Meet Our Board
Posted January 7th, 2008
Michele Howard Flynn - PRESIDENT
The Howard-Flynn Law Group
mhowardflynn@hflawgroup.com
Michele is a sole practitioner at the Howard-Flynn Law Group, and specializes in entertainment law and the protection of intellectual property rights.
The Howard-Flynn Law Group negotiates and drafts recording contracts, publishing, producer, management, distribution, touring, merchandising, corporate sponsorship, performer agreements, endorsement agreements, license and Internet agreements. The firm works diligently to protect the intellectual property rights of its clients. W hether it be in the music, television, motion picture or other entertainment marketplace, the Howard-Flynn law firm covers all aspects of the business.
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Lucie Brackin - PRESIDENT-ELECT - Annual Banquet Chair
The Landers Firm
lbrackin@landersfirm.com
Lucie K. Brackin graduated with from the University of Arkansas School of Law-Fayetteville in 2000, and is admitted to practice law in Tennessee, Arkansas, and Colorado. Lucie practices family law as an associate with The Landers Firm.
Along with the Association of Women Attorneys, Lucie is active in the Memphis Bar Association and serves on the Bench Bar and Public Relations/Public Service Committees. She is also active in the Young Lawyers Division of the Arkansas Bar Association, and is a member of the Colorado and Tennessee Bar Associations.
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Emily Campbell Taube - VICE PRESIDENT
Emily.taube@arlaw.com
Emily Campbell Taube is an associate with Adams and Reese LLP. She focuses on the area of litigation, specifically franchise/dealership litigation and employee benefits litigation. Ms. Taube was also recently named by Mid-South Super Lawyers Magazine as a Rising Star for 2008 in the area of Franchise/Dealership law. Prior to her employment with Adams and Reese, Ms. Taube served as a Felony Trial Assistant with the Shelby County District Attorney’s Office.
Ms. Taube is active in several professional organizations including the American, Tennessee, and Memphis Bar Associations. She is a graduate of the Tennessee Bar Association Law Leadership Class of 2007, and is a current Board Member of the TBA Young Lawyer's Division, and Chair of the TBA Law School Outreach Committee. Ms. Taube is also a Barrister Member of the Leo Bearman, Sr. Chapter of the American Inn of Court, and serves as Chair of its Membership Committee. She is Board Member of the Association of Women Attorneys and serves as its Law School Outreach Liaison.
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Jennifer S. Hagerman - IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT
Burch, Porter & Johnson
jhagerman@bpjlaw.com
Admitted to practice law in 1999, Ms. Hagerman practices civil litigation and employment law with Burch Porter Johnson in Memphis. Ms. Hagerman graduated from Vanderbilt Law, and has been on the AWA board for four years.
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Jennifer Himes - SECRETARY
Hale, Dewey & Knight, PLLC
jhimes@haledewey.com
Presently Of Counsel with Hale, Dewey and Knight, PLLC, Jennifer practices primarily in the area of commercial litigation. In the past she has practiced in the areas of commercial real estate development, creditors' rights and bankruptcy litigation. She received her bachelor's degree from the University of Illinois, in Champaign-Urbana and her Juris Doctor from the Cecil C. Humphrey's School of Law at University of Memphis, where she was a Member of the Moot Court Board, President of the Environmental Law Council and an editor for the Tennessee Journal of Practice and Procedure, 1996-7. Jennifer is licensed to practice law in Tennessee and Georgia. Legal association memberships include the American Bar Association, Tennessee Bar Association, Memphis Bar Association, Georgia Bar Association, and the Association for Women Attorneys. This is her first year serving as an officer for the AWA, and is honored to be a part of this association.
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Ashley Martin - HISTORIAN
Harris Shelton Hanover Walsh
amartin@harrisshelton.com
Ashley Austin Martin graduated the University of Memphis and received her J.D. in 2003 and is admitted to practice law in the State of Tennessee. Ashley also graduated University of Tennessee in Chattanooga, where she received her B.A. in 2000. Ashley Martin is employed by Harris Shelton Hanover and Walsh. She concentrates her practice in the areas of domestic relations, child advocacy, medical malpractice defense and general civil litigation. Along with the Association of Women Attorneys, she is a member of the Memphis, Tennessee and American Bar Associations.
