Maria C. Stewart

​​www.linkedin.com/in/mariacstewart​

Attorney

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•  Licensed to practice in Tennessee and Kentucky.
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• Admitted to the United States District Courts for the Middle District of Tennessee and the Western District of Kentucky.
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• Real estate default litigation.
  
  
• Retail collections litigation.
  
  
• Bankruptcy litigation.
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• Court appointed counsel representing a parent or other adult party, or court appointed guardian ad litem representing a child or children, in cases alleging child dependency, neglect, and/or abuse. Re-appointed by the court to represent the same party through termination of parental rights proceedings where the court determines termination of parental rights to be in the child or children's best interest. Re-appointed by the court one final time, after parental rights are terminated and adoption proceedings move forward, to represent the child or children to investigate, interview the potential adoptive family, conduct a home visit, speak with the child or children to determine their wishes, and report recommendations to the court as to whether this adoption is, or is not, in the child or children's best interest.
  
  
• Court appointed counsel representing an adult in cases where the state or a third party petitions the court to become that adult’s guardian and/or conservator. Serve alongside a court appointed psychologist and court appointed social worker as an interdisciplinary evaluation team conducting home visits and interviews with the adult, the party petitioning the court to become the adult’s guardian and/or conservator, and the adult’s care providers, determining facts of the case and whether the court appointing a guardian and/or conservator for the adult is in that adult’s best interest
  
  
• Court appointed warning order attorney. Skip tracing. 
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EDUCATION

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• Postdoctoral Graduate Coursework, 2020  |  Western Kentucky University

  • ​​Advanced Organizational Behavior
    

  • Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
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• Doctor of Jurisprudence, 2003 to 2006  |  Samford University
  

  • John Cabler Corbitt scholar.

  • Spirit of Service Award recipient. Birmingham YWCA Family Violence Center.

  • Secretary, Tennessee Student Bar Association.

  • Treasurer, Women in Law.
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• Southern Nevada School of Real Estate, 1999
  

  • 90 classroom hours
    

    • Real Estate Principles, Practices, and Procedures.
      

    • Real Estate Law.
      

    • 100% score on Nevada Real Estate Division exam.
      

    • License issued. Current license status: inactive.
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• Post-baccalaureate Coursework, 1996 to 1997  |  University of Nevada Las Vegas
  

  • Student Accounting Association
    

    • ​Director of Membership
      

    • Director of Publications
      

  • 18 semester hours:
    

    • Business Commerce
      

    • Business Law II
      

    • Intermediate Accounting I
      

    • Interpersonal Communication
      

    • Managerial Finance
      

    • Management Information Systems (MIS)
      

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• ​Post-baccalaureate Coursework, 1994 to 1995 |  Troy University 
  
  • Capstone Leadership Conference
    
  • Institute of Management Accountants, student chapter.
    
  • 45 quarter hours:

    • ​Accounting I
      

    • Accounting II
      

    • Business Communication and Report Writing
      

    • Business Information Systems
      

    • Business Law I
      

    • Business Statistics

    • Management

    • Marketing
      

    • Production Management​
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• Bachelor of Science, 1992 to 1994  |  Troy University
  

  • Honors graduate.
    

  • National Broadcasting Society Alpha Epsilon Rho Honor Society.
    

  • ​Major: Broadcast Journalism. Minor: Sociology

  • Interning news reporter with production and editing responsibilities. WKMX-FM 106.7 radio, Enterprise, Alabama.
    

  • Field news reporter with production and editing responsibilities. TrojanVision, Troy’s television station.
    

  • Content contributor. The Tropolitan, Troy’s newspaper.
    

  • Society of Professional Journalists, student chapter.
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• 1991 to 1992  |  Middle Tennessee State University
  

  • Major: Broadcast Journalism. Minor: Sociology

  • News desk talent and field news reporter, MTSU-TV

  • Society of Professional Journalists, student chapter
    

  • Alpha Delta Pi sorority
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Professional organizations

• Sumner County, Tennessee Bar Association
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• Bowling Green - Warren County, Kentucky Bar Association
  
  • Board of Directors, 2012 to 2015
    
    • Community Relations Chair
      
      • Semi-Annual Red Cross Blood Drive
        
      • Annual durable foods drive
        
      • Annual Salvation Army Red Kettle Challenge
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• Kentucky Bar Association
  
  
• Tennessee Lawyers Association for Women