Samantha S. McNatt

Samantha S.

McNatt

*Licensed in TN. Pending Admission in AL.

Overview

Samantha is a member of Butler Snow’s Constitutional and Civil Rights Litigation group.

Experience

  • Lead counsel in end stage death penalty state litigation
  • Lead counsel for the State of Tennessee in State v. Zachary Rye Adams, W2020-01208-CCA-R3-CD, the convicted killer of Holly Bobo
  • Represented the State of Tennessee before the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals, Tennessee Court of Appeals, Tennessee Supreme Court, and the United States Supreme Court

Bar Admissions

  • Tennessee, 2016
  • U.S. Supreme Court

Education

  • Belmont University, J.D., cum laude, 2016
    • Bruin Scholarship
    • Belmont Law Review
    • Dean’s List
    • Best Performance Award for Contracts and Sales
    • Winner of Dean’s Cup Tournament
  • Harding University, B.S., Public Administration, summa cum laude, 2012
    • Trustees Scholarship
    • Honors College Graduate with Distinction
    • Alpha Chi National Honors Society
    • Pi Sigma Alpha Political Science Honors Society

Associations

  • Lawyers’ Association for Women: Marion Griffin Chapter
    • Archivist, 2020-2022
    • Second Year Director, 2019-2020
    • First Year Director, 2018-2019
    • Co-Chair of Community Relations Committee, 2017-2018
  • Nashville Bar Association
    • Young Lawyers Division
    • Arts Immersion Co-Chair, 2018-2021
  • Tennessee Bar Association
    • Criminal Justice Section
      • Executive Council Member, 2019-2022
  • American Inn of Court at Belmont University
    • Membership Committee, Co-Chair, 2018-2022
  • American Bar Association
    • Litigation Section

Papers, Presentations & Publications

  • Speaker
    • TBA Criminal Law Day – November 2019
    • TBA Criminal Law Day – November 2020
    • Meet the Mentors – September 2021
    • Court of Criminal Appeals Boot Camp 2021 – November 2021
    • TBA Criminal Law Day – November 2021
    • Criminal Law Update – February 2022
  • Producer
    • Criminal Law Forum – December 2020
    • Women’s Suffrage Movement – October 2020
    • TBA Middle Tennessee Law Student panel – March 2021
    • “Criminal Law Basics” – July 2021
    • Lawyers in Law Enforcement – January 2022
  • Scholarly articles
    • “Election Roundup” – Nashville Bar Journal, February/March 2021 issue
    • “Advancing Executive Branch Immigration Policy Through the Attorney General’s Review Authority” – Iowa Law Review, March 2016 issue

Civic Involvement

  • Bailiff and scorer for the Tennessee High School Mock Trial competition
  • Judge for Belmont University College of Law’s Dean’s Cup moot court competition
  • Judge for Vanderbilt Law School’s mock trial competition
  • Judge for Tennessee Intercollegiate State Legislature’s AMC3 moot court competition
  • Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee’s McHugh Legal Clinic volunteer

Samantha S.

McNatt

Overview

Samantha is a member of Butler Snow’s Constitutional and Civil Rights Litigation group.

Experience

  • Lead counsel in end stage death penalty state litigation
  • Lead counsel for the State of Tennessee in State v. Zachary Rye Adams, W2020-01208-CCA-R3-CD, the convicted killer of Holly Bobo
  • Represented the State of Tennessee before the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals, Tennessee Court of Appeals, Tennessee Supreme Court, and the United States Supreme Court

Bar Admissions

  • Tennessee, 2016
  • U.S. Supreme Court

Education

  • Belmont University, J.D., cum laude, 2016
    • Bruin Scholarship
    • Belmont Law Review
    • Dean’s List
    • Best Performance Award for Contracts and Sales
    • Winner of Dean’s Cup Tournament
  • Harding University, B.S., Public Administration, summa cum laude, 2012
    • Trustees Scholarship
    • Honors College Graduate with Distinction
    • Alpha Chi National Honors Society
    • Pi Sigma Alpha Political Science Honors Society

Associations

  • Lawyers’ Association for Women: Marion Griffin Chapter
    • Archivist, 2020-2022
    • Second Year Director, 2019-2020
    • First Year Director, 2018-2019
    • Co-Chair of Community Relations Committee, 2017-2018
  • Nashville Bar Association
    • Young Lawyers Division
    • Arts Immersion Co-Chair, 2018-2021
  • Tennessee Bar Association
    • Criminal Justice Section
      • Executive Council Member, 2019-2022
  • American Inn of Court at Belmont University
    • Membership Committee, Co-Chair, 2018-2022
  • American Bar Association
    • Litigation Section

Papers, Presentations & Publications

  • Speaker
    • TBA Criminal Law Day – November 2019
    • TBA Criminal Law Day – November 2020
    • Meet the Mentors – September 2021
    • Court of Criminal Appeals Boot Camp 2021 – November 2021
    • TBA Criminal Law Day – November 2021
    • Criminal Law Update – February 2022
  • Producer
    • Criminal Law Forum – December 2020
    • Women’s Suffrage Movement – October 2020
    • TBA Middle Tennessee Law Student panel – March 2021
    • “Criminal Law Basics” – July 2021
    • Lawyers in Law Enforcement – January 2022
  • Scholarly articles
    • “Election Roundup” – Nashville Bar Journal, February/March 2021 issue
    • “Advancing Executive Branch Immigration Policy Through the Attorney General’s Review Authority” – Iowa Law Review, March 2016 issue

Civic Involvement

  • Bailiff and scorer for the Tennessee High School Mock Trial competition
  • Judge for Belmont University College of Law’s Dean’s Cup moot court competition
  • Judge for Vanderbilt Law School’s mock trial competition
  • Judge for Tennessee Intercollegiate State Legislature’s AMC3 moot court competition
  • Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee’s McHugh Legal Clinic volunteer