Professional Profile

• 2020– , Zenner Law, PLLC, Founding Member
• 2011–2020, McCune, Zenner, Happell, One of Three Founding Members
• 2003–2011, Partner, Blackburn, McCune Happell & Zenner, P.L.L.C., Nashville, Tennessee
• 1997–2003, Attorney, Blackburn & McCune, P.L.L.C., Nashville, Tennessee

Licensed Attorney

• Tennessee 1997–Present
• Minnesota 2000–Present

Areas Of Practice

• Employment Discrimination
• Wage and Hour
• Personal Injury
• Product Liability
• Commercial Litigation

Honors And Awards

• 2019 Mid-South Super Lawyer List – Employment Litigation: Plaintiff
• 2018 Mid-South Super Lawyer List – Employment Litigation: Plaintiff
• 2017 Mid-South Super Lawyer List – Employment Litigation: Plaintiff
• 2016 Mid-South Super Lawyer List – Employment Litigation: Plaintiff

Education

• University of Minnesota College of Law, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Juris Doctor, 1997
  • Graduated cum laude
  • Student Director of Civil Practice Clinic
  • BNA Award for Excellence in Employment Law
  • Minnesota State Bar Association Award for Excellence in Employment Law

• University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, Minnesota, Bachelor of Arts, 1993
  • Economics major, English minor
  • Baseball, 4-year letterman, all conference, team captain

Associations

• Tennessee Bar Association

Hobbies And Outside Interests

In his free time Mat is an avid runner and triathlete, having completed over 100 races including two full Ironman Triathlons, and multiple marathons. Mat also coaches cross country with his wife at Franklin Road Academy and is a volunteer coach of his son’s travel baseball team, The Middle Tennessee Vipers. More than anything, he enjoys watching his children, Berrin (11) and Ava (10), compete in athletics, including baseball, basketball, cross country, and football.