Experience
Solo Legal Practitioner, Knoxville, TN | 2007-Present
UTK Homer A. Jones, Jr. Wills Clinic Adjunct Prof. & Chief Cat Herder | 2020-Present
UTK Child & Family Studies Adjunct Instructor | 2011- 2023
Associate, Elder Law of East Tennessee | 2013-2016
Associate (part-time), Anne McKinney, PC | 2007-2008
Associate, Burroughs, Collins & Jabaley, PLC | 2006-2007
Principal Investigator, Master’s Thesis, Mizzou | Negotiating the Legal Divorce Process: Mothers’ Perceptions & Experiences (qualitative grounded theory methodology) | 2004-2005
Mizzou Service, Legal Internships & Clinics | Treasurer, Graduate Professional Council (2001-2005); Graduate Research Assistant, Campus Institutional Review Board (2005); Intern for Ann Barker, Esq., East Tennessee Dept. of Children’s Services (Knoxville, summer 2004); Mizzou Criminal Law Clinic (spring 2004); Mizzou Law Mediation Clinic (fall 2003); Intern for Boston Law Collaborative (Boston, MA, summer 2003); Intern for UBS PaineWebber Legal Dept. (Weehawken, NJ, summer 2002); Graduate Research &/or Teaching Assistant, Family Studies Dept. (2000-2005)
Mediation & ADR trainings | University of Tennessee (1996-1999); IIMCR: Institute for International Mediation & Conflict Resolution (The Hague, Netherlands, summer 1996); University of Missouri (2003); Knoxville Community Mediation Center (2009)
Collaborative Law trainings, Knoxville, TN | April 2013 & March 2017
Education
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI
Juris Doctor, 2005 | Master of Science, Family Studies, 2005
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE
Bachelor of Science, Family Studies & University Honors Program, 1999
Past Community Activities & Professional Service
ETHRA’s Public Guardianship Program
Tennessee Immigrant & Refugee Rights Coalition
John T. O’Connor Senior Center Policy Board of Directors
East Tennessee Collaborative Alliance
United Way Greater Knoxville (Education C Investment Committee)
Tennessee Bar Association’s 2018 Public Service Academy
2018 Groves Conference on Marriage and Family, Plenary Presenter re: Elder Law & Care-giving/-taking
Tai Chi for Health Institute International Governing Board
Head Start Policy Council community representative & substitute
Legal Aid of East Tennessee
Knoxville Community Mediation Center
Medic Clinic platelets donor
Bar Admissions
Tennessee, 2006