MEMBERS OF FIRM
Lara Butler (Member) born Jackson, Tennessee, April 9, 1968; admitted to bar, 1993, Tennessee. Education: Rhodes College (B.A., 1990); University of Memphis (J.D., 1993). Recipient: American Jurisprudence Award in Contracts I; Sam A. Myar, Jr. Memorial Award. Member, Memphis State Law Review, 1992-1993. Author: "Cowe by Cowe v. Forum Group, Inc.: Wrongful Life and the Dilemma of Comparing Impaired Existence with Nonexistence," 22:4 Memphis State University Law Review. Associate Member, American Inn of Court, 1998-2000. Member: Memphis Bar Association (Member, Board of Directors, 2003-2004; Member, Board of Directors, Young Lawyers Division, 1995-1997; President, 2000, Vice-President, 1999 and Secretary/Treasurer, 1998, Young Lawyers Division; President, Family Law Section, 1998). Practice Areas: Family Law; Divorce; Domestic Relations; Child Custody; Child Support; Adoptions; Child Abuse and Neglect; Fathers Rights.
Gail R. Sevier (Member) born Memphis, Tennessee, November 14, 1969; admitted to bar, 1997, Tennessee and U.S. District Court, Western District of Tennessee. Education: University of Memphis (B.A., 1992); Mississippi College School of Law (J.D., 1996). Senior Editor, Young Lawyers News Letter, 2001-2002. Member: Memphis Bar Association (Member: Family Law Section; Board of Directors, Young Lawyers Division, 2000-2002; "The Leadership Forum, 2004-2005"; Membership Chair, 2006). Reported Cases: Thomopson v. Hulbert, 2002 WL 183131 (Tenn. Ct. App. Aug. 9, 2002, No W2000-02675-COA-R3JV); Bulick v. Thompson, 2005 WL 123502 (T. Ct. App. Jan. 18, 2005, No. W2004-00816-COA-R3CV). Unreported Cases: Dalton v. Dalton, No. W 2006-00118-COA-R3-CV, 2006 WL 3804415, (Tenn.Ct.App.). Practice Areas: Family Law; Domestic Relations; Divorce; Child Custody; Child Support; Adoptions; Child Abuse and Neglect; Fathers Rights.Email: Gail R. Sevier
Susan Ashley Hinsley (Partner) born Memphis, Tennessee, October 25, 1965; admitted to bar, 1999, Tennessee; U.S. District Court, Western District of Tennessee. Education: University of Tennessee at Knoxville (B.S., 1990); University of Memphis (J.D., 1999). Certified: Rule 31 Mediator; Family Law Mediator. Member: Memphis Bar Association (Board of Directors, 2000-2001, Young Lawyers Division; Member: Family Law Section). Practice Areas: Family Law; Divorce; Domestic Relations; Child Custody; Child Support; Adoptions; Child Abuse and Neglect; Fathers Rights.Email: Susan Ashley Hinsley
Margaret A. Reid (Member) born New Orleans, Louisiana, August 4, 1978; admitted to bar, 2004, Tennessee; 2005, U.S. District Court, Western District of Tennessee; 2006, Mississippi, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern Districts of Mississippi. Education: University of Pennsylvania (B.A., 2001); University of Mississippi, Oxford (J.D., 2004). Phi Delta Phi; Moot Court Board. Member: Memphis and Tennessee Bar Associations; The Mississippi Bar (Member, Family Law Section; CASA, Memphis Board Member, 2007). Practice Areas: Family Law; Divorce; Domestic Relations; Child Custody; Child Support; Adoptions; Child Abuse and Neglect; Fathers Rights.