Alexis Irene Tahinci

Associate Attorney McNees Wallace & Nurick

Year: 2010 - 2011

Description: Full-service regional law firm with 130+ attorneys. Advocated for a variety of clients in all stages of litigation, from pleading and discovery through final resolution, before agencies and in state and federal courts.

Law Clerk United States Courts

Year: 2012 - 2013

Description: Conducted legal research and drafted judicial opinions, jury instructions, and bench memoranda.

Associate Attorney Penn, Stuart & Eskridge, PC

Year: 2013 - 2015

Description: Full-service regional law firm with approximately 35 attorneys. Represented businesses, organizations, and individual clients in litigation matters throughout Virginia and east Tennessee. Advised businesses and individuals with respect to employment agreements and other contracts. Litigation practice involved employment, commercial, contract, and tort disputes in state and federal courts.

Career Judicial Law Clerk United States Courts

Year: 2015 - 2022

Description: Duties included drafting judicial opinions, researching legal issues, advising district judge regarding resolution of motions, preparing jury instructions, coordinating the recruitment and hiring of term law clerks, supervising interns, performing case management tasks, and additional administrative functions as needed. I also served as the Employment Dispute Resolution Coordinator for the district.

Owner and Attorney Tahinci Law Firm PLLC

Year: 2022 - Current

Description: I represent employees and individuals in East Tennessee, Southwest Virginia, and beyond. Practice areas include discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wrongful termination, noncompete agreements, employment contracts, severance agreements, First Amendment violations, public employee due process violations, Family and Medical Leave Act, disability accommodations, religious accommodations, wage and hour violations, and more. I also serve as East Tennessee Director-at-Large for the Tennessee Lawyers' Association for Women (TLAW), co-chair TLAW's annual Empowerment Conference, and serve as President of the Abingdon Chapter of the Virginia Women Attorneys' Association.

Virginia Women Attorneys Association # 85996 Founding Member, Abingdon Chapter (Current)

State Bar of Tennessee # 031808 Member (Current)