TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Aug 9, 2016

Nashville lawyer and TBA senior counselor Mary Frances Lyle died Saturday (Aug. 6). She was 80. A 1979 graduate of Vanderbilt University Law School, Lyle began her career lobbying the state legislature on behalf of the Nashville Women’s Political Caucus. During the 25 years she worked with the caucus, she helped draft and pass some of the most important legislation affecting women in Tennessee, including changes in alimony, maternity leave, sexual harassment and domestic violence law. Lyle also was a co-founder of the Lawyers Association for Women (LAW), Peace to End Abuse through Counseling and Education (PEACE) and Women in Business Inc. For many years Lyle operated her own family law practice but later joined Corley Henard Lyle Levy & Langford. Visitation will take place Friday from 1-6 p.m. at Horner-Roesch-Patton Funeral Home in Brentwood and Saturday from 9-10 a.m. at Christ Church Cathedral in Nashville. A time of remembrance with friends and colleagues will follow at 10 a.m. with the funeral service set for 11 a.m. Interment will be at Harpeth Hills Cemetery in Nashville. The Tennessean has more on her life.