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Status |
ResoluteOnly |
First name |
Marietta |
Last name |
Shipley |
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Full name |
Hon. Marietta Shipley |
Gender |
Female |
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Pdf |
https://www.nadn.org/resolute/PDF/1719662992.PDF |
Photo |
img/NoPhotoOnFile.jpg |
Contact information |
Address 1 |
2809 Wimbledon Road |
City |
Nashville |
ZIP Code |
37215 |
State |
Tennessee |
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Cell public? |
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Promote video conferencing? |
No |
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Formal Qualifications & Memberships |
Judge? |
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ADR services |
1,2 |
Education |
Judge Shipley graduated from the Nashville School of Law in 1976. While attending law school, she
taught German for six years, after having obtained B.A. and M.A.T. degrees from the University of
Kansas. She received her original mediation training with Colorado Dispute Resolution, sponsored by the
ABA at Stanford University Law School. At that time, there were only five mediators in the State of
Tennessee. She served as an Assistant for Mediation Training at Judicial College in 1994 and 1995. She
received further training from David Strawn of Florida and from Nina Meierding of the Pepperdine
University Law School Strauss Institute at several trainings for judges. She has attended numerous AFM
and ABA conferences on mediation, and has been a frequent presenter at seminars for the Tennessee Bar
Association, Nashville Bar Association, Tennessee Association for Justice, M. Lee Smith Conferences,
Paralegal and Legal Assistant Associations and the Tennessee Attorney General’s Office. She has also
served as a trainer for Rule 31 Family Law Training at Lipscomb University. In 2009 she received the
Grayford Gray Award for Highest Contribution to the Mediation Field. |
Memberships |
In 1992, Judge Shipley was appointed to the Tennessee Bar Association ADR Committee and became a
charter member of the Supreme Court ADR Commission. In 1996, the Supreme Court passed Rule 31.
Judge Shipley was one of the pilot judges for the Parenting Plan Legislation, which provided a structure
for divorcing parents to plan for the future of their children. She served as a member of the Appellate
Mediation Task Force, which developed an appellate mediation model. During her judgeship, she served
on the Board of Directors of the Academy of Family Mediators (now Association of Conflict Resolution).
Since 2008, Judge Shipley has been a founder and past executive board member of the Middle Tennessee
Collaborative Alliance. She has handled numerous collaborative cases as an attorney. She is a member of
the TBA taskforce to formulate a statewide rule governing collaborative family law. She expects the rule
to be an amendment to the Supreme Court Rule 31. |
Biography |
Marietta Shipley retired in September 2006 after 16 years as Judge of the Davidson County Second
Circuit Court in Nashville, Tennessee, where she presided over civil jury and non-jury trials and family
cases. During that time, she was a leader in promoting mediation in the court system. After her
retirement, Judge Shipley founded The Mediation Group of Tennessee, LLC, a statewide network of
mediators and arbitrators. Judge Shipley helped found the Tennessee Association of Professional
Mediators and has been a past president. Today she is a sole provider.
While on the bench, Judge Shipley mediated numerous civil matters from personal injury cases to
malpractice cases. Judge Shipley was Chair of the Judicial Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)
Committee, which primarily brought education to judges statewide so they were ready to respond to this
helpful tool in resolving disputes. During her judgeship, Judge Shipley made the court system more
accessible to parties to determine their own decision. |
ADR Practice & Case Experience |
Additional languages |
1 |
Practice started |
0 |
Dispute areas |
28,61,66 |
Calendar Settings |
Private calendar purchased |
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Calendar preference |
Disabled |
Calendar display type |
5 day |
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Calendar last update time |
Never |
Booking |
Whole days |
Disabled |
Multiple mediations |
Disabled |
Ask Client to Select ADR Service? |
Disabled |
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Time zone |
Eastern |
Requested Date Automatically Held/Booked? |
Disabled |
Auto hold type |
On Hold |
Ask if all attending counsel agreed on date? |
Disabled |
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Notes mandatory? |
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Additional attendees |
No |
GoogleMaps |
Map enabled |
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Streetview enabled |
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Latitude |
0 |
Longitude |
0 |
Rating |
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GoogleMaps accuracy |
Unknown location |