TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Nov 11, 2022

Memphis Area Legal Services (MALS) has named Heather Staggs as its is new managing attorney of pro bono programs. Staggs previously worked with West Tennessee Legal Services in its Elder Abuse and Financial Exploitation Section. In her new role, she will oversee the organization’s pro bono projects and clinics, including the bi-weekly Shelby County Courthouse Pro Bono Clinic and the Second Saturday Benjamin Hooks Main Library Pro Bono Clinic. Staggs earned her law degree from Villanova University School of Law in 2015 and was licensed to practice law in Tennessee in 2017.