About Leila Larsen

Leila Larsen is an attorney at The Higgins Firm in Nashville, Tennessee, specializing in long-term care litigation. She completed the Tennessee Supreme Court Pro Bono Pledge by committing over 80 hours of free legal work.

Before practicing law, Larsen worked in healthcare staffing and clerked at the Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance. She earned her J.D. from Belmont University College of Law in Nashville and her B.B.A. from the University of Memphis.

Larsen is admitted to the Tennessee Bar and is a member of the Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association and the American Association for Justice. She is bilingual in English and Spanish.

Proven verdicts and settlements at The Higgins Firm

These results are credited to The Higgins Firm. A result appears under an attorney's own name only when a published source names them as counsel on the case.

A Nashville jury awarded $347,134 after a nursing home admitted it never administered insulin to an elderly diabetic woman during her five-day respite stay, leaving her in a hypoglycemic crisis when her family came to pick her up.

Davidson County Circuit Court, Nashville · 2024Medical MalpracticeRead the full story →

The Tennessee Supreme Court held that an intrusion-upon-seclusion claim does not abate upon the plaintiff's death, allowing the family of a cognitively impaired nursing home resident to pursue her privacy lawsuit after she passed away.

Tennessee Supreme Court (orig. Coffee County) · 2025Premises LiabilityRead the full story →

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Practice areas

Education

Belmont University College of Law
B.B.A.
University of Memphis
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Tennessee
Tennessee Bar Association
Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association
American Association for Justice

Awards & recognition

Tennessee Supreme Court Pro Bono Pledge (80+ hours)

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Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.