Education
Stevie Phillips Persinger, a Chattanooga native, received her J.D., cum laude, from The University of Tennessee College of Law in 2008 where she served as Editor-in-Chief of the Tennessee Journal of Law and Policy. Ms. Phillips Persinger holds a B.A. in History and Spanish, summa cum laude, Valedictorian, from Loyola University New Orleans.
Clerkships
After law school, Ms. Phillips Persinger accepted clerkships with Tennessee Supreme Court Justice Janice M. Holder and later with Judge Bernice B. Donald in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee. Ms. Phillips also assisted with cases before the Sixth Circuit when Judge Donald sat with that Court by designation.
Legal Community Contributions
Ms. Phillips Persinger has contributed to public and private organizations dedicated to advancing social justice locally and abroad, including the Tennessee Association of Criminal Defense Lawyer’s Amicus Committee and the American Bar Association Section on Individual Rights and Responsibilities.
In addition, in 2011, she traveled to Monrovia, Liberia to teach judicial opinion writing as a legal consultant with the International Law Institute.
Licenses
Stevie Phillips Persinger is licensed in Tennessee and California. She is barred in United States District Court for the Eastern and Western Districts of Tennessee and the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals.
Areas of Practice
Ms. Phillips has been actively involved in the following organizations:
- Federal Bar Association, Board of Governors
- The Mayor’s Women’s Council for Justice
- The Justices Ray L. Brock, Jr. and Robert E. Cooper American Inn of Court, Barrister
- The AIM Center, Board Member
- The Southeastern Tennessee Legal Association for Women
- The Tennessee Bar Association
- The Chattanooga Bar Association
- The American Bar Association, Section on Individual Rights and Responsibilities
- The Tennessee Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Amicus Committee
