Bridget Stewart has joined Taylor, Pigue, Marchetti and Blair PLLC (tpmbLAW) as an associate attorney.
According to a release, Stewart previously served as a staff attorney for Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and The Cumberlands, at which she developed the organization’s disaster response program.
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