About Lawrence Ballew
I grew up and graduated from high school in Rapid City, South Dakota. The Black Hills of South Dakota are a lovely part of the country, for about three months out of the year. The rest of the time it’s cold, snowy, and miserable.
After college, I worked as either a tooling designer or tooling engineer (depending on how much I was being paid) for various companies for the next 12 years. The work was sometimes interesting, but I was spending too much time straightening out people who seemed to spend all their time pointing fingers, slamming phones, and talking about subjects they knew nothing about. I figured if I was going to have to deal with people like that anyway, I should just become a lawyer. So I did.
After graduating law school in the top ten percent of my class, I opened a solo practice in Nashville, Tennessee helping people deal with family law situations such as divorce, child custody and visitation, estate planning, and issues concerning adult children with disabilities.
A lot of people come to me with problems they wish they didn’t have. Their marriage is falling apart, somebody wants to take their kids away, or there is a problem with their child support. They’re looking for someone who can solve their problem with a minimal amount of emotional trauma and financial damage.
That’s what I do. I listen to your story, show you the options, and together we solve your problem.
My wife, Misty Vetter Ballew, is a Special Education Coordinator with the Sumner County School System. She got me interested in serving families of people with disabilities. Some of my most rewarding cases involve helping parents earn the legal right to assist their adult children with disabilities manage their affairs.
We stay involved with the Autism Society of Middle Tennessee, and we attend most of their events and fundraisers.
When I’m at work for my clients, I can often be found riding my motorcycle with my wife on some of Tennessee’s beautiful scenic roads, or playing with our dog, Sammie.
