
Lauran Stimac
2026 Marion Griffin-Frances Loring
Award Recipient

Lauran Stimac serves as Chair of Evans Petree’s litigation practice group, where she coordinates strategy and support for the firm’s litigators and interfaces with other practice groups to facilitate the provision of a broad scope of client services at the highest level.​
In Richmond, Virginia and now Memphis, Ms. Stimac has practiced as a trial attorney since 2007, largely concentrating her practice on the defense of professional liability claims against healthcare providers and lawyers. She has also represented those and other professionals, such as real estate appraisers, in licensure matters in Tennessee and Mississippi. Ms. Stimac also represents individuals and business entities in business litigation. Her practice encompasses both trial and appellate levels. She is licensed to practice in Tennessee, Mississippi, and Virginia.​
Ms. Stimac is active in the legal community, currently serving as the President of the Memphis Bar Association, a 150-year organization that supports and strengthens the Mid-South legal community of attorneys and judges. She was also appointed in 2025 by the Tennessee Supreme Court as a Board of Professional Responsibility Hearing Committee member for Disciplinary District IX. She has been recognized annually as a Mid-South Super Lawyer in the area of Professional Liability Defense since 2022.​
In addition to her law practice and professional memberships, Lauran Stimac serves as a board member of the Downtown Memphis Commission, and the Secretary and Communications Chair of the Leo Bearman, Sr. American Inn of Court. She also serves as a volunteer and a supporter of the Memphis Area Legal Services Campaign for Equal Justice, the Memphis Child Advocacy Center, Porter Leath, and the Kappa Kappa Gamma Alumnae Association of Memphis. She is a sustainer member of the Junior League of Memphis. She is a past board member of Arrow Creative, the Children’s Advocacy Centers of Tennessee, Memphis Area Legal Services, the Memphis and Shelby County Sports Authority Board, Carnival Memphis, and the Alumnae Board of St. Mary’s Episcopal School.
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
2025 The Honorable Rhynette Hurd
2026 Lauran Stimac