Loretta G. Cravens

Education

• University of Tennessee College of Law, Knoxville, Tennessee J.D., May 2004. Dean’s Citation for extraordinary contributions to the law school.
• Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, Tennessee, B.S., Political Science, 2000, magna cum laude.

Bar Admissions

• Supreme Court of Tennessee, November 17, 2004
• U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee, April 20, 2007
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, May 25, 2007
• Supreme Court of the United States, January 26, 2009

Legal Experience

• Owner, Cravens Legal, Knoxville, Tennessee, August 2017 - present
• Attorney, Eldridge & Blakney, P.C. Knoxville, Tennessee, October 2006 – July 2017.
• Law Clerk, Eldridge & Blakney, P.C., June 2005 – September 2006.
• Lincoln Memorial University, Adjunct Professor – January-May 2019, 2021
• U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee, CJA Panel Attorney, 2015-present
• City of Knoxville Beer Board Hearing Officer, 2017-present
• Tennessee Board of Professional Responsibility Hearing Panel Officer, 2019 - present

Professional Accomplishments, Associations, and Memberships:

• National Trial Lawyers Top 40 Under 40, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
• City View Magazine Top Attorney, Juvenile Defense 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018
• Legal Aid of East Tennessee/Knoxville Bar Association Pro Bono Project Honoree 2012
• National Criminal Defense College, Graduate 2009
• Martindale Hubble Peer Rated AV Preeminent
• Hamilton Burnett Chapter of the American Inns of Court, Master Emeritus
• American Inns of Court Programming and Awards Committee member
• American Bar Association
  • American Bar Foundation Fellow
• East Tennessee Lawyer’s Association for Women
  • Executive Board, President 2018
  • President Elect 2017
  • Programming Co-Chair 2014, Chair 2015-16,
• Tennessee Bar Association
  • Leadership Law Class of 2012
  • Leadership Law Steering Committee, member 2013-present,
  • co-chair 2017-2019
  • President, Leadership Law Alumni Association 2015-16
  • Board of Governors, Invited Guest, 2021
• Knoxville Bar Association
  • Board of Governors, 2018-19, Secretary 2020, Treasurer-2021, President-Elect 2022
  • Membership Committee, 2008-present, co-chair 2016-present
  • Diversity in the Profession Committee, 2017 - present
  • Access to Justice Committee, 2012-present
  • Nominating Committee 2011, 2016, Governor’s Award Committee 2015
  • Unmet Legal Needs of Children Committee, 2009
  • Barristers’ Hunger and Poverty Relief Committee
  • Professional Clothing Drive Co-Coordinator 2011
  • Law Week Committee Co-Chair 2010-12
• Knoxville Bar Foundation, Fellow.
• Tennessee Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, East Tennessee Board
  
  • Representative 2016-2019
•  Tennessee Lawyer’s Association for Women
  
  • President 2020-2021
  • President Elect 2019-2020
  • Board Member, ETLAW representative to the board 2017-18
  • Chair, Annual Meeting Committee 2017
  • Member, Empowerment Conference Planning Committee 2016 and 2017
• Tennessee Achieves, Volunteer Mentor 2015-2017
  
  • 2020 GRIT: A Workshop to Energize, Elevate, & Educate Women in Defense,
    • Federal Defenders Services admittee.

Publications

• “Employer Options When an Employee is Arrested” DICTA, December 2014.
• “Consider alternatives of worker facing charges.” Knoxville Business Journal, January 2015.
• The Consigliere: Volume 6, Nos. 1-4, co-author quarterly Criminal Law Feature series, 2011; Volume 7 Nos. 1-4, co-author of quarterly series on trade secrets, 2012.
• A Conflict of Interest, Book Review, The Champion, NACDL Criminal Law Journal, March 2013.
• “You don’t need a HIPPA waiver to understand this malady: Assisting Medical Care Providers During a Federal Investigation,” ABA TIPS Medicine and Law Newsletter, Summer 2012.

Presentations

• TACDL:
  
  • General Sessions Court Training Tennessee Expungement Law, 2014;
  • Collateral Consequences of Convictions, Ethics Roundup, 2010.
• National Business Institute Seminars:
  
  • Tennessee Criminal Law: Tennessee Code of Judicial Conduct, 2012;
  • Tennessee Gun Laws, May 2015.
• TBA:
  
  • Informed Voter Project & Tennessee Handbook for Seniors Presenter, 2014.
• KBA:
  • Animal Law – July 2015
  • Criminal Defense Discussion July 2020
•  Television Commentary 2006-2007, Snapped: Amanda McGhee