Memphis' First Professional Mediator

Read an article about me from Rhodes College “Energized by Issues”

Bar Admissions (retired from law as of 2005):

Tennessee, 1980
U.S. Federal Court, 1981
U.S. Supreme Court, 1989

Education:

Over 600 hours of Mediation Training

University of Memphis  Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law, Memphis, TN , 1979, J.D.

Rhodes College, Memphis, TN , 1965, B.A. Sociology/Anthropology

Positions:

Solo Practitioner, 1982 – Present
Williams, Benham & McDaniel, Associate, 1981 - 1982

Honors:

Shelby County Diversity Award. 2008

Women of Achievement, 1990, for Courage

National Conference of Christians and Jews, 1981, Community Service

Fifty Women Who Make a Difference, 1st Class, 1997 Women’s News of Memphis

Past / Present Appointments:

Present
Tennessee Gov Bredesen has appointed me to the Tennessee Human Rights Commission, our state’s anti-discrimination commission.

1996 – Present
Tennessee Family Law Code Revision Commission,
Appointed by Tenn Bar Association

1976 - 1977
U.S. Commission for the Observance of International Women's Year, Appointed by President  Gerald Ford

1972 - 2000
U. S. Commission on Civil Rights, , State Advisory Committee Chair 
Appointed originally by the Hon. Arthur Fleming

1976 - 1977
Minority Business Resource Center of The Federal Railroad Admin.
Appointed by Secretary William Coleman

1969 - 1975
TN Commission for Human Rights,
Appointed by Gov. W. Dunn,

Union of American Hebrew Congregations: Chair of the Changing Jewish Family Comm.  
Appointed by President Eric Yoffe

1976-2002
Union of American Hebrew Congregations: Commission on Social Action,
Appointed by President Alex Schindler

Commission on Arson of Churches
Appointed by Gov. Don Sundquist

Beale Street Historic Foundation and the Police/Community Relations Committee
 Appointed by Mayor Wyeth Chandler 

Family Law Code Revision Commission (rewriting all Tennessee Family Law)
Appointed by the Tennessee Bar Association

Present  / Past Affiliations: 

(Professional Association listed under Services)

Founder,  Mediation Association of Tennessee

Memphis Bar Association, 1981-present 

Chair, Section of Family Law, 1995 - 1996   & ADR Committee

Founder,  Panel of American Women, Memphis Chapter  1968 - 1975

Founder, Jazz Society of Memphis

Various women and human rights organizations : NAACP, NOW, AARP, Women’s Political Caucus, NARAL, LWV, ACLU, Concord Coalition, Common Cause.   (e-mail for a full list of associations)

Representative Clients:

Shelby County Government

United States Postal Service

E.E.O.C. Panel

Dept. of Justice, ADA claims (Key Bridge Foundation)

Classes / Seminars Taught:

Mediation,

Various Bar Associations for CLE

Basic 40 hour course in Mediation

Student Peer Mediation Training - All Shelby County High Schools

Personal

Born 1940 and reared in Memphis, Tn

Three children, two grandchildren

Divorced

Beginner Banjo frailer and guitar picker – but I play a competent stereo!