Stacey A. Garrett, Esq.

Stacey A. Garrett is a founding member of Bone McAllester Norton PLLC and chair of the firm’s Board of Directors. Ms. Garrett concentrates her practice in the areas of higher education, corporate transactions, immigration, health care and government affairs.

Ms. Garrett represents several institutions of higher education. She also serves numerous clients in various corporate transactions. Her immigration practice is concentrated on employment, business, investment, entertainment, physician and employer education-related immigration issues. In the area of health care, Ms. Garrett represents physicians, medical practice groups and other health care entities, and counsels clients in matters concerning contracts and fraud and abuse and compliance issues relating to carriers and intermediaries.

In 2003, Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen appointed Ms. Garrett to serve as a Commissioner on the Tennessee Human Rights Commission through 2009. In 2009, Governor Bredesen reappointed Ms. Garrett to serve on the Tennessee Human Rights Commission through 2015. Governor Bredesen also designated Ms. Garrett to serve on a Judicial Redistricting Study Committee and the Committee to Study the Administration of the Death Penalty. In 2003, Ms. Garrett was named to The Tennessean’s “Top 40 Under 40.” In 2003, 2004 and 2006, her peers in the Nashville legal community named Ms. Garrett to the Nashville Business Journal’s “Best of the Bar” in the area of immigration law.

In 2007, Ms. Garrett was honored to be named as one of the Nashville Business Journal’s Women of Influence in the Entrepreneur category. She is also a graduate of the Partnership Institute’s 2003-2004 Nashville Leadership Program. Ms. Garrett was formerly Deputy Chief of Staff for Congressman Harold Ford, Jr. of Memphis. She has also served as Associate General Counsel for Background America, Inc., and AMICUS Staffing, Inc., and as Director of Legal Affairs for Corrections Partners, Inc.

Ms. Garrett has spoken at various seminars on immigration law, national origin discrimination and with regard to the information technology industry in relation to privacy concerns. She is president of the board of NextStep, Inc., and also serves on the board of directors of Make-A-Wish Foundation® of Middle Tennessee. She is a member of the Tennessee Bar Association, the Nashville Bar Association and the American Immigration Lawyers Association. Ms. Garrett is also serving a three year term on the Board of Directors for the Nashville Bar Association, through 2010.

Ms. Garrett earned her Bachelor of Arts from Duke University in 1990, and her Juris Doctor from Tulane University School of Law in 1993. While attending Tulane, she also earned an Environmental Law Certificate.

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