Practice Areas:
Family Law (including divorce, child support / custody), Mediation, Collaborative Law, Nonprofit Compliance Management, and Commercial Landlord/Tenant and Property.

Admitted to Practice:
Tennessee, 1998
U.S. District Court, W.D. Tennessee, 1998
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, 1999
U.S. Supreme Court, 2008

Law School:
Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law
University of Memphis
J.D., 1997
Best Oral Advocate, Advanced Moot Court, 1996
Judge Conrad Duberstein National Bankruptcy Moot Court, 1997
Selected for American Bar Association Appellate Advocacy Team, 1997
U.S. Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Tenn., Extern, 1997

Graduate School:
The Divinity School
Duke University
M.R.E., 1986

College:
Lambuth University
B.S., 1983, Business Administration
Magna cum laude

Professional Associations:

Memphis, Tennessee and American Bar Associations

Tennessee Bar Foundation
IOLTA Grant Selection Committee, 2003-2006

Association for Women Attorneys (Board of Directors, 2002 - 2011; President 2003)

Community Legal Center (Board of Directors, 2001 - Present; President 2005, 2006)

Mid-South Collaborative Divorce Alliance, Founding Member

Women's Foundation for Greater Memphis
Honored as "Woman of Wisdom, Reaching Beyond Borders"
for community service in the legal profession, 2007

Association of Family and Conciliation Courts

Certifications: Rule 31 Listed Family Mediator

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