E. Chelsea Connor, Attorney

Chelsea Connor is a native of Germantown, Tennessee and is a graduate of St. Agnes Academy. Chelsea earned her Bachelor of Accountancy from Mississippi State University, graduating summa cum laude. Upon her graduation from Mississippi State, Chelsea attended Mississippi College School of Law in Jackson, MS where she earned her Juris Doctorate, graduating magna cum laude.  While in law school, Chelsea held multiple roles in the Law Student Bar Association, served as a Dean’s Ambassador, and was a member (2015-2016) and later Executive Editor (2016-2017) of the MC Law Review.

Chelsea began her legal career as a Law Fellow for the Office of Legal Counsel at the University of Memphis, where she provided legal assistance to all areas of the University. Prior to entering private practice, Chelsea had the privilege to clerk of the Honorable Jim Kyle, Chancellor of Part II of the Shelby County Chancery Court. This experience exposed her to a variety of cases and issues in the civil law sector, including divorces, adoptions, family disputes, and business disputes. As a result of her clerkship experience, she understands the daily workings of the court system from both sides of the bar.

The diversity of her prior experience has helped her gain insight into a variety of cases and issues through the lens of many different perspectives and personalities, which she applies in her daily practice. Today, Chelsea concentrates her practice in the areas of divorce, child custody and support, abuse and neglect, termination of parental rights, adoptions, guardianships, and other areas of family and probate law.

HONORS & AWARDS

  • Phi Delta Phi International Legal Honor Society

  • American Jurisprudence Award issued by Mississippi College School of Law

    • Small Legal Writing Group (Fall 2014)

    • Small Legal Writing Group (Spring 2015)

    • Wills and Estates (Summer 2015)

    • Securities Regulation (Spring 2016)

    • Federal Taxation (Spring 2016)

    • Professional Responsibility and Ethics (Summer 2016)

  • Dean's List issued by Mississippi College School of Law

    • Fall 2014, Spring 2015, Fall 2015, Spring 2016, Fall 2016, Spring 2017

  • Law Review at Mississippi College School of Law

      • 2L Member (2015-2016)

      • Executive Editor (2016-2017) 

EDUCATION

  • Mississippi College of Law: Juris Doctor, magna cum laude (2017)

  • Mississippi State University: Bachelor of Accountancy, summa cum laude (2014)

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

  • West Cancer Foundation Young Professionals Advisory Board

  • Mississippi Center for Justice, Jackson, MS: volunteer for the Expungement Clinic (2015)

  • Blair E. Batson Children’s Hospital, Jackson, MS: volunteer (2014-2016)

ACTIVITIES & AFFILIATIONS

  • Memphis Bar Association

  • Tennessee Bar Association

BAR ADMISSIONS

  • Tennessee

EXPERIENCE

  • Clerk for the Honorable Jim Kyle, Chancellor of Part II of the Shelby County Chancery Court

  • Law Fellow for the Office of Legal Counsel at the University of Memphis