Scott Fielding’s practice is primarily in the areas of real estate law, real estate acquisition and development, title insurance, office, medical office and retail leasing, condominium and condominium association law, commercial lending (represents both borrowers and lenders), and general corporate transactions.
Scott serves as an instructor at The Nashville School of Law in the area of Property Law and Advanced Property Law.
Mr. Fielding is a 1999 graduate of Vanderbilt Law School, where he was an editor of the Vanderbilt Law Review and author of “Free Competition or Corporate Theft?: The Need for Courts to Consider the Employment Relationship in Preliminary Steps Disputes.” Mr. Fielding graduated cum laude from Centre College with a bachelor of science degree in history and economics and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He earned a master’s degree in American history from the University of Kentucky.
Education
- Vanderbilt University, J.D.
- Editor, Vanderbilt Law Review
- University of Kentucky, M.A.
- Centre College, B.A., cum laude
- Phi Beta Kappa
Bar Admissions
- Tennessee
- Kentucky
- Best Lawyers in America, Real Estate Law (2016 – present)
- Super Lawyers, Real Estate (2009)
- Nashville Business Journal “Rising Stars in Commercial Real Estate” (2003)
- AV Preeminent Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell
- Panelist, “Lesser Discussed Lease Provisions (Boilerplate),” American Bar Association, Teleconference (2017)
- Panelist, “Practical Approaches for the Negotiation of Standard Leases,” American Bar Association Teleconference (2016)
- Panelist, “Insights from the Litigation Side,” American Bar Association Teleconference (2013)
- Speaker, “Condo Law From Every Angle,” Tennessee Bar Association (2013)
- Panelist, “Expansion Rights in Office Leases,” American Bar Association Teleconference Program (2012)
- Six chapters on real estate law with Mark Carver, Thomson West Tennessee Practice Series, Legal Forms, 2d, Vols. 12-15,
- “What to Do When Reviewing a Small Lease – Some Practical Suggestions,” Probate & Property Magazine, March/April 2022
- “An Introduction to Operating Expenses in Commercial Leases,” with Travis Alexander Beaton, Probate & Property Magazine, Jan/Feb 2024
Professional Activities
- Member, Nashville, Tennessee and American Bar Associations
- Member, American Bar Association Real Property, Trust and Estate Law Section
- American Bar Association Real Property Office Leasing Committee (Vice Chairman 2013-2016; Vice Chairman 2022-2024)
- American Bar Association Real Property Leasing Committee (Chair of Industrial Leasing Committee; 2024-2025)
Civic Activities
- Former Board Member, Habitat for Humanity of Greater Nashville, Inc.
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