- Meet Mallory
- Education & Jurisdictions
- Professional Memberships & Community Involvement
Mallory is an attorney in Cohen & Malad, LLP’s Class Action practice group. She focuses her practice on complex class action litigation at state and federal levels, and represents clients in both trial and appellate courts. Her diverse legal background includes successfully representing individuals in civil rights matters, labor and employment actions, commercial and contract disputes, constitutional and regulatory law, and special education lawsuits.
Mallory’s legal experience also includes having served as Assistant Attorney General in the Law Enforcement and Special Prosecutions Division of the Tennessee Attorney General’s Office, and as a Federal Judicial Law Clerk for the Eastern and Western Districts of Kentucky.
In her personal time, Mallory enjoying cooking Central American and Chinese cuisine, producing electronic music, and hiking.
EDUCATION
J.D., Vanderbuilt Law School, 2017
- Patrick Wilson Scholar
- Vanderbilt Scholastic Excellence Award, Legal Writing
B.S., Tennessee Technical University, 2014, Summa Cum Laude
- Major: History, Minor: Psychology
- W.A. Howard Award (4.0/4.0 GPA)
JURISDICTIONS ADMITTED TO PRACTICE
- Supreme Court of Tennessee, 2017
- Middle District of Tennessee, 2018
- Western District of Tennessee, 2020
- Eastern District of Tennessee, 2021
- Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, 2020
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS & LEADERSHIP ROLES
- President, Upper Cumberland Young Lawyers Association
- 2023 Nashville Bar Foundation Leadership Forum Class
- Co-chair, Nashville Bar Association Circuit and Chancery Court Committee
- Provisional, Junior League of Nashville
- Regular guest speaker at history classes and pre-law events at Tennessee Technological University
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
- Polar Plunge 2023 – fundraiser to benefit the Special Olympics
- Wills for Heroes pro bono clinic
- Pro bono LSAT tutor for diverse and underprivileged pre-law students
- Mentoring of prospective and current law students
