Faculty Profile: Leslie Price

Leslie E. Price is Senior Deputy of the Criminal Justice Section of the Tennessee Attorney General’s Office, which includes the Criminal Appeals Division, the Federal Habeas Corpus Division, and the Law Enforcement and Special Prosecutions Division.  Prior to becoming Senior Deputy, Price served in the Criminal Appeals Division, where she handled over 30 cases in the Tennessee Supreme Court and hundreds of cases in the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals.  Price previously served as a judicial law clerk to Judge Robert W. Wedemeyer on the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals, and to Justice Adolpho A. Birch on the Tennessee Supreme Court. She received her undergraduate degree from the University of Mississippi and her law degree from Vanderbilt University.