DONNA BROWN WILKERSON is a Senior Associate in the Cookeville, Tennessee, office of Wimberly Lawson Wright Daves & Jones, PLLC, which she joined in 2023. Donna has been a licensed attorney since 1993, handling a wide range of civil litigation matters in state courts, federal courts, and administrative tribunals. She obtained a Bachelor of Science in Public Administration from the University of Tennessee in 1989 with honors and a Doctor of Jurisprudence from the University of Tennessee in 1993 cum laude.
Areas Of Practice
- Workers Compensation Defense
- Insurance Defense
- Employment Law
- General Litigation
Bar Admissions
- Tennessee, 1993
- U.S. District Court Middle District of Tennessee, 1995
- U.S. District Court Western District of Tennessee, 1997
Education
- University of Tennessee College of Law, Knoxville, Tennessee
- J.D. - 05/1993
- Honors: cum laude
- University of Tennessee College of Business Administration
- B.S. - 05/1989
- Honors: with honors
- Major: Public Administration
- Minor: Political Science
Honors And Awards
- Recipient: Hunton & Williams, Harold C. Warner, and Arthur B. Hyman Scholarships
- American Jurisprudence Awards in Contracts II and International Law
- Hamilton Burnett American Inn of Court
- Outstanding Service Award from West Tennessee Legal Services Pro Bono Project Disaster-Related Legal Assistance Program
- American Trial Lawyers Association National College of Advocacy - Advocate
Professional Associations And Memberships
- Upper Cumberland Trial Lawyers Association, past vice-president
Fraternity Or Sorority
- Pi Sigma Alpha
- Alpha Kappa Psi