Practice Area:Child Custody & Visitation, Child Support, Divorce, Family
Stacie Odeneal offers evidence-based solutions for families, including litigation when necessary. From working with community partners to better their clients, to advocating for families, our best practice is helping families repair and reorganize. To that end, our practice focuses on:
Adoption
Abuse and neglect allegations
Divorce or custody
Guardian ad litem
Estate planning
Family business planning
Stacie Odeneal, JD, is a graduate of MTSU (’00) and the University of Tennessee College of Law (’06). After law school, Ms. Odeneal returned to Lawrence County, Tennessee, where she began a solo practice hoping to focus on issues related to agriculture and rural families. In doing so, she developed a particular zealousness for child advocacy, and expanded her generalized practice to include child welfare law.
Stacie is a child welfare law specialist, as certified by the National Association of Counsel for Children and a Rule 31 Listed Mediator: General Civil, Family, and domestic violence-trained. She continues to enjoy finding solutions for businesses and families in rural Tennessee.
Education
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Master of Public Health, 2023
UT College of Law, J.D., Law, 2006
Middle Tennessee State University, B.S., 2001
Licenses & Certifications
Rule 31 Listed Mediator, General Civil and Family, 2015
Child Welfare Law Specialist, National Association of Counsel for Children, 2014
Certified Child Welfare Law Specialist, National Association of Counsel for Children, 2013