Fisher Phillips Welcomes Marie Tedesco Scott in Nashville

Fisher Phillips, one of the country’s preeminent labor and employment law firms representing employers, is pleased to announce that Marie Tedesco Scott has joined the firm in the Nashville.

Before joining Fisher Phillips, Marie practiced at Neal & Harwell where she handled white collar criminal defense, crisis management, and complex civil matters. “We are so excited that Marie is joining us,” commented Joseph Shelton, Regional Managing Partner of the Nashville office. “Marie is a top shelf lawyer and individual with whom we have partnered for a number of years when our clients have needed white collar criminal defense counsel. Marie now brings that background, as well as her significant litigation and internal investigation experience, to the Fisher Phillips team.”

“I’ve known and worked with Marie for many years in OSHA fatality cases where she handled the white collar criminal defense aspects of workplace safety matters,” added Travis Vance, co-chair of Fisher Phillips’ Workplace Safety and Catastrophe Management Practice Group. “Marie is a superb litigator with a client-centric focus, and we are thrilled to have her skillset as an added component of what we can offer to our clients.” 

Marie’s exceptional work earned her the title of “Rising Star” from Super Lawyers, and she was also included in the 2021 and 2022 editions of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch for Criminal Defense: White Collar.

Marie earned her undergraduate degree from the University of Virginia and her law degree from the Saint Louis University School of Law.  After law school, she served as a law clerk in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee. Marie is a member of the Nashville Bar Association’s Board of Directors, a 2020 Fellow of the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity, and the Secretary for the Tennessee-Alabama Chapter of the Women’s White Collar Defense Association.