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GARRAH CARTER-MASON

Corporate Litigator l Bass Berry & Sims

Garrah Carter-Mason is a corporate litigator who represents clients in complex business litigation, product liability claims, and healthcarerelated investigations, while also actively engaging in pro bono opportunities and providing legal advice to non-profit organizations and small business owners. Garrah served as a law clerk to the Honorable Eli J. Richardson (M.D. Tenn.). During law school, she was a judicial extern to the Honorable Virginia Kendall (N.D. Ill.). Garrah has also worked in state government as clerk of the Tennessee Senate Judiciary Committee. She is skilled in advanced legal research and writing and has trial, evidentiary hearing, arbitration, mediation, and deposition experience.

In her current role at Bass Berry & Sims, Garrah started the firm’s Domestic Violence Project during the pandemic to help women in need obtain orders of protection. She frequently volunteered her time to provide pro-bono representation to the less fortunate and is currently representing a wrongfully convicted African-American man on a murder charge appeal. In 2022, Garrah was given the honor of being named one of the National Black Lawyers Top 40 under 40. She co-authored the article, “Can You Keep a Secret? Trends in Privilege Law,” which was published in DRT InHouse Defense Quarterly, Winter 2023 edition.

In addition to her career as an attorney, Garrah has written and self-published a plant-based cookbook titled, The Power of the Plant, ©2021. The plant-based cookbook focuses on providing minority communities with healthier eating options that are easy and affordable. Garrah volunteers for several non-profit organizations and serves on the board of Corner to Corner. She attended Vanderbilt University where she earned her Bachelor of Arts in political science and Spanish. She went on to attend Vanderbilt Law School to earn her Doctor of Jurisprudence.