Faculty Profile: Arthur Quinn

Arthur E. Quinn has practiced criminal defense in the Shelby County area for 38 years. He has served for 3 years as an assistant Shelby County public defender and he has served as the city prosecutor for the city of Millington, Tennessee. He is a past president of the Memphis Bar Association, past president of the University of Memphis School of Law National Alumni Association, past president of the Memphis Area Special Olympics Executive Committee, he was the recipient of 2008 Criminal Justice Act Panel Attorney Award for distinguished service for the Western District of Tennessee, and he was the recipient of the 2010 Pro Bono Project Award for Memphis Area Legal Services; he has been named a Super Lawyer in the field of criminal defense in 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015, and Martindale-Hubbell rates him as AV Preeminent. 

EDUCATION:      

CHRISTIAN BROTHERS HIGH SCHOOL, 1970 Graduate

UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME, B.A. Government, 1974

UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS SCHOOL OF LAW, J.D., 1978

LAW LICENSE:

License to practice law in the State of Tennessee since 1978.  Practice in both Federal and State Court.

EXPERIENCE:    

            LAW OFFICE OF ARTHUR E. QUINN (April 1, 2010 – present)

            EVANS PETREE BOGATIN, Memphis, Tennessee, (July, 2008 – March, 2010)

THE BOGATIN LAW FIRM, PLC, Memphis, Tennessee, Member, (September 1992 – June 2008)

CITY PROSECUTOR, City of Millington, Tennessee, (1987 to 2001)

THE LAW FIRM OF WATSON, ARNOULT & QUINN, Memphis, Tennessee, (1981 to 1992)

ASSISTANT SHELBY COUNTY PUBLIC DEFENDER, (1978 to 1981)       

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONSAND ACTIVITIES:

President, Memphis Bar Association - 2009

Memphis Bar Association (member); (Board of Directors Member 2001-2002) Criminal Law Section (President, 1988)

St. Thomas More Catholic Lawyer's Guild (former officer and member of initial Board of Directors)

Founder, Pro Bono Panel for Holy Rosary Church

Memphis Area Legal Services, Inc. (Board of Directors 1998-2001)

Liaison, Criminal Justice Act Panel to Administrative Office of the United States Courts (2000-2008)

Memphis Trial Lawyers Association (former member of Board of Directors) (President, 1988)

FORMER OR PRESENTCIVIC OR CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS:

Memphis Area Special Olympics Executive Committee (President, 1993)

Memphis Street Law, Inc., Member Board of Directors (President, 1984)

Notre Dame Club of Memphis (Director)

Member, Holy Rosary Catholic Church Parish Council

Christian Brothers High School Board of Trustees (1993 through 2001)

Christian Brothers High School Parent Association (President 2004-2005)

United States Selective Service System, Appeal Board Member (1983 to 2002)

University of Memphis National Law Alumni Association Board of Directors (1993 to 1998) (President, 1997)