Carolyn Blackett

Criminal Court Judge Year Elected/Appointed 1994 Previous Employment Attorney, Waring Cox Law Firm, 1992-94 Senior Attorney/Regional Manager of Government Affairs, Federal Express Corporation, 1983-1992 Attorney, National Labor Relations Board, 1983 Legal Intern, Legal Services of Eastern Missouri, 1981-82 Law Clerk, Phill

Education St. Louis University Law School, 1982 Brown University, 1979 Honors Tennessee Court of Judiciary - Appointed by Tennessee Supreme Court, 1995-99 Tennessee Judicial Council - Appointed by Tennessee Supreme Court, 2006 Tennessee Judicial Conference, Chairperson of Judicial Fairness Committee, Member of Criminal Jury Instructions Committee, Member of Literacy in the Courts Committee, Member of Continuing Legal Education Committee, Treasurer of Tennessee Judicial Conference, 1996-97, Executive Board Member, 1997-98

Membership(s) American Bar Association National Bar Association (Life Member) National Bar Association - Judicial Council Association of Women Attorneys Memphis/Shelby County Bar Association American Association of Judges National Association of Women's Judges Tennessee Bar Foundation Tennessee Judicial Conference National Bar Association - Ben F. Jones Chapter

Community Involvement Memphis/Shelby County Crime Commission Board Member, 1995-2010 Porter Leath Foster Grandparent Program, Advisory Board Member Make-A-Wish Foundation of Mid-South, Board Member Lausanne Collegiate Schools-Board of Trustees Boys and Girls Club of Memphis, Board of Directors Domestic Violence Council - Board of Directors Harbor House - Board Member Memphis Crime Task Force-Appointed by Mayor Exchange Club Child Abuse - Advisory Board Member Rotary International Neighborhood Watch, Inc. Tennessee Valley Authority Memphis Urban league Memphis Chamber of Commerce Memphis Area Transit Authority- Board of Commissions YWCA WDIA Goodwill Revue Foundation, Inc. Leadership Memphis Tennessee State Park Commission Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Memphis Links (It's a Girl's Life Program)