
The Marion Griffin-Frances Loring Award
The Honorable Camille R. McMullen
2024 Marion Griffin-Frances Loring
Award Honoree

The Honorable Camille R. McMullen received her undergraduate degree in Political Science from Austin Peay State University in 1993 and her Juris Doctor from the University of Tennessee College of Law in 1996. She served as a law clerk for the Honorable Joe G. Riley on the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals from 1996 to 1997. She joined the Shelby County District Attorney's office of the 30th Judicial District in 1997 where she prosecuted cases until 2001. She became an Assistant United States Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee and prosecuted cases from 2001 until June 2008. She was then appointed by former Governor Phil Bredesen to serve on the Court of Criminal Appeals, making history as the first African American woman to serve on the appellate court in Tennessee. She was retained in 2014 to serve another eight-year term on the Court of Criminal Appeals.
She has served on the Advisory Commission on the Rules of Practice and Procedure since 2016 and the Board of Judicial Conduct from 2018. Her past and present community memberships include: Memphis, Tennessee, and National Bar Associations; Memphis and Tennessee Bar Fellow; Leo Bearman, Sr., Inn of Court (Master); Tennessee Lawyers Association for Women; The National Association of Women Judges; River City Links, Inc.; Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc.; Christian Brothers High School Board of Directors.
She is married to Bruce McMullen and they have two children, Reese (17) and Zoe (14).
Past Marion Griffin-Frances Loring Award Recipients
1989 Frances Grant Loring
1990 The Honorable Martha Craig "Cissy" Daughtrey
1991 Gail O. Mathes
1992 The Honorable Julia S. Gibbons
1993 The Honorable Karen R. Williams
1994 The Honorable Bernice B. Donald
1995 Blanchard E. Tual
1996 The Honorable Penny J. White
1997 Dorothy J. Pounders
1998 Ellen B. Vergos
1999 The Honorable Janice M. Holder
2000 Veronica F. Coleman
2001 The Honorable Carol J. Chumney
2002 Linda L. Holmes
2003 The Honorable Kay Spalding Robilio
2004 Susan Clark
2005 The Honorable Rita L. Stotts
2006 Barbara Zoccola
2007 Amy J. Amundsen
2008 Ruby R. Wharton
2010 Professor Janet L. Richards
2011 The Honorable Donna M. Fields
2012 Amy P. Weirich
2013 The Honorable Paulette J. Delk
2014 Linda Warren Seely
2015 The Honorable Holly Kirby
2016 Maureen Holland
2017 Mary Wolff
2018 The Honorable Claudia Haltom
2019 Jocelyn Dan Wurzburg
2020 The Honorable Diane K. Vescovo
2023 Lucie Brackin
2024 The Honorable Camille R. McMullen