Faculty Profile: Lacy Wilber

Lacy Wilber spent 10 years at the Attorney General's Office in the Criminal Justice Division practicing as an appellate prosecutor.  (2007-2017)  She argued cases in front of the Tennessee Supreme Court and the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals. She is now working at the Administrative Office of the Courts where she is in charge of the Indigent Representation Fund, with a budget of $36 million a year.  This fund provides an attorney to people who have been accused of a crime or who are in jeopardy of losing their children, juveniles who may be delinquent or unruly, and children who live in abusive households. The fund also provides funds for an attorney to hire investigators and experts such as psychiatrists and DNA experts.