TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Oct 19, 2022

The Shelby County District Attorney General’s Office has hired veteran defense attorney Lorna McClusky to head the office’s new conviction review unit, Shelby County District Attorney Steve Mulroy announced yesterday. The new unit, the Post-Conviction Justice Unit, will review prior cases for possible errors and false convictions. The unit also will examine sentences that have already been handed down to assess whether or not those sentences were appropriate, taking into account changes in the law. McClusky graduated from the University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law in 1994. In 1998, she became a member of the Massey McClusky Law Firm, where she rose to managing partner. She has nearly three decades of experience practicing criminal law, including extensive work on capital cases. Mulroy also recently named four new working groups for the office: Disproportionate Minority Contact, Post-Conviction Justice, Restorative Justice and Juvenile Justice. Read about the individuals who will lead these efforts from patch.com.