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211 Commerce St
Nashville
Tennessee
37205
Matt Sweeney is a mediator and arbitrator. A.B. Seton Hall University, with honors; Vanderbilt University, School of Law
• Listed in The Best Lawyers in America® since 2005 in the areas of Bet-the-Company, Commercial and Securities Litigation, Arbitration, Mediation, Administrative/Regulatory Law, Franchise Law
• Listed in Mid-South Super Lawyers since 2010; Nashville Franchise Lawyer of the Year (2015)
• Listed in Chambers USA: America’s Leading Business Lawyers (2005, 2006)
• Listed in “The Best of the Bar,” Nashville Business Journal (2008)
• Chair – National Judicial College Board of Trustees (2015— )
• Member – Hearing Committee, Tennessee Board of Professional Responsibility, Disciplinary District V (2013— )
• Chair – Civil Justice Reform Act Advisory Group, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Tennessee (1995 – 1997)
• Chair – Merit Selection Panel for the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee (2007)
• Vanderbilt University Law School
-Former Faculty Member – Corporate and Securities Law Institute (ADR)
-Former Coach – National Trial Competition Team
-Former Adjunct Faculty Member – Trial Practice
• Nashville School of Law
-Former Lecturer, Civil Procedure
• Master Bencher, Executive Committee Member – Harry Phillips American Inns of Court
• Member – Tennessee Academy of Mediators & Arbitrators
• Member – National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals
TAPM,Mediation – Remaining Neutral in the Age of Social Media and Search Engines, 2015; NBA, – Employment Law: Barriers to Settlement in Employment Mediation – and Strategies to Overcome Them, 2015; ABA, 11th Annual Advanced Mediation and Advocacy Skills Training, 2013; AAA, Best Practices in Franchise Arbitration, 2013; AAA, Chairing an Arbitration Panel, 2009; Institute for Conflict Management, Lipscomb University, Emerging Issues in Mediation and the Ethical Dilemmas They Pose, 2007; NBA, All About Arbitration for Business Lawyers and Litigators, 2007; TBA, Art of Arbitration, A-Z, 2007; ABA, Advanced Mediation and Advocacy Skills Training, 2006; AAA, Dealing with Delay Tactics in Arbitration, 2007; AAA, Arbitration Awards: Safeguarding, Deciding and Writing Awards, 2005; Tennessee Supreme Court ADR Commission, Advanced Issues in Mediation Practice, 2004; AAA, Arbitrator II Workshop: Advanced Case management Issues, 2002; AAA, Arbitrator Update, 2001; NASD Arbitrator Training, 2000; AAA, Commercial Arbitrator Training, 1999; Tennessee ADR Mediation Training, 1998.