranges from personal injury to insurance coverage, employment law and medical ethics. She also is a Tennessee Rule 31 Listed General Civil Mediator with over fifteen years’ experience as a mediator. She has a strong mediation and arbitration practice and is known for her fairness and experience in health care, personal injury, product liability, insurance law, administrative and employment law.
Also widely known and respected for her leadership roles in the legal profession and the community, she is a past president of the Nashville and Tennessee Bar Associations, and the current President of the Nashville Bar Foundation. Ashworth is involved in creating local, state and national organizations that teach leadership to lawyers—TBA Leadership Law, the ABA/TIPS Leadership Academy and the NBF Leadership Forum. In addition to serving as president of her state and local bar associations, Gail is particularly proud of having chaired the Tennessee Justice Center, Inc. Board of Directors from 2006-2008, the Tennessee Legal Community Foundation in 2010 and the Legal Aid Society/Nashville Pro Bono Annual Campaign for Justice in 2011.
Posted on: 14 Mar, 2019