Laquita R. Stokes

Laquita R. Stokes is the founding member of Stokes Family Law, PLLC in Memphis, Tennessee, and a Rule 31 Listed Mediator. Stokes primarily practices family law, including divorce, child support, visitation, custody, and adoption. Her broader practice also includes entertainment law, business law, and personal injury. She represents clients in matters that often involve important family, financial, business, and personal interests while also providing mediation services when appropriate.

Stokes earned her law degree from the University of Kentucky David Rosenberg College of Law after completing her undergraduate education at Vanderbilt University College of Arts & Sciences. Her legal education supports a practice that combines family law, civil advocacy, negotiation, and dispute resolution. This background helps her address legal issues involving parenting, support, business interests, personal injury claims, and entertainment matters with attention to both legal requirements and practical client goals.

Stokes has handled significant family law matters, including serving as lead attorney in a 2013 child support appeal before the Tennessee Court of Appeals that changed Tennessee law concerning the disestablishment of a child’s paternity. Her practice also encompasses custody, visitation, adoption, divorce, business matters, entertainment law, and personal injury. Through litigation and mediation, she helps clients address disputes that can carry lasting personal and financial consequences.

Laquita R. Stokes has held leadership roles with the Ben F. Jones Chapter of the National Bar Association, Memphis Bar Association, and Association for Women Attorneys. She was named a Memphis Bar Foundation Fellow in 2024 and has received several National Bar Association and community honors. Her board service also includes the Shelby County Government Law Library Commission, Memphis Leadership Foundation, On Location: MEMPHIS, and Charis Acres, reflecting sustained professional and community involvement.

Law Office Affiliations

• Founding Attorney, Stokes Family Law, PLLC
• Fellow, Memphis Bar Foundation
• Board Member, Memphis Bar Association (2017-2022)
• Board Member, Association for Women Attorneys (2017)P
• Past President, National Bar Association, Ben F. Jones Chapter
• Member, Tennessee Bar Association

Licensed State

• Tennessee

Education

• University of Kentucky College of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• Vanderbilt University
  BS in Political Science

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