Shelley Breeding

About Shelley Breeding

I was born in Bristol, Tennessee and grew up in Lebanon, Virginia. I\'m proud to have graduated from Council High School, as part of a graduating class of 20 students. During undergraduate studies, I was a Whittle Scholar at the University of Tennessee majoring in Political Science and Japanese and World Business. While in college, I interned at Grandsoul Nara in Utano, Japan, the first private medical facility in Japan. During law school at the University of Tennessee, I enjoyed working as a Graduate Assistant for the Thornton Athletics Student Life Center working with student-athletes while studying law. I also studied international law at Downing College, a constituent college of the University of Cambridge in Cambridge, England as well as studying international law in Santiago, Chile; Buenos Aires, Argentina; and Cape Town, South Africa. After law school and admission to the bar, my first \"real job\" was working in the Coordinating Office for Global Health at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia. I returned to Knoxville to practice law in 2006 and opened my own firm in 2008. Since 2008, I have focused my practice on business law, international law, mediation, family law, and construction law. Almost all of my practice involves litigation. I am also a Tennessee Supreme Court Rule 31 Civil and Family Law Mediator and trained in collaborative law. In my spare time, I enjoy cheering on the Vols and spending time with my family, including my two sons and rescued pets.

Experience

1. Partner

   Breeding Carter, Pc

   Jul 2020 — Present · Knoxville, TN, US

Education

• University of Tennessee Winston College of Law

  JD, Law

  2002 — 2005

• University of Tennessee, Knoxville

  BA, Political Science; Japanese & World Business

  1999 — 2002