JoeDae Jenkins

Chancellor Jenkins was elected to the office of Chancellor of Part 3 of Chancery Court for Shelby County in August, 2016.

Education

University of Mississippi, B.A., 1980
University of Mississippi, J.D., 1983

Bar Admissions

Mississippi, 1983
Tennessee, 1990

Legal and Professional Experience

Central Mississippi Legal Services, Staff Attorney, 1983
United States Air Force, Captain, 1983-1988
Private Practice, JoeDae L. Jenkins, Attorney at Law, 1988-1996
Charles Carpenter, P.C., 1997-2000
Private Practice, JoeDae L. Jenkins, Attorney at Law, 2000-2014
General Sessions Court Clerk’s Office, Civil Administrator, 2014-2016

Professional Honors and Activities

Kiwanis Club
Leadership Memphis
Magnolia Bar Association
Memphis Bar Association
- Bench Bar CLE Co-Chair, 2001-2002
- Bench Bar Co-Chair, 2002-2003
- Bench Bar CLE Co-Chair, 2016-2017
- Bench Bar Co-Chair, 2017-2018
Mississippi Bar Association
National Bar Association
Ben F. Jones Chapter of National Bar Association
- President, 1995
- Vice-President, 1994
Tennessee Bar Association
Tennessee Board of Professional Responsibility Panel Member
Reginald Heber Smith Community Lawyer Fellowship
Oak Grove M.B. Church, Assistant Pastor

Equipping

CEDM’s intensive training programs provide members of legal and corporate communities tools to help them recognize unconscious bias, enabling them to shift towards equitable decision making.

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Working Together

CEDM has worked with District Attorneys, judges, public defenders and executives to bring awareness to implicit bias, but our work goes beyond members of the legal profession. Extending our reach to decision makers in health care, politics, and educational systems, as well as the public, is paramount to undoing the damage that has affected so many in our community.

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Our Board

Phyllis Aluko, Chief Public Defender, Shelby County
Bryce W. Ashby, Donati Law, PLLC
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Matthew Barron, Senior Vice President & General Counsel, Sylvamo Corporation
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Bernice Donald, Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (retired)
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Greg Duckett, Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer, Baptist Memorial Hospital & Health Care Services
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Demetria Frank, Director of Diversity & Inclusion and Associate Professor, University of Memphis School of Law
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Desi Franklin, Senior Vice President/Assistant General Counsel, First Horizon
Gina Higgins, Judge, Circuit Court Division 4
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Marlinee Clark Iverson, County Attorney, Shelby County Government
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JoeDae Jenkins, Chancellor, Part 3 of Chancery Court for Shelby County
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Dr. Robert Kaplan
Lorna McClusky, Partner, Massey McClusky Law Firm
Caren Nichol, Evans Petree P.C.
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Tommy Parker, Judge, U.S. District Courts of Western Tennessee
Doris Randle-Holt, Federal Public Defender, Western District of Tennessee
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Terrence O. Reed, Managing Director of Employment Litigation, Federal Express Corporation
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Katharine Traylor Schaffzin, Dean of Cecil C. Humphreys Law School, University of Memphis
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