Faculty Profile: Amy Martin

Ms. Martin is a partner at The Landers Firm, PLLC, where she focuses on divorce, child custody, child visitation, child support, child relocation, alimony, business valuations, adoption, termination of parental rights, establishing paternity, prenuptial agreements and postnuptial agreements. Ms. Martin also serves as a Supreme Court listed Mediator. 

Ms. Martin is an avid runner and has competed in dozens of marathons, ultra marathons, and triathlons. She has been a St. Jude Hero since 2007, raising money for the children of St. Jude during her training for the annual St. Jude Marathon. She has served on the Board of Directors for the Memphis Child Advocacy Center since 2009, and is currently serving as Board Counsel.  She adores her two daughters, both of whom were adopted at birth, and enjoys traveling the world with her husband - while always planning an adventure during their travel time.

 Education

- Bachelor of Arts (Political Science and Psychology) from the University of Alabama in 1995.

- Juris Doctor from the University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law in 1999.

- Tennessee Supreme Court Rule 31 "Family Law Mediator" approval in 2001.

Admissions

- Tennessee Law License: 1999.

- Arkansas Law License: 2008.

- Circuit and Chancery Courts of Shelby County and surrounding counties.

- Juvenile Court of Shelby County and surrounding counties.

Contributions to Her Community 

  Board Member of the Memphis Child Advocacy Center (2009-present).

-  Member of the Child Advocacy Executive Committee (2011-present).

-  Co-Chair of the Child Advocacy Center Cherish the Children Campaign (2011-present).

-  Vice Chair of the Child Advocacy Center Board of Directors (2012)

   Board Counsel (2014-present)

-  Served as Volunteer at St. Louis Catholic School (2011-present).

-  Active Member of St. Louis Catholic Church

-  Member of the Memphis Runners and Track Club (2008-present).

-  Served as Volunteer for Target House/St. Jude (2009-present).

-  Served as a St. Jude Hero (2007-present)

Awards

-  Sam A. Myar, Jr. Memorial Award for Outstanding Service to the

   Legal Profession and the Community (2009).

-  Memphis Bar Foundation Fellow (2011-present)

-  Tennessee Bar Association Leadership Law Program

    (Class of 2010).

Contributions to the Legal Community

- Served on the Young Lawyers Division Board of Directors of the Memphis Bar Association (2005-2008).

- Served as the President of the Young Lawyers Division of the Memphis Bar Association (2007-2008).

- Served on the Memphis Bar Association Board of Directors (2008-2010).

- Co-Chair of the CLE Committee for the Memphis Bar Association Board of Directors (2008-2010).

- Member of the Memphis Bar Foundation Fellows (2011-present).

- Served as a Member of the Family Law Section of the Memphis Bar Association (2000-present).

- President of the Family Law Section of the Memphis Bar

Association (2008).

- Member of the Memphis Bar Association Executive Committee (2007 and 2010).

- Member of the Tennessee Bar Foundation.

- Served as Member of the Alternative Dispute Resolution

Section of the Memphis Bar Association (2009-present).

Memberships 

-  Memphis Bar Association.

-  Memphis Bar Association Family Law Section,

   Alternative Dispute Resolution Section, Juvenile and

  Child Welfare Section.

- Tennessee Bar Association.

-  Arkansas Bar Association.