What we do
We offer legal representation to clients and mediation services to parties and attorneys navigating conflict so they can restore stability, maximize future potential, and rebuild the future.
Melanie Bean and Julie M. Robinson combine competent litigation skills with a strong strategic approach and compassionate client experience. Tough, highly qualified attorneys with years of litigation experience in Middle Tennessee, Melanie, and Julie are a team that puts their clients first. With our firm, you can expect personalized attention and care. We will work tirelessly to protect the quality of life for you and your loved ones in every aspect. To us, you are not just another case file. We will employ our knowledge and experience to resolve the unique needs of your case with distinctive attention. Our attorneys have a long-standing reputation for resolving even the most complicated cases favorably for our clients. If you need help to bring balance to your unique legal concern, contact us.
Family Law
Melanie and Julie combine their skills and knowledge with years of litigation experience to provide a strategic approach to your case by identifying issues and proactively addressing them.
We go beyond a standard approach to tailor our strategies to the unique needs of your case, including:
- Divorce
- Child custody disputes
- Establishing paternity and custodial rights
- Alimony
- Division of assets, including business interests
- Post-divorce financial planning
- Mediation
- Parenting agreements
- Concerns of parental alienation or other manipulative behavior
- Guiding clients to secondary sources to manage counseling needs, substance abuse, domestic violence, etc.
- Prenuptial agreements
- Asset protection
You will receive a client-centered approach to your case, managed by experienced trial attorneys.
Mediation
Julie Robinson leads the firm’s mediation practice. With over 22 years of experience as a family law practitioner and over 15 years of experience as a Rule 31 Listed Family Mediator, Julie offers a solution-focused mediation process, providing litigants and their attorneys with a fair, efficient, and confidential alternative to lengthy litigation.
Mediation offers multiple benefits to litigants and attorneys. When using an experienced family law attorney who practices in the very courts in which you will be litigating, you gain not only the advantage of a valuable negotiator but also acquire valuable insight into the preferences and practice procedures within the jurisdiction. Julie’s patience, persistence, and trustworthy nature, along with her knowledge and experience, provide both litigants and attorneys with a valuable resource in resolving the conflict before them. Julie knows the law, understands the law, and utilizes her knowledge to provide alternative solutions for resolving even the highest conflict cases.
- Divorce Mediation
- Child Custody Mediation
- Property and Asset Mediation
Criminal Law
In addition to her litigation responsibilities in the Family Law Division, Melanie Bean has been also providing representation to citizens accused of crimes across Tennessee for more than twenty years. She limits her criminal practice to focus on the most serious, and often complex felonies.
By limiting her criminal practice, Melanie can provide the attention often needed to serious felonies that cannot be received in a high-volume criminal defense firm. The consequences for even being accused of a crime are high. The mere accusation alone is not only embarrassing, but it can deeply affect your relationship with family, friends, and work colleagues. When your life is hanging in the balance, you need an attorney with the experience, time, and resources to focus on you. Relying upon her experience, and heavy motion practice, Melanie employs an aggressive and strategic defense. She effectively uses the discovery as the foundation for an effective trial strategy. Executing preparation from a trial mindset not only builds an effective defense for jury trial; but, often leads to favorable negotiated agreements. Melanie’s experience is based on actual trial experience, trial preparation, and a proven process to build a defense that protects clients’ rights. With Melanie, you will have an attorney experienced in:
- Trial litigation
- Effective motion practice
- Serious A & B felony cases
- False Accusations
- Overcharged Cases
- False Confessions
- Forensic Interviews
- Effective use of Experts
- DCS substantiation appeals (one of the only attorneys statewide)
- Effective plea negotiation
- Post-conviction work
- Multi-jurisdiction Experience across Tennessee
