About
Mabern received her undergraduate degree in English in 2008, magna cum laude, from Middle Tennessee State University. She graduated cum laude from the University of Tennessee College of Law in 2012 with a concentration in Advocacy and Dispute Resolution. During law school, she served as a member of the Moot Court Board and the Tennessee Journal of Law and Policy. She received University of Tennessee College of Law Certificates of Academic Excellence for her work in the Education Law Practicum and the Prosecution Externship. Before joining Hodges, Doughty & Carson, she served as a judicial law clerk for the Honorable Joseph M. Tipton, Presiding Judge of the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals.
Mabern’s practice includes representation of both business and individual clients with a broad range of legal issues with the majority of her work in litigation. Mabern is a member of the Knoxville Bar Foundation, the Knoxville Bar Association, the Tennessee Bar Association, the Tennessee Defense Lawyers Association, and the East Tennessee Lawyers Association for Women. She currently serves on the Knoxville Bar Association’s CLE Committee and has served on the Tennessee Bar Foundation’s IOLTA Grant Committee.
Outside of work, Mabern has served her church and the community in different capacities, her favorite of which is coaching youth sports. Mabern enjoys spending time with her husband and their 3 children, reading, running, camping, and UT football.
Areas of Practice
- Business/Commercial Law
- Injury & Accident Law
- Premises Liability
- Motor Vehicle Accidents
- Wrongful Death
- Commercial Litigation
- Utility Law
Bar Admissions
- Tennessee
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Tennessee
- U.S. District Court Middle District of Tennessee
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit
Education
- University of Tennessee College of Law, Knoxville, Tennessee, J.D., Cum Laude – 2012
- Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, B.A., Magna Cum Laude – 2008
Honors and Awards
- Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch 2023 – Commercial Litigation
- Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch 2022 – Commercial Litigation
- Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch 2021 – Commercial Litigation
- Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch 2020 – Commercial Litigation
- CityView Top Attorneys for 2025 Adoption
- CityView Top Attorneys for 2025 Appellate Practice
- CityView Top Attorneys for 2025 Civil Litigation
- CityView Top Attorneys for 2025 Insurance Law
- CityView Top Attorneys for 2025 Labor & Employment Law—Employee
- CityView Top Attorneys for 2025 Labor & Employment Law—Employer
- CityView Top Attorneys for 2025 Personal Injury—Auto Accident—Defense
- CityView Top Attorneys for 2025 Personal Injury—Motorcycle Accident—Defense
- CityView Top Attorneys for 2025 Product Liability—Defense
- CityView Top Attorneys for 2025 Wrongful Death—Defense
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Knoxville Bar Foundation
- Knoxville Bar Association
- Tennessee Bar Association
- Tennessee Defense Lawyers Association
- East Tennessee Lawyers Association for Woman
- Tennessee Bar Foundation’s IOLTA Grant Committee (2019-2021)
- The Hamilton-Burnett American Inn of Court
- Lincoln County Bar Association
