Jana Davis Lamanna - Memphis, TN

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • Mississippi College School of Law, Jackson, Mississippi, 2004
    Juris Doctorate
    Honors: Member of the Mississippi College School of Law Moot Court Board
    Honors: Women’s Bar Association
    Honors: University of Missouri-Kansas City Trial Team

• Non Legal Education

  • University of Mississippi
    B.A.
    Major: English
  • Christian Brothers University
    M.B.A.

Current Employment Position(s)

• Member

Classes and Seminars

• Intersection Between Surrogacy Contract and Adoption Law, 2020 Tennessee Trial Lawyers Domestic Law Forum
  
• “Baby Steps in Surrogacy Law,” 2019 Memphis Bar Association Bench Bar Convention
  
• “The Intersection Between Probate Law and Family Law,” 2017 Memphis Bar Association Family Law Annual Meeting

Pro Bono Activities

• Fellow into the Memphis Bar Foundation, 2018 - Present
• Board of Directors for Playhouse on the Square, Dress For Success, the Junior League of Memphis, and Family Services of the MidSouth

Bar Admissions

• Tennessee, 2004
• Missouri, 2005

Other Affiliations

• American Bar Association (Family Law Section) Assisted Reproductive Technologies Committee (Member)
• American Society for Reproductive Medicine (Legal Professional Group) (Member)
• Society for Ethics in Egg Donation and Surrogacy (SEEDS)
• RESOLVE – Proud Partner
• Tennessee Bar Association
• Memphis Bar Association
• Memphis Bar Association, Litigation Section and is currently a member of the Family Law Section and Probate and Estate Section (Board of Directors and as Chair)
• American Academy of Adoption and Assisted Reproductive Technology Attorneys, 2021 - Present (Fellow)
• Leo Bearman Chapter of the American Inns of Court, 2017 - Present (Barrister Member)
• Memphis Leadership Academy Fellows (Graduate)