Faculty Profile: John Stevens

Mr. Stevens is a practicing attorney with Thomas Walters, PLLC, which is a multi-state Estate Planning law firm. He is a 1992 graduate of Gallatin High School. Sen. Stevens graduated from UT-Martin in 1996 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Political Science. He received his law degree from the University of Memphis in 2002. He worked for the Honorable Judge Don A. Ash upon graduating from law school and before going out into private practice.
John Stevens was elected to the State Senate in 2012 and represents Obion, Weakley, Henry, Gibson, Carroll and Benton Counties in Northwest Tennessee. Sen. Stevens is the first Republican to ever represent Obion and Weakley counties in the State Senate. While in Nashville, Mr. Stevens serves on the Judiciary, Transportation and Finance Ways and Means Committees. Sen. Stevens is the Chairman of the Appropriations Sub-Committee of Finance Ways and Means.
Sen. Stevens is a 2014 graduate from the Henry Toll Fellows program, which is a leadership training academy made up of select-members of the three branches of government from around the nation. In 2016, Sen. Stevens was selected as one of 26 Emerging Leaders from around the country to complete the program through GOPAC.
Sen. Stevens was honored as a Champion of Commerce by the Tennessee Chambers of Commerce in 2014, MADD Legislator of the Year in 2016, Legislator of the Year in 2013 by the Tennessee Association of Assessing Officers and 2016 NFIB Guardian of Small Business. He was honored by the Tennessee Mental Health Care Association for his work on behalf of individuals with mental health needs. Sen. Stevens is 44 years old and lives in Huntingdon, Tennessee, with his wife, Elicia, and his two daughters, Lexie (age 13) and Mary Kendall (age 10). Mr. Stevens and his family are members of the First Baptist Church Huntingdon where John teaches Sunday school and coaches his daughters' Upward basketball teams, He enjoys running, is an avid sports fan, is a lifetime learner, and occasionally spoiling a good walk by trying to golf.