Rob Peal is a Nashville-based trial lawyer who represents businesses, executives, and high-profile individuals in complex commercial disputes and high-stakes litigation. His practice centers on matters that threaten core business operations, leadership, or reputation — including bet-the-company disputes, crisis-driven litigation, internal investigations, and parallel civil, criminal, and regulatory proceedings.
Rob is frequently engaged when routine disputes escalate — advising clients facing reputational risk, media scrutiny, time-sensitive decision-making, and government investigation. In addition to commercial litigation, his practice includes federal white-collar criminal defense and False Claims Act matters, often arising alongside civil litigation or regulatory enforcement.
Before entering private practice, Rob served as an officer in the United States Marine Corps. He initially flew the F/A-18D as a Naval Flight Officer before transitioning to the Judge Advocate Corps, where he served as a senior prosecutor and law center director. Rob deployed three times in support of Operations Southern Watch, Enduring Freedom (Afghanistan), and Iraqi Freedom — experience that continues to inform his approach to high-pressure, high-consequence matters.
Prior to joining Sims | Funk, Rob was a partner at a prominent Nashville law firm, where he developed a practice handling complex litigation and criminal matters for institutional and individual clients.
Rob graduated Order of the Coif from Vanderbilt University Law School, where he served as an Associate Editor of the Vanderbilt Law Review and as a member of the Moot Court Board. He earned a Bachelor of Science (with Merit) in Mechanical Engineering from the United States Naval Academy.
