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  • Wanda G. Sobieski
  • Diane M. Messer
  • Maia A. Niemann
  • Donna Clary
  • Connie Cooper
  • Rebecca Satterfield

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Education/Licenses

  • Undergraduate:  Tusculum College, Greeneville, Tennessee, 1978, magna cum laude.  Bachelor’s degree in psychology. 
  • Legal Education:  University of Tennessee, College of Law, Knoxville, Tennessee, 1986.  Doctor of Jurisprudence (high honors).
  • Licensed in Tennessee 1986

 

Awards/Honors/Publications

  • Dean’s List 
  • Order of the Coif
  • Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society
  • American Jurisprudence Award in Contracts
  • Judge John W. Green Academic Scholarship
  • Tennessee Law Review, 1986
  • Tennessee Law Review Publication:
    “An Overview of Timesharing and The Tennessee Timeshare Act”
  • Who’s Who in American Colleges and Universities

Professional Organizations

  • American, Tennessee, and Knoxville Bar Associations since 1986
  • Women & Minorities in the Law Committee
  • East Tennessee Lawyers’ Association for Women since 1987

Former board member and officer

Tennessee Lawyers’ Association for Women since 1993

Court Admissions

  • Eastern District of Tennessee
  • All Tennessee courts
  • Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals

Mediator
Former Rule 31 Listed Family Mediator

Related Experience

  • Adult and Child Protective Service Worker, Department of Human Services, Sevier County, Tennessee, 1981-83.
  • Ethics Hearing Officer for the Tennessee Board of Professional Responsibility.  Served maximum terms.
  • Baker, Worthington, Crossley, Stansberry & Woolf, associate attorney from 1986 to June 1993.  Primary areas of practice:  Asbestos Property Damage litigation, Construction litigation, Family Law, and Products Liability.

Community Service/Interests

  • Instructor for Sevier County High School Mock Trial Team 1987
  • Woman Suffrage Coalition

 

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