Prior to entering private practice, Ms. Buer served as a trial attorney with the Florida Department of Children and Families, where she managed a substantial dependency docket and served as first chair in dozens of trials, including Termination of Parental Rights proceedings. That experience gave her significant courtroom responsibility early in her career and sharpened her ability to manage high-stakes, fact-intensive matters efficiently and effectively.

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Ms. Buer later practiced with a multi-state litigation firm, where she represented Fortune 100 companies and other institutional clients in a broad range of matters, including government investigations, construction and contractual disputes, shareholder derivative suits, professional malpractice defense, and complex commercial real estate litigation. She has since continued her practice with a focus on constitutional law and public-entity representation in state and federal court. Her work has included matters involving local government entities, law enforcement and fire departments, jails, municipal boards, and defamation disputes. Her experience spans all phases of litigation, from pre-suit strategy and internal investigations through motion practice, hearings, trial preparation, and resolution.

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Prior to becoming an attorney, Ms. Buer was a middle school teacher in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Her background in education continues to inform her professional perspective and longstanding commitment to child welfare and youth advocacy. In addition to her legal practice, she has served as a policy consultant for school boards in Louisiana and California and has lectured in graduate-level education courses at Louisiana State University.

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Ms. Buer earned her J.D. from Louisiana State University’s Paul M. Hebert Law Center and her B.A. in Philosophy from Saint Joseph’s University.

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Bar Admissions

• Florida

• Tennessee

• U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida

• U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee

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Education

J.D., Louisiana State University, Paul M. Hebert Law Center, 2022

• Editor-in-Chief, The Civilian

• President, Child & Family Law Society

• Education and Youth Outreach Chair, Public Interest Law Organization

B.A., Philosophy, Saint Joseph’s University, 2017

 

 

Professional Affiliations

• The Florida Bar

• Tennessee Bar Association, Mentoring Committee

• Southeastern Tennessee Lawyers’ Association for Women

• Florida Association of Women Lawyers

• Escambia-Santa Rosa Bar Association, YLD Board of Directors (2023)

• Chattanooga Bar Association

• Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics

• Junior League of Chattanooga

• Alpha Gamma Delta sorority, Alumna

 

 

Practice Areas

• Government and Municipal Liability

• Civil Rights

• Employment Law

• Defamation

• Commercial and Business Litigation

• Contractual Disputes

• Construction Law

• Alternative Dispute Resolution