About Tarsila
Tarsila Crawford earned her Bachelor of Arts from the University of Florida in 2005 and completed her law degree at Barry University Dwayne O. Andreas School of Law in 2008. She moved to Tennessee after law school and began practicing law the following year.
Crawford joined Widrig Law PLLC in 2009. She worked there as a lawyer and later added mediator to her professional roles. In 2018 she became a mediator through Widrig Law. She is listed as a Rule 31 mediator by the Alternative Dispute Resolution Commission of Tennessee. She is also admitted to practice in Tennessee and before the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee.
Her practice experience spans courtroom work and dispute resolution. Colleagues and court records show involvement in litigation and settlement matters handled through Widrig Law. She has combined courtroom representation with mediation services, moving between advocacy and neutral roles depending on the case. That mix has shaped the kinds of matters she takes on and the methods she uses to resolve them.
Outside direct case work, Crawford participates in a range of professional and community associations. She holds memberships in the Rutherford and Cannon County Bar Association and the Sumner County Bar Association. Her interests in immigrant and multicultural issues are reflected by her current memberships in the Immigrant Child Advocacy Network, the Brazilian Studies Association, the Brazilian American Bar Association, and the Hispanic Bar Association. Those memberships inform her network and the communities she serves.
Crawford’s credential as a Rule 31 Listed Mediator signals formal recognition of her role in alternative dispute resolution in Tennessee. That credential allows her to serve as a court-approved neutral in mediations and other ADR proceedings. It also complements her litigation experience by offering parties an option to resolve disputes outside of trial.
Her career path is steady and local. After law school on the East Coast, she established herself in Tennessee law practice and in the federal court that covers much of the state’s middle region. She remains based at Widrig Law PLLC, where she has worked since 2009 and where she continues to serve clients through both representation and mediation. She currently handles mediation and litigation matters in Tennessee and in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee.
