Duke University School of Law, J.D. 1986 (with Highest Honors; Order of the Coif; Editorial Board, Duke Law Journal)
Rhodes College, B.A. Political Science 1983 (magna cum laude, with Honors; Phi Beta Kappa)
Fellow, College of Labor and Employment Lawyers (Chair, Sixth Circuit Credentials Committee (2018 – 2021))
Emeritus member, Leo Bearman, Sr. Chapter of the American Inns of Court
Fellow, American Bar Foundation
Member, American Bar Association
Fellow, Tennessee Bar Foundation
Member, Tennessee Bar Association
Fellow, Memphis Bar Foundation
Member, Memphis Bar Association (Board of Directors, Memphis Bar Association (2003–2004, 1999–2000; Young Lawyers Division (1990–1992); Chair, Labor & Employment Law Section, (2011))
Member, Association for Women Attorneys
Chapter Editor, WORKPLACE HARASSMENT LAW (Gilbert F. Casellas and Diane M. Soubly, eds., 2d ed. 2018)
Member, Burch, Porter & Johnson, PLLC (1995 – present; Chair, Labor & Employment Law Group; Management Committee (2010-12))
Law Clerk, Honorable Julia Smith Gibbons, Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee (1986-1987)
Board of Directors, National Civil Rights Museum (2005 to present; Executive Committee, 2010 to present)
Board of Directors, Overton Park Conservancy (2026)
Adjunct Faculty, Rhodes College, Department of Law & Politics (2023 to present)
Member, Duke University Alumni Advisory Committee (1987-present)
Named by SHRM Memphis as HR/Labor & Employment Attorney of the Year (2023)
Ranked in the area of Labor & Employment in Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business (2017-present)
Named Best Lawyers® “Lawyer of the Year” for Litigation – Labor and Employment in the Memphis area (2021)
Named Best Lawyers® “Lawyer of the Year” for Litigation – Labor and Employment in the Memphis area (2019)
Named Best Lawyers® “Lawyer of the Year” for Employment Law – Management in the Memphis area (2017)
Named to Best Lawyers in America© list in the areas of Employment Law – Management and Litigation – Labor and Employment (2011-present)
Named an “Power Player” in Employment Law by Memphis Business Quarterly/Inside Memphis Business (2010–present)
Named to the “Top 100 Tennessee Super Lawyers” list (2008-present)
Named to the “Top 50 Memphis Super Lawyers” list (2008-present)
Named to the “Mid-South Super Lawyers Top 50 Women” list (2011-present)