TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Azya Thornton on Jul 23, 2025

Former Judge Bernice Bouie Donald has joined JAMS, a private provider of alternative dispute resolution services, following a four-decade legal career that included service on the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals, the U.S. district and bankruptcy courts in the Western District of Tennessee, and the Shelby County General Sessions Court. Donald will serve as a mediator, arbitrator, court-appointed neutral and neutral evaluator in civil rights, business, bankruptcy, intellectual property and health care cases, according to a press release. Based in Tennessee, she will offer in-person and virtual services to clients nationally and internationally. Donald also is a member at Burch, Porter & Johnson in Memphis and runs her own mediation practice.