ABOUT JOCIE
Memphis' First Professional Mediator
Read an article about me from Rhodes College “Energized by Issues”
Video of Jocie on a Panel of alumni at Rhodes College
Bar Admissions (retired from law as of 2005):
Tennessee, 1980
U.S. Federal Court, 1981
U.S. Supreme Court, 1989
Education:
Over 600 hours of Mediation Training
University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law, Memphis, TN , 1979, J.D.
Rhodes College, Memphis, TN , 1965, B.A. Sociology/Anthropology
Central High School, Memphis 1958
Positions:
Solo Mediation Practitioner 1984- to present
Solo Law Practitioner, 1982 – 2005
Williams, Benham & McDaniel, Associate, 1981 - 1982
Honors:
Planned Parenthood -Judy Scharff Award for the Panel of American Women 2017
NAACP Life time Achievement 2017
Tennessee Human Rights Commission established the Jocelyn Dan Wurzburg Civil Rights Award
Woman's Foundation of Greater Memphis Legacy Award
YWCA Leadership Award
Shelby County Diversity Award. 2008
Women of Achievement, 1990, for Courage
National Conference of Christians and Jews, 1981, Community Service
Fifty Women Who Make a Difference, 1st Class, 1997 Women’s News of Memphis
Past / Present Appointments:
2007 - 2013
Tennessee Gov Bredesen has appointed me to the Tennessee Human Rights Commission, our state’s anti-discrimination commission to help enforce the law I drafted in 1972, Tennessee's first lanti-discrimination law for employment, public accommodations and housing.
1996 – Present
Tennessee Family Law Code Revision Commission,
Appointed by Tenn Bar Association
1976 - 1977
U.S. Commission for the Observance of International Women's Year, Appointed by President Gerald Ford
1972 - 2000
U. S. Commission on Civil Rights, , State Advisory Committee Chair
Appointed originally by the Hon. Arthur Fleming
1976 - 1977
Minority Business Resource Center of The Federal Railroad Admin.
Appointed by Secretary William Coleman
1969 - 1975
TN Commission for Human Rights,
Appointed by Gov. W. Dunn,
Union of American Hebrew Congregations: Chair of the Changing Jewish Family Comm.
Appointed by President Eric Yoffe
1976-2002
Union of American Hebrew Congregations: Commission on Social Action,
Appointed by President Alex Schindler
Commission on Arson of Churches
Appointed by Gov. Don Sundquist
Beale Street Historic Foundation and the Police/Community Relations Committee
Appointed by Mayor Wyeth Chandler
Family Law Code Revision Commission (rewriting all Tennessