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Jennifer Sisson
email:
jennifersisson@sissonandsisson.com
phone: 759-7269
fax: 759-7250
Admissions and Licenses:
• Licensed to practice law by the State of Tennessee, 2006
• Admitted to the Supreme Court of Tennessee, 2006
• Admitted to the United States District Court, Western District of Tennessee, 2006
• Tennessee Apprentice Teacher License with endorsements in History and Government, 2003
Education:
• Lipscomb University, Nashville, Tennessee, B.A., Summa Cum Laude,
2002
• University of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee, J.D., 2005
Areas of practice:
• General Corporate
• Business Organization
• Probate
• Real Estate
Professional Activities:
• Fellow, Memphis Bar Foundation, 2017
• Board of Directors, Memphis Bar Association, 2010, 2017
• Chairman, Real Estate and Environmental Section, Memphis Bar Association, 2007-09, 2011-12, 2017
• Member of the Memphis Bar Association and Tennessee Bar Association, 2006 to present
• Approved attorney for Fidelity National Title Group, Stewart Title Guaranty Company and Mississippi Valley/Old Republic Title Company
Community Activities:
• Appointed Commissioner to Planning Commission for the City of Germantown, 2021 to present
• Appointed Commissioner to Board of Zoning Appeals for the City of Germantown, 2013 to 2020, elected as Vice Chairman in 2015, Chairman, 2016-2020
• Professor, Ethical Management, Master of Business Administration Program, Union University, 2015
• Board of Directors, Subsidium, Inc., fundraising organization for Memphis Oral School for the Deaf, 2008-present
• Leadership Germantown, Class of 2011
• Board of Directors for Leadership Germantown, 2013 to present; Fundraising Event Chairman 2014 and 2015
• President (2015) and Secretary (2014), Leadership Germantown Alumni Association
• Presenter, Leadership Germantown Business Day, “How to start a business in Germantown”, 2012 and 2015
• CLE Presenter, “Death in the Chain” (regarding real estate matters when the owner or past owner has died) and “Post Closing Procedures: Tying up Loose Ends” (regarding procedures to conclude real estate transactions)
• Member of the Task Force to review Germantown’s ordinance regarding home based businesses, 2017
• Member of the Land Use and Transportation Task Force for Germantown Forward 2030 strategic planning committee, 2015
• Member of Memphis Runner’s Track Club
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