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Leah Hillis - Annual Banquet Co-Chair
lhillis@bpjlaw.com
Leah Hillis graduated Rhodes College and received her B.A., in 2000 and graduated University of Memphis and received her J.D., magna cum laude, in 2000. Ms. Hills also Received CALI Excellence Award in Juvenile Law, Secured Transactions, Nonprofit Organizations, and Advanced Constitutional Law.
Ms. Hillis began her practice at the firm in 2006, following the completion of a judicial clerkship for United States Magistrate Judge Thomas Anderson in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee. Ms. Hillis’ practice is focused on family law matters, including juvenile court proceedings, adoptions and estate administration. She also counsels clients and litigates in a variety of other areas such as products liability, commercial litigation and tort claims in both state and federal court. Ms. Hillis serves as the Annual Banquet Co-Chair for the Association for Women Attorneys.
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Judge Kay Robilio - CLE Co-ChairCircuit Court Judge - Division V
Judge Robilio is a Shelby County Circuit Court Judge who was elected Judge of Division 5 in 1990 and later reelected in 1998. Judge Robilio graduated with a B.A., cum laude, from Memphis State University and later obtained her law degree from the Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law at the University of Memphis.
Judge Robilio has also contributed to legal seminars and publications including her article "Mediation: The Judge's New Tool for Case Management," published in the Tennessee Journal of Practice and Procedure, Volume I Winter 1997.
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Kathy Kemp - MEMBERSHIP CHAIR
Wiseman Bray
kkemp@wisemanbray.com
Kathy is an associate with Wiseman Bray PLLC. She graduated from Mississippi College School of Law and is licensed to practice in Tennessee and Mississippi. Kathy’s practice concentrates in the areas of personal injury, automobile accidents, products liability, and mass tort litigation. She also has experience in construction litigation, debt collection, medical malpractice, wills, and business law.
She is a graduate of the Oxford Lafayette Chamber of Commerce Leadership Lafayette class and was appointed to the Steering Committee by her classmates. Additionally, Kathy was a charter member of the Ole Miss Oxford Rotary Club and served as Public Relations Chairperson and Secretary. She is a 2009 graduate of the Memphis Bar Association Leadership Forum.
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Anita Lotz - Scholarship Chair
Mrs. Lotz's practice concentrates in the areas of financial institutions regulatory compliance, commercial finance transactions, real estate transactions and general corporate law. She obtained her Bachelor of Arts degree from Northwestern University and her Juris Doctor degree from Boston University. Mrs. Lotz is a member of the Memphis, Tennessee and American Bar Associations and the Association of Women Attorneys.
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Frances M. Riley - TLAW Board Rep., IOLTA Grant Committee, MBA House of Delegates
Farris Mathews Branan Bobango Hellen & Dunlap PLC
friley@farris-law.com
Ms. Riley's practice concentrates in business bankruptcy reorganization and general business law. Ms. Riley also has extensive experience in the areas of housing and community development. She obtained her Bachelor of Science degree in Community Development from Pennsylvania State University, and her Juris Doctor from the University of Memphis. She is a member of the Memphis, Tennessee and American Bar Associations and the Association of Women Attorneys.
Ms. Riley formerly practiced with the Memphis firm of Humphreys Dunlap Wellford Acuff & Stanton, PC, which merged with Farris Mathews on January 1, 2004.
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Yolanda Kight - TLAW BOARD REP
THE KIGHT LAW FIRM, PLLC
yrkight@globaltitleandescrow.net
Yolanda R. Kight is a solo practictioner at the Kight Law Firm, PLLC and focuses on real estate, bankruptcy, domestic relations, child advocacy, social security disability, probate, business matters, and other general civil litigation.
Ms. Kight formerly practiced with Armstrong Allen (now known as Adams and Reese LLP), and worked for the Community Legal Center.
Along with the Association of Women Attorneys, she is a member of the American, Tennessee, and Memphis Bar Association (where she serves on the Law Week Committee, the Ben F. Jones-National Bar Association, and the Tennessee Lawyers' Association for Women-Tennessee Lawyers. She is a former member of the Leo Bearman, Sr. Chapter of the American Inn of Court.
She serves on the board for Power Center Community Development Corporation and is the co-founder of LEAP by Faith an organization that promotes the development of women personally and professionally.
