Current and Past AWA Presidents
Current President
Meagan Jones
Meagan Jones, originally from Marion, Arkansas, obtained her undergraduate degree from the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, Arkansas, and her law degree from the University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law in Memphis, Tennessee.
Meagan is an Associate at Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, P.C., where her practice primarily involves assisting corporate and business clients in handling matters related to mergers and acquisitions, corporate formation and governance, contract review, securities offerings, and federal and state regulatory filings.
Prior to joining Baker Donelson, Meagan clerked for the Honorable David S. Kennedy, Chief Judge of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Tennessee and also the Honorable Robert S. Weiss at the Shelby County Circuit Court. Meagan currently serves as an adjunct faculty member at the University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law, where she is the head coach of the Duberstein Moot Court Travel Team.
2023 Meagan Jones
2022 Abigail D. Hall
2021 Jenna McDonald Nichols
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