Experience:

Shanghai YUCUI Educational Consultancy,

Shanghai, China

Foreign Teacher, March-May 2010

Memphis Mental Health Institute/Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities, Memphis, TN

Staff Attorney, September 2001–May 2007

Causey, Caywood, and Taylor, Memphis, TN

Associate Attorney, October 2000–March 2001

United States Bankruptcy Court, Western Division of Tennessee, Memphis, TN

Temporary Judicial Law Clerk, October 1997–January 1998; February 1998–August 1998

Tennessee Protection & Advocacy, Inc., Nashville, TN and Memphis, TN

Staff Attorney, November 1991–January 1996

Law Office of Don Owens, Memphis, TN, October 1989–October 1991

Wilson, McRae, Ivy, Sevier, McTyier & Strain, Memphis, TN, July–October 1989

Associate Attorney

Federal Express Corporation,Memphis,TN,September 1988–July 1989

Heiskell, Donelson, Bearman, Adams, Williams, & Kirsch, Memphis, TN, November 1987–May 1988

William H. Thomas, Jr., Memphis, TN, June 1987–November 1987

Law Clerk

Education:

International Language Institute of Massachusetts, Northampton, MA

• SIT TESOL Certificate Program,September 14 - October 9,2009

Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN

Juris Doctor, 1988

·       Class Standing: Top 7%, Recipient of Herbert Herff Law Scholarship

Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA

Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology, summa cum laude, 1983

·       GPA: 3.9; Dean’s List: 1982–1983; 1983

Louisiana College, Pineville, LA

Attended 1978-1982

·       Outstanding Academic Achievement Award, 1980-81,1981-82

·       Dean’s List, 1978-79, 1979-80, 1980-81, 1981-82