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Laurie Christensen - IOLTA GRANT COMMITTEE
Baptist Memorial Health Care Corporation
laurie.christensen@bmhcc.org
Laurie has served on AWA's Board since 2004, having served as AWA's Historian, President-Elect and President. She is currently Co-Chair of the Continuing Legal Education Committee and comes to the AWA Board with a background in corporate law. She is employed as a staff attorney for Baptist Memorial Health Care Corporation in Memphis. She obtained her JD from the Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law in Memphis Tennessee. Laurie is also on the Board of Directors for The Community Legal Center as the AWA Representative and also on the Board of Directors for the Memphis Bar Association. Laurie recently completed her certification as a Certified Collaborative Lawyer.
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E. Haavi Morreim - AWA Professional Liaison to the Law School
hmorreim@uthsc.edu
Haavi Morreim is a Professor in the College of Medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, where she has focused mainly on bioethics and health law, with special interests in health care's changing economics and in the litigation and compliance issues surrounding clinical medical research. She earned her Ph.D. from the University of Virginia in 1980 and completed her J.D., magna cum laude, at the University of Memphis School of Law in December 2009.
Dr. Morreim has authored two books and over one hundred thirty articles in journals of law, medicine, and bioethics. She has presented numerous invited lectures nationwide, to such groups as the American Bar Association, the American Health Lawyers Association, the American Medical Association, the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, and the Tennessee Bar Association, Medicine, and Ethics.
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Karen Hall - Representative for the CLE
The Hall Law Firm
KHall@HallFirmPLC.com
Karen previously served as AWA President in 2003. She earned her law degree from the University of Memphis and practices in Family Law; Collaborative Family Law, Domestic Litigation, Divorce, and Child Custody Litigation.
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Linda Warren Seely - Publicity Co-Chair
Memphis Area Legal Services
lseely@malsi.org
Linda could have used her law degree to make a lucrative living, but she instead chose to dedicate her career to providing legal services to those of limited means. When you think about the thousands of individuals who have received assistance with legal matters ranging from predatory lending to domestic violence, it is easy to see her contributions to the legal profession and society as endless.
Linda Warren Seely has served on Supreme Court commissions that examine Racial and Gender bias in the court system and made recommendations on how to deal with pro se litigants. She serves on numerous advisory committees, in particular those dealing with juvenile justice issues and has worked locally with the Teen Court program. She volunteers her mediation skills through the Community Legal Center in Memphis and provides low cost mediations locally on an individual basis.
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Tonya Johnson - Judicial Reception Chair
tjohnson@bakerdonelson.com
Tonya Johnson is an associate at Baker Donelson. She is a member of the Advocacy Department and has worked in the area of labor and employment litigation. She has experience in ERISA matters, as well as torts and premises liability. Prior to joining Baker Donelson, Ms. Johnson interned for Judge Kay S. Robilio in Shelby County Circuit Court and also clerked for the Community Legal Center Pro Se Clinic in Memphis and the Frank H. Hiscock Legal Aid Society in Syracuse, New York.
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Shari Myers - SPECIAL EVENTS CHAIR
The Myers Law Firm
sharimyers@lawyer.com
Shari and her husband, Daniel Myers, moved to Memphis in 2000. In 2001, Shari began practicing Family Law, and in 2003 Shari established The Myers Law Firm in Memphis, Tennessee. She practices solely as a Guardian Ad Litem, dedicated to representing the best interest of children primarily in cases of divorce and post-divorce.
Shari Myers has served on the Board for the AWA since 2005. She is currently the 2008 President for the AWA. Shari also serves on the 2008 Board for Memphis Area Legal Services (MALS). Shari is a member of the Memphis Bar Association (MBA), and serves on the MBA’s House of Delegates (as the Divorce and Family Law Section Representative) and she serves on the 2008 MBA’s Committee for Bench and Bar Relations. Shari has also been a member of the American Bar Association, Tennessee Bar Association.
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Louise Chandler - NEWSLETTER EDITOR
The Howard-Flynn Law Group
slc@hflawgroup.com
Louise was admitted to practice law in Tennessee in 2009, and she currently practices civil litigation and entertainment law at the Howard-Flynn Law Group in Memphis. Louise received a Juris Doctor from The University of Memphis School of Law in 2009 and a Bachelor of Arts from Millsaps College in 2005. Along with the Association of Women Attorneys, Louise is a member of the Memphis and Tennessee Bar Associations and the Tennessee Lawyers Association for Woman.
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Linda Schultz - Executive Director, Membership Chair
Baptist Memorial Health Care Corporation
linda.schultz@bmhcc.org
Linda has been with Baptist Memorial Health Care Corporation for 16 years and serves as Executive Director for the AWA.
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