Areas of Practice
Criminal Litigation
Civil Litigation

Cynthia Sherwood Parson joined Neal & Harwell in 2000. Her practice is focused on criminal litigation including white collar criminal defense and general criminal defense, and on civil litigation including product liability, entertainment law and commercial law cases.

Ms. Parson is admitted to practice in Tennessee and is a member of the bar of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and the U.S. District Courts for the Middle and Western Districts of Tennessee.

Ms. Parson received her undergraduate degree in Political Science with honors in 1997 from Delta State University in Cleveland, Mississippi. She received her J.D. degree in 2000 from Vanderbilt University School of Law, where she received the Carl J. Ruskowski Clinical Legal Education Award presented to the student, who in representing clients in the Law School’s clinical program, demonstrated excellence in the practice of law and exemplified the highest standards of the legal profession.

Articles & Presentations

• Faculty member, National Business Institute Continuing Education Seminar, Protecting Companies from Fraud and Corporate Criminal Liability in Tennessee, 2005
• Booker Makes the Guidelines Advisory, Nashville Bar Journal, February 2005
• Blakely Bedlam, Nashville Bar Journal, September 2004
• Challenging Invalid Arrest Warrants, Nashville Bar Journal, 2002

Recognition

• 2000 Recipient of Vanderbilt Law School Carl J. Ruskowksi Clinical Legal Education Award for excellence in the
  practice of Law
• Tennessee Bar Association Leadership Law Alumni (2006) and Steering Committee Member (2008 – 2009)

Professional Associations

• Member, American Bar Association
• Member, Tennessee Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys
• Member, Tennessee Bar Association
• Member, Tennessee Lawyers’ Association for Women
• Member, Nashville Lawyers’ Association for Women
  (2004 – 2008 Executive Committee)
• Member, Young Lawyers Division, Nashville Bar Association (2003 – 2005 YLD Board Member)
• Member, Nashville Bar Association