Katelyn Jackson Rust ...

Katelyn Jackson

Ruston

Overview

Katelyn is a member of Butler Snow’s Commercial Litigation group. Before joining the firm, she earned a master’s degree in education through the Memphis Teacher Residency and taught middle school math for five years in Memphis’s public schools. Following her time in the classroom, Katelyn earned her J.D., magna cum laude, from the University of Memphis, where she served as Editor-in-Chief of The University of Memphis Law Review. She then clerked for Judge Thomas L. Parker of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee and Judge Andre B. Mathis of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.  She is admitted to practice in Tennessee. 

Bar Admissions

  • Tennessee, 2022
  • U.S. District Courts
    • Tennessee: Western
  • U.S. Court of Appeals
    • 6th Circuit

Education

  • University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law, J.D., magna cum laude, 2022
    • Herbert Herff Presidential Law Scholarship
    • Tennessee Judicial Conference Foundation Scholarship
    • Constantine Cannon Law School Scholarship
    • Pillars of Excellence Law Alumni Scholarship
    • CALI Excellence for the Future Award: Contracts I; Legal Methods I; Legal Methods II; Business Organizations; Education & Civil Rights; Secured Transactions; Professional   Responsibility; Family Law; Pre-Trial Litigation; Admiralty Law; Trial Advocacy; Elder   Law; Legislation; Legal Drafting: Contracts
    • Dean’s Award for Excellence for: Outstanding Memo and Outstanding Trial Brief
    • Dean’s Distinguished Service Award
    • University of Memphis Law Review, Editor-in-Chief (Vol. 52); Staff (Vol. 51)
    • Humphreys Law Fellowship, Dean’s Writing Fellow (2020–2021)
    • Judicial Clerkship Opinion Writing Conference, Columbus School of Law 
  • Union University, M.Ed., 2015
    • Memphis Teacher Residency
  • Oklahoma Christian University, B.S., Psychology, cum laude, 2014
    • Dean’s Academic Scholarship
    • Oklahoma Christian Music Performance Scholarship
    • Dennis and Bonnie Young Theater Performance Scholarship
    • Oklahoma Christian Honors Degree Program
  • Clerkship, Honorable Thomas L. Parker, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee, 2022-2023
  • Clerkship, Honorable Andre B. Mathis, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, 2023-2024

Associations

  • American Bar Association
    • Litigation Section

Katelyn Jackson

Ruston

Overview

Katelyn is a member of Butler Snow’s Commercial Litigation group. Before joining the firm, she earned a master’s degree in education through the Memphis Teacher Residency and taught middle school math for five years in Memphis’s public schools. Following her time in the classroom, Katelyn earned her J.D., magna cum laude, from the University of Memphis, where she served as Editor-in-Chief of The University of Memphis Law Review. She then clerked for Judge Thomas L. Parker of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee and Judge Andre B. Mathis of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.  She is admitted to practice in Tennessee. 

Bar Admissions

  • Tennessee, 2022
  • U.S. District Courts
    • Tennessee: Western
  • U.S. Court of Appeals
    • 6th Circuit

Education

  • University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law, J.D., magna cum laude, 2022
    • Herbert Herff Presidential Law Scholarship
    • Tennessee Judicial Conference Foundation Scholarship
    • Constantine Cannon Law School Scholarship
    • Pillars of Excellence Law Alumni Scholarship
    • CALI Excellence for the Future Award: Contracts I; Legal Methods I; Legal Methods II; Business Organizations; Education & Civil Rights; Secured Transactions; Professional   Responsibility; Family Law; Pre-Trial Litigation; Admiralty Law; Trial Advocacy; Elder   Law; Legislation; Legal Drafting: Contracts
    • Dean’s Award for Excellence for: Outstanding Memo and Outstanding Trial Brief
    • Dean’s Distinguished Service Award
    • University of Memphis Law Review, Editor-in-Chief (Vol. 52); Staff (Vol. 51)
    • Humphreys Law Fellowship, Dean’s Writing Fellow (2020–2021)
    • Judicial Clerkship Opinion Writing Conference, Columbus School of Law 
  • Union University, M.Ed., 2015
    • Memphis Teacher Residency
  • Oklahoma Christian University, B.S., Psychology, cum laude, 2014
    • Dean’s Academic Scholarship
    • Oklahoma Christian Music Performance Scholarship
    • Dennis and Bonnie Young Theater Performance Scholarship
    • Oklahoma Christian Honors Degree Program
  • Clerkship, Honorable Thomas L. Parker, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee, 2022-2023
  • Clerkship, Honorable Andre B. Mathis, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, 2023-2024

Associations

  • American Bar Association
    • Litigation Section