Shawn is a founding partner of Parks, Bryant & Snyder, PLLC, and currently leads the firm’s Estates and Trusts department.
A native Texan, Shawn went to Texas A&M University where he double majored in Political Science and English with a minor in History in 2008. Shawn received his J.D. from South Texas College of Law in 2011.
After law school, Shawn spent several years as the executive director of the Mediation Center in Columbia, Tennessee. He is a Rule 31 mediator and has mediated hundreds of disputes. In addition to his law practice, Shawn continues to regularly mediate various matters in the middle Tennessee area with specific knowledge on the propensities of judges in the 22nd Judicial District.
With a Catholic father from New York and an evangelical mother from Texas, Shawn learned to appreciate multiple sides and outlooks early on in life. This helps him understand and empathize with his clients. He aspires for the attorney-client relationship to not be simply transactional but for each client to feel that they obtained a true partner who helped them on their path.
Shawn’s philosophy to practicing law is strategy and execution. He believes that both are necessary to helping clients reach their goals. Simply hiring a lawyer to go to court and “shoot from the hip” rarely produces successful results. Similarly, the best made plans are meaningless without the skill, knowledge, and tenacity to carry your matter across the finish line.
Shawn is married to Lesley and they are the proud parents of Stella and Adelaide. The most recent edition to the Snyder household is their Golden Retriever, Cormac; should you be meeting with Shawn and notice a few stray hairs on his suit, he is the culprit.
