Lara E. Gill specializes in Constitutional law, §1983 litigation, and police defense. She is honored to anchor L.S. Miller Law’s Tennessee office. The daughter of a retired USAF Colonel, Lara attended Centenary College of Louisiana for undergraduate studies. She graduated from Mississippi College of Law in 2000 and received the American Jurisprudence award for Women and the Law. Lara is licensed in both Tennessee and Mississippi.
While in Mississippi, Lara worked as a deputy city attorney. She also served as a Character and Fitness Committee member for the Mississippi Bar. In 2013, she appeared before the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, arguing a complicated FLSA case, and received a favorable judgment in only 13 days. In 2018, Lara returned to Tennessee, where she served as Senior Associate General Counsel for the Tennessee Department of Health in Nashville, Tennessee. Lara moved to East Tennessee in 2023, where she worked as an Assistant District Attorney
Tennesee Center for Performance Excellence/Baldrige Excellence Framework
Board of Examiners, Nashville, Tennessee 2018
The TNCPE Board of Examiners comprises experts from all sectors of the regional economy, including healthcare, service, nonprofit, manufacturing, education, and government. All members complete extensive training in a nationally recognized, systems approach to organizational performance. This framework evaluates all of an organization’s components (leadership; strategy; customers; measurement, analysis, and knowledge management; workforce; operations; and results) as a unified whole, so that plans, processes, measures, and actions are consistent.
Mississippi College School of Law, Jackson, MS
Doctor of Jurisprudence (J.D.), 2000
American Jurisprudence Award in Gender and the Law
Centenary College, Shreveport, LA
Bachelor of Arts in Sociology/Political Science, 1996
Mager’s Academic Scholarship; Officers’ Club Academic Scholarship
Athletic Scholarship (collegiate dance line)
Dean’s List
Southwood High School, Shreveport, LA
Graduated with Honors, 1992
Maryville High School, Maryville, TN (1989-1991)
Mississippi Board of Bar Admissions, Character and Fitness Committee Member (2014-2017)
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals (Texas, Mississippi and Louisiana) (2013)
State of Tennessee (2007)
State of Mississippi (2000)
Tennessee Bar Association
Mississippi Bar Association
Blount County, Tennessee Community Health Initiative
Blount BEneFIT
National Academy of Sports Medicine
Dobie Defenders
