Faculty Profile: Joycelyn Stevenson

A native of Macon, GA, Joycelyn Stevenson graduated from Howard University  and received her law degree from Vanderbilt University Law School. Joycelyn currently serves as the Office Managing Shareholder in Littler Mendelson’s Nashville office where she manages the staff, attorneys and operations of the office while also serving as lead attorney in employment matters including litigation, administrative charges, workplace trainings, public policy and investigations. She  recently  served as  the Executive Director of the Tennessee Bar Association where she managed operations, legislative affairs, membership, and programs. Prior to her work at the TBA, Joycelyn worked in private practice for 16 years and served as a partner in two law firms practicing employment litigation and immigration.

Joycelyn currently serves as a Commissioner and Immediate Past Chair of the Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority, as a Trustee for the Nashville Bar Foundation and as a Master of the Bench in the Harry Phillips American Inn of Court. Joycelyn is a 2022 recipient of Nashville Business Journal’s Women of Influence Award and has been recognized in the 2025 Edition of the Best Lawyers in America© as well as listed for many years as one of the Best of the Bar by the Nashville Business Journal. She is a past president of the Nashville Bar Association, the Lawyers’ Association for Women ‐ Marion Griffin Chapter and AgeWell Middle Tennessee.