Law clerk to Honorable Joe G. Riley, Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals, 1996-97
Tennessee Valley Authority, Knoxville, Tennessee (1994)
Tuke, Yopp & Sweeney, Nashville, Tennessee (1995)
Legislative Assistant, Republic of South Africa Parliament, Cape Town, South Africa (1995)
Instructor, Community Alternatives to Prison Programs (CAPP) (1995-1996)
Law clerk to Honorable Joe G. Riley, Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals, 1996-97
Instructor, Southwest Tennessee Community College (2000)
Shelby County District Attorney General's Office, Assistant District Attorney General, 1997-2001;
United States Attorney's Office for the Western District of Tennessee, Assistant United States Attorney, 2001-2008
First African American woman to serve on an appellate court in Tennessee
Martin Luther King, Jr. and Honors Scholarships
- Tennessee, National, and Memphis Bar Associations
- Leo Bearman Sr., Inn of Court (Master)
- National Association of Women Judges
- Tennessee Commission of Continuing Legal Education
- Tennessee Women’s Forum
- Tennessee Lawyer’s Association for Women
- Association of Women Attorneys
- Fellow, Memphis Bar Foundation
- Frequent Judge of the Tennessee Bar Association, Young Lawyer Division, High School Mock Trial Competition
- International Womens Forum, Memphis Chapter
- Past Board Member, Girls Incorporated of Memphis, Tennessee
- Past Board Member, The Children’s Museum of Memphis
- Junior League of Memphis, Advisory Board Member
- The Links Incorporated, River City Chapter
- Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc.
White Station Tower, Suite 1403
Memphis, TN 38157
United States