Amanda Leigh Moore
Tennessee Center for Estate & Elder Law, PLLC • Murfreesboro, TN
ProbatePersonal Injury
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Contact
Email
Phone
(615) 488-5228
Address
Murfreesboro, TN, US
Professional
About
Amanda Moore’s compassionate approach to her probate clients comes from her long legal career in public service. After graduating from Yale Law School, she clerked for the Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. After clerking, she was awarded an Equal Justice Works Fellowship to represent clients in need at a civil legal aid firm. Amanda later worked for a national law and policy organization focused on economic and racial justice. She has taught at Vanderbilt Law School, Middle Tennessee State University, and Morehead State University. Her commentary on bankruptcy law has appeared in the New York Times Letters to the Editor and the Lexington Herald-Leader. Amanda serves as an elected member of the Board of Education for Murfreesboro City Schools. She is a member of the Middle Tennessee Lawyers Association for Women and the Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels. She has served on the boards of the Stones River Watershed Association and the Appalachian Citizens’ Law Center and was selected to participate in the Commonwealth Society at Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital. She is married to Jason Vance, a professor and librarian at MTSU; they have two teenage children.
About Probate Law
Probate attorneys guide families through the estate administration process after a loved one passes. They handle court filings, asset distribution, and dispute resolution. Common matters include estate administration, will contests, heir disputes, trust administration.
Credentials
Education
2000 Yale Law School JD - Juris Doctor 1997 Western Kentucky University BA - Bachelor of Arts
Languages
English
Recognition & Involvement
Publications
2013 The Huffington Post Tracking Down Martin Luther King, Jr's Words on Health Care 2012 Health Policy Hub Guest Blog: The Debt Collector Will See You Now 2012 The Huffington Post Seven Years After Hurricane Katrina: Who Owes Whom? 2006 Grist An Excerpt from Missing Mountains, a New Book About Mountaintop-Removal Mining 2005 Missing Mountains The Law Leaves a Hollow Place
Associations
Middle Tennessee Lawyers Association for Women Founding Member
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Updated: May 27, 2026