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Lauri Hays Prather
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Phone (901) 522-9000
Fax (901) 527-3746
lprather@martintate.com

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Lauri Hays Prather is a member of the Litigation Section at Martin Tate. Lauri concentrates her practice in the areas of transportation litigation, insurance defense, commercial litigation, personal injury defense and collection work. She is licensed in both Tennessee and Mississippi. Lauri is admitted to practice in the United States District Courts for the Western and Eastern Districts of Tennessee, all federal and state courts in Mississippi and the United States Courts of Appeal for the Fifth, Sixth and Federal Circuits.

Lauri attended the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, where she graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts in 1996 and was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa. She received her J.D. from the University of Tennessee College of Law in 2000. While attending law school, Lauri received Certificates of Academic Excellence in Mediation and Pre-Trial Litigation. She was also selected to act as an Assistant District Attorney General with the Knox County District Attorney General's Office.

Lauri served on the Memphis Bar Association’s Young Lawyers Division, Board of Directors in 2004 and was co-chair of the 2004 High School Mock Trial Competition for Shelby, Tipton and Fayette counties. She also served on the Memphis Bar Association’s Continuing Legal Education Committee from 2004-2005.

Lauri currently sits on the Board of Directors of Hope House, a day care and social services center for families infected or affected by the HIV virus. She also serves on the Metropolitan Inter-Faith Association’s Resource Development Committee and volunteers through the Junior League of Memphis.

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