About Lawrence Ballew
Lawrence Ballew, from Rapid City, South Dakota, received his bachelor’s degree from Weber State University in Ogden, Utah. He then received a master’s degree from Western Illinois University in Macomb, Illinois. He worked as a tooling or manufacturing engineer for several years designing a wide variety of metal cutting tools for domestic and international automotive suppliers. He also patented two designs for a fixture which continues to be used in precision machining.
While still working as a tooling designer for a local company, he received a Doctorate of Jurisprudence from Nashville School of Law, graduating in the top ten percent of his class. He then opened opened a solo practice in Nashville, Tennessee helping people deal with a variety of problems such as divorce, child custody and visitation, issues concerning adult children with disabilities, as well as general civil litigation.
Lawrence is admitted to practice in Tennessee and practices primarily in Davidson and surrounding counties. He has experience representing clients in all phases of litigation including motion practice, mediation, and jury and bench trials. In January of 2012, Lawrence became associated with Roberts & Werner, PLLC, which allows him to offer even more services to his clients including representation in employment law, personal injury, and discrimination claims.
His wife, Misty Vetter Ballew, is a Professor of Education at Lipscomb University in Nashville, and an Adjunct Professor at Nova Southeastern University. She has motivated Lawrence toward serving families of people with disabilities, and some of his most rewarding cases involve helping parents assist their adult children with disabilities.
The couple stays involved with the Autism Society of Middle Tennessee, volunteering their time and attending most of their events and fundraisers.
Lawrence and Misty Ballew live in Belle Meade, where they can often be seen training to run another half-marathon, riding their motorcycles, or at a local spot cheering for the Titans.
