Leigh Anne St. Charles

Leigh Anne St. Charles serves as the Managing Partner of Sanford Heisler Sharp McKnight, LLP’s Nashville, Tennessee office. She concentrates her practice on financial services litigation and employment law matters that involve discrimination and harassment in the workplace, serving as the Firmwide Co-Head of Litigation, Co-Chair of the Financial Mismanagement and ERISA Litigation, and a Co-Chair of the Discrimination and Harassment Practice Group.With immense experience representing clients with claims related to discrimination based on gender, age and disability, FMLA, and retaliation, Ms. St. Charles also represents clients with matters related to breach of fiduciary duty and 401(k) plan mismanagement.Ms. St. Charles is a passionate and dedicated attorney who fiercely advocates for the rights and liberties of her clients. She has a long record of securing favorable settlements on behalf of her clients. Professional and diligent, she helps her clients navigate through this difficult phase in their lives as well as the legal process.She has a bachelor’s degrees in philosophy and history from Western Kentucky University. Ms. St. Charles earned her Juris Doctor from Columbia Law School. While in law school, she served as the notes editor for the Journal of Law and Social Problems. She was a James Kent and Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar and a member of the board of the Workers’ Rights Student Coalition and the American Constitution Society. She served as a teaching assistant for disability law, and also she tutored middle school students through the Harlem Tutorial Project.And she is admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, Middle District of Tennessee, and Eastern District of Tennessee. She is the co-author of an article about 401 (k) plans titled “Brokerage Windows in 401(k) Plans: The Total Abdication of Fiduciary Responsibility” in the Benefits Law Journal.In honor of her legal work, Ms. St. Charles has been recognized by renowned legal associations. She has been named to the list of 2022 Best Lawyers in America’s Ones to Watch list for her exceptional work in the area of labor and employment law for employees. She was also on the Best Lawyers in America’s Ones to Watch list in the year 2021 in the area of Employment Law – Individuals and she is also named to Business Insider’s 2022 Rising Stars of the Courtroom.