
Current and Past AWA Presidents

Current President
Jenna McDonald Nichols
Jenna Hoffman McDonald Nichols is a native Memphian and third generation lawyer. In 2011, she graduated from the University of Mississippi with a Bachelor of Arts degree in History. While at Ole Miss, Mrs. Nichols was inducted into the Phi Alpha Theta National History Honor Society and the Pi Sigma Alpha National Political Science Honor Society. In 2014, Mrs. Nichols earned her law degree from the University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law. While in law school, she served as a member of Phi Alpha Delta and the Public Action Law Society, and she was recognized with the Dean’s Distinguished Pro Bono Service Award in 2012. Mrs. Nichols also served in the University of Memphis Child & Family Litigation Clinic, where she was appointed as Guardian ad Litem to represent the best interests of children in juvenile dependency and neglect proceedings.
Mrs. Nichols’ law practice currently covers the areas of divorce and separation, child custody, child support, juvenile law, paternity/parentage, and adoption. Mrs. Nichols is also specially trained in collaborate divorce and she is a strong advocate for mediation and other alternative dispute resolution methods.
Jenna McDonald Nichols is an Associate Attorney with Black McLaren Jones Ryland & Griffee, P.C.
2020 Megan Lane
2019 Laura Deakins
2018 Eileen Kuo
2017 Diana Comes
2016 Lisa Gill
2015 Keating Lowery
2014 Mary Morgan Whitfield
2013 Frances M. Riley
2012 Emily Taube
2011 Lucie Brackin
2010 Michele Howard Flynn
2009 Jennifer Hagerman
2008 Shari Myers
2007 Laurie L. Christensen
2006 The Honorable Kay S. Robilio
2005 Mary McGinnis
2004 Amy M. Pepke
2003 Karen Hall
2002 Sara Falkingham Maxwell
2001 Jackie Prester
2000 Barbara Zoccola
1999 Susan Clark
1998 Valerie Johnson
1997 Patricia Horton
1996 Mary Arnov
1995 Rebecca Baggett
1994 Kathy Story
1993 The Honorable Julia Smith Gibbons
1992 Denise McCrary
1991 The Honorable Bernice B. Donald
1990 Ellen Vergos
1989 Gail Mathes
1988 Shelia Cunningham
1987 Faye Austin
1985 Alayne Adams
1984 Alayne Adams
1983 Kathleen Norfleet
1982 Bonnie Ragland
1981 Bonnie Ragland
1980 Gail Mathes
1979 Gail Mathes