Samantha E. Bennett

Ms. Bennett, a shareholder in the Memphis office, focuses her practice primarily in the areas of medical malpractice defense and insurance defense. Before attending law school, Ms. Bennett spent several years working as a medical malpractice paralegal and held a position as an adjunct professor in The University of Memphis Department of Political Science. A 2012 magna cum laude graduate of The University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law, Ms. Bennett earned numerous writing, academic, and service awards while in law school.

PROFESSIONAL HONORS AND ACTIVITIES

•fellow, Memphis Bar Foundation
•Included in the Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America for her work in Appellate Practice, Medical Malpractice Law/Defendants, and Personal Injury Litigation/Defendants
•Mid-South Super Lawyers Rising Star
•University of Memphis Law Review, Notes Editor
•Recipient, Academic Support Program Graduate Assistant scholarship
•Recipient, Black, McLaren, Jones, Ryland & Griffee Judicial Endowment Scholarship
•Dean’s Award for Excellence, Best Memorandum and Best Appellate Brief
•CALI Excellence for the Future Awards in Family Law, Remedies, ADR/Mediation, and Litigation Drafting
•Research Assistant to Assistant Professor Lynda Black
•Pupil Member, Leo Bearman, Sr. Inn of Court
•Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges
•Public Action Law Society Pro Bono Service Award
•Student Bar Association Service Award
•Graduate, Tennessee Bar Association, Young Lawyers Division, Diversity Leadership Institute
•Author of Student Column, Outlook from 1 North Front, published in Memphis Lawyer magazine, 2011-2012