General
Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee. Appointed to the Court June 1, 2009.
Married to Charles T. Claxton, Jr. Two children. Parishioner, St. Augustine Catholic Church

Education
Spelman College, B.A. Mathematics, May 1985; University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphries School of Law,
J.D. May 1997

Career History
• Law Clerk to the Hon. Karen R. Williams, Circuit Court for the Thirtieth Judicial District at Memphis 1996-97;
• Law Clerk to the Hon. Bernice B. Donald, United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee 1997-98;
• City of Memphis, TN
Asst. City Attorney, 1997-2000
Deputy Director, Human Resources Division, 2000-01
• Memphis Area Transit Authority, General Counsel 2001-05
• Apperson, Crump and Maxwell, PLC, private practice 2005-08
• Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division, Vice President, Human Resources 2009

Memberships
American Inns of Court, Leo Bearman Chapter Federalist Society
American Bar Association Federal Bar Association
Fellow, American Bar Foundation Fellow, Memphis Bar Foundation Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.