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Leadership

● Elected President, Ben F. Jones Chapter of the National Bar Association, 2019.

● Elected Board Member, Memphis Bar Association, 2018.

● Elected Board Member, Young Lawyers Division of the Memphis Bar Assocation, 2014

● Elected President, Black Student Association at Rhodes College

Awards

● Outstanding Mentor, the Leo Bearman, Sr. American Inn of Court, 2024.

● President’s Award, Memphis Bar Association, 2023.

● President’s Award, Ben F. Jones Chapter, National Bar Association, 2023.

● Nominated, Achievement Award, Women Lawyer’s Division, National Bar Association, 2022.

● Selected, Extraordinary Black Women of Memphis Calendar, Living Grace Memphis, 2021.

● Award, Top 40 Under 40 Urban Elite Professionals, 2019.

● Participant, Memphis Says No More, public service campaign, 2015.

● Graduate, Advocacy Learning Center, 18-month course, 2015.

● Graduate, Memphis Bar Association Leadership Forum, 2013.

● Outstanding Associate, the Leo Bearman, Sr. American Inn of Court, 2013.

● Advocate of the Year Award, Tennessee Alliance for Legal Services, 2011.

● Top 20 under 30, Memphis Flyer, 2011.

● Employee of the Quarter Award, Memphis Area Legal Services, 2010.

● Award for Excellence in Trial Advocacy, Center for Computer Assisted Legal Instruction, (CALI).

● Award for Excellence in General Civil Litigation, (CALI).

● Outstanding Urban Studies Senior for Fieldwork Award, Rhodes College.

● Senior Seminar Presentation Selected, Rhodes College Research Symposium.

● Team Member, Rhodes College Intercollegiate Mock Trial National Team.

● Best Witness Award, Middle Tennessee State University Mock Trial Invitational.

● Participant, Rhodes College Geographic Information Systems Day.

● Outstanding Publicity Chairperson Award, Rhodes College Black Student Association.

Magistrate Shayla Purifoy
for General Sessions Civil Court, Division 2

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