Rachel McCallister, associate in Lewis Thomason’s Memphis office, has been elected Vice-President of the Association for Women Attorneys. The Association for Women Attorneys is a bar association of Memphis and Shelby County. Its members are dedicated to supporting fellow attorneys, educating themselves and others in the law, and being of service to the community with particular reference to the legal needs of women.
McCallister graduated summa cum laude from the University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law and earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Dietetics from Arkansas State University. While in law school, McCallister worked as a judicial extern for Judge Bernice B. Donald of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. She also served as an Articles Editor on Volume 52 of The University of Memphis Law Review. Before joining Lewis Thomason, McCallister served two years as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Chief Justice Holly Kirby of the Tennessee Supreme Court.