Christy has successfully tried cases in many venues including state trial court, before the Tennessee Department of Health, before numerous arbitrators, and before the governing body of the United Network of Organ Sharing. As an experienced appellate attorney, Christy has presented oral arguments before the Tennessee Supreme Court and Tennessee Court of Appeals. She serves as an arbitrator and is certified by the American Arbitration Association (AAA). Christy concentrates her practice in health care litigation, managing the litigation of numerous health care facilities around the country, as well as serving as outside general counsel.
Christy provides counsel to health care companies on quality assurance, corporate compliance, general business advice and litigation avoidance challenging survey citations, and government investigations. She represents many health care related organizations, including organ procurement organizations and tissue banks, long term care providers, onsite health centers, and one of the largest behavioral health companies in the country.
Christy has been recognized by Chambers USA as a leading Litigation: Medical Malpractice Defense lawyer in Tennessee for five consecutive years and is one of only six attorneys in the state of Tennessee listed in Band 1. She has also been listed in The Best Lawyers in America® for Health Care Litigation for seven consecutive years, and Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants for two years in a row, and Thomson Reuters named Christy to their 2025 list of Stand-out Lawyers.
During Christy's tenure as the Baker Women Chair, Baker Donelson has earned numerous recognitions as an exceptional workplace for women, including being named by Seramount (formerly Working Mother Media) to its "Best Law Firms for Women" list, and being ranked sixteenth nationally in diversity for women in the 2026 edition of Vault, Inc.'s "Best Law Firms for Diversity." The Firm was also recognized by the Chambers Women in Law Awards: USA 2018 as a finalist in the category of Outstanding Firm in Advancing Gender Diversity and Inclusion.
These national accolades are the culmination of years of Christy's leadership. She has overseen numerous key initiatives, including the adoption of an industry-leading parental leave policy; implementation of a Firm-wide mentoring program for women; creating a program that awards business development grants to women attorneys; and a training program designed to help women attorneys achieve equity shareholder status. Christy was named a 2018 recipient of the A Great Place to Work® For All Leadership Award by FORTUNE magazine.