Faculty Profile: Sara Barnett

Sara E. Barnett is a Member with Spragins, Barnett & Cobb and is lead partner for the Trust and Estate Planning Section of the firm. Ms. Barnett joined Spragins, Barnett & Cobb in 2001 and has twenty-five years of experience.  She practices with her father, Charles Barnett, who leads the litigation section, and her brother, Chas Barnett.  Ms. Barnett has been given Martindale-Hubbell’s highest peer review rating of AV, which is the group’s highest honor and is a testament to the fact that Ms. Barnett’s peers rank her at the highest level of professional excellence and ethical standards.  Ms. Barnett is dedicated to the success of the Firm’s clients and has a variety of practice areas which enhance her knowledge in the most complicated of cases.

Ms. Barnett is a 1997 graduate of Union University where she was awarded a Bachelor of Science Degree and is a 2001 graduate of the University of Memphis, Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law where she was awarded a Doctor of Jurisprudence. While at the University of Memphis, Ms. Barnett was a member of the University of Memphis Law Review where she served as Articles Editor. In addition, Ms. Barnett was a research assistant and participated in moot court and mock trial. She is past president of the Howell Edmunds Jackson American Inn of Court and serves as the Treasurer for the organization. Ms. Barnett received the Janice Holder Access to Justice Award for 2026 and the Sterling Award in 2025.  She is a member of the American Fellows of Lawyers and is a commissioner on the Tennessee Supreme Court Access to Justice Commission.  Ms. Barnett is also a board member of West TN Legal Services.

Ms. Barnett was accepted to the Tennessee State Bar and is admitted to practice before the Tennessee Supreme Court, Tennessee Trial and Appellate Courts and the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee. Ms. Barnett is a lifelong resident of Jackson, Tennessee.  Ms. Barnett is an avid tennis player and enjoys spending time both on the tennis court and in a legal court.  She is the Past-President of the Boys and Girls Club of Jackson and the Past-President of the Jackson West-TN Tennis Association. Ms. Barnett is also Counsel for the board of the United States Tennis Association for Tennessee (USTA TN), is a board member of the United States Tennis Association for Southern, and is a local tennis league coordinator for mixed doubles and on several committees at the local, state, regional, and national levels of Tennis. Ms. Barnett has been awarded Volunteer of the Year (2017) and Local League Coordinator of the Year (2019) by USTA TN.