Colleen M. Sweeney

Associate

615-850-8865
Colleen M. Sweeney

Nashville City Center
511 Union Street
Suite 2700
Nashville, TN 37219

Service Areas

Industry Experience

  • Healthcare
  • Hospitality
  • Manufacturing
  • Retail
  • Transportation
Colleen Sweeney is an associate with Waller Lansden and practices in the firm's Labor and Employment group, where she concentrates her practice in the areas of employment law, labor relations and all employer/employee-related issues.  Ms. Sweeney provides counsel to employers in a wide range of industries in matters involving Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and the Tennessee Human Rights Act. Her experience includes responding to EEOC charges involving allegations of race discrimination, gender discrimination, sexual harassment and retaliation.  She also has defended governmental entities in employment issues and matters involving alleged civil rights violations.

Before joining Waller Lansden, Ms. Sweeney was an associate with Dickinson Wright PLLC where she focused her practice on employment litigation.


Education
  • B.S., University of Georgia, 1999
  • M.Ed., University of Texas, 2002
  • J.D., University of Mississippi, 2005
    • Recipient, Mississippi Litigation/General Practice Scholarship
    • Regional Competitor, Jessup Moot Court Team
    • Co-President, Gorove Society of International Law
Professional Activities
  • Member, Nashville, Tennessee and American Bar Associations
  • Member, Defense Research Institute, Commercial Litigation and Young Lawyers Section
    • Member, Employment Law Committee
  • Member, ABA Young Lawyers Division
  • Board Member, TBA Young Lawyers Division
  • Member, NBA Appellate Practice Group and Federal Court Committee
  • Board Member, NBA Young Lawyers Division
  • Associate Member, Harry Phillips American Inn of Court
Civic and Other Activities
  • Risk Management and Policy Advisor, Alumna Advisory Committee, Pi Beta Phi, Vanderbilt Chapter
  • Sneak-A-Peak Chair, Christmas Village, annual fundraising event benefitting Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center
  • Provisional Member, Junior League of Nashville
  • Member, Frist Center for the Visual Arts
Professional Licenses
  • Tennessee
Court Admissions
  • United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit