Lisa K. Helton

Lisa K. Helton


Sherrard Roe Voigt & Harbison, PLC

Recognized since 2019

Nashville, Tennessee

Practice Areas

Litigation - Environmental

Litigation - Trusts and Estates

Litigation and Controversy - Tax

Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2025 - Litigation - Trusts and Estates
Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2025 - Litigation - Trusts and Estates Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2023 - Litigation - Trusts and Estates Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2023 - Litigation and Controversy - Tax
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Lisa Helton’s practice areas include estate and trust litigation, appellate practice, general and commercial litigation, landlord/tenant law, representation of homeowners associations, homeowners association disputes, and IRS tax litigation and controversy.

Ms. Helton graduated summa cum laude with a 4.0 from The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, where she was admitted to the College Scholars program and deemed a top graduate in the College of Arts and Sciences: Social Sciences. In 2004, Ms. Helton received a J.D., magna cum laude, with a concentration in advocacy and dispute resolution, from the University of Tennessee College of Law. Ms. Helton was Order of the Coif, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, president of UT Law Women and a member of the Tennessee Law Review. Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Helton served as judicial law clerk to the Honorable William C. Koch Jr., Tennessee Court of Appeals, Middle Section.

Contact & Links
Location
  • 1600 West End Avenue, Suite 1750
    Nashville, TN 37203
Education
  • The University of Tennessee, J.D., graduated 2004
Affiliations
  • Adventure Science Center - Board of Trustees
  • American Inns of Court, Harry Phillips Inn - Master of the Bench
  • Nashville Bar Foundation Fellow - Fellow
  • Tennessee Bar Association CLE Committee - Chair
  • Nashville Bar Association’s Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee - Past Chair
  • Lawyers’ Association for Women, Marion Griffin Chapter - Member
  • American Bar Association - Member
  • Young Lawyers Division of the Tennessee Bar Association - Previous Member of the Board of Directors, CLE Committee Vice Chair, and Middle Division CLE Captain
  • Nashville Bar Association’s Appellate Practice Committee - Previous Co-chair
  • Nashville Shakespeare Festival - Previous Vice-chair
  • Bellevue Harpeth Chamber of Commerce - Member
Court Admissions
  • Tennessee
  • United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee
  • United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
  • U.S. Tax Court
State Clerkships
  • Tennessee - Court of Appeals

Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2025 - Litigation - Trusts and Estates Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2023 - Litigation - Trusts and Estates Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2023 - Litigation and Controversy - Tax
Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
  • Litigation - Trusts and Estates, Nashville (2025)
  • Litigation - Trusts and Estates, Nashville (2023)
  • Litigation and Controversy - Tax, Nashville (2023)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2025 for work in:
  • Litigation - Environmental
  • Litigation - Trusts and Estates
  • Litigation and Controversy - Tax
Awards:
  • Selected for inclusion in the Young Leaders Council 2017 Spring Class
  • Selected for inclusion in Super Lawyers 2012-2018 (Estate and Trust Litigation) (“Mid-South Rising Star”)
  • Selected for inclusion in the Tennessee Bar Association Leadership Law Class of 2016
  • TBA Young Lawyers Division “Star of the Quarter” 2015
  • Nashville Post Law Leaders Rising 2012
Additional Areas of Practice:
  • Appellate Practice
  • Litigation - Real Estate
  • Tax Law

Publications

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