Maria C. Stewart

Attorney

​​www.linkedin.com/in/mariacstewart​

​PRACTICE

• Real estate foreclosure.
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• Court appointed guardian ad litem for a child or children, or court appointed counsel representing a parent or other adult party, on cases alleging dependency, neglect, and/or abuse of a child or children. Re-appointed by the court to represent the same party through termination of parental rights proceedings in cases 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 the adoption is, or is not, in the child or children's best interest.   
  
  
• Court appointed to serve as an adult respondent’s counsel, or guardian ad litem, in cases where the state or a third party petitions the court requesting to become the adult respondent’s guardian and/or conservator. Serve on a three-person interdisciplinary evaluation team alongside a court appointed social worker and a court appointed psychologist conducting home visits and interviews with the respondent, the petitioner, and the respondent’s providers to determine the facts of the case, and determine whether the court appointing a guardian and/or conservator is in respondent’s best interest.
  
  
• Court appointed warning order attorney. Skip tracing.
  
  
• Bankruptcy​
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​Licenses and ADMISSIONS TO PRACTICE LAW​

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• Tennessee, 2016
  
  
• United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, 2016
  
  
• Kentucky, 2010
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• United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky, 2010
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EDUCATION

• 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
  

  • Cumberland Spirit of Service Award for substantial on-site Birmingham YWCA Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) service hours.
    

  • Public Interest and Community Service Organization.
    

  • Tennessee Student Bar Association.
    

  • John Cabler Corbitt Memorial Scholarship recipient.
    

  • Women in Law. Treasurer. Secretary. Mentor. Mentee. Susan B. Komen Race for the Cure Team.​
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• 90 Hour Pre-License Course. Real Estate Principles, Practices, and Procedures, 1999  |  Southern Nevada School of Real Estate
  

  • 100% score on Nevada Real Estate Division Salesperson exam. License issued 1999. Current license status: expired.
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• Post-baccalaureate Coursework, 1996 to 1997  |  University of Nevada Las Vegas
  

  • Student Accounting Association
    

    • ​Director of Membership
      

    • Director of Publications
      

  • Eighteen undergraduate 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 Accountings, student chapter.
    
  • Forty-Five undergraduate 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: Magna Cum Laude
    

  • ​Major: Broadcast Journalism
    

  • Minor: Sociology
    

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

  • Field 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
    

  • Field reporter and weather talent, MTSU-TV

  • Society of Professional Journalists, student chapter
    

  • Alpha Delta Pi sorority
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Professional organizations

• Sumner County Bar Association
  
  
• The Federalist Society- Nashville Lawyers Chapter
  
  
• Tennessee Lawyers Association for Women
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• Bowling Green - Warren County 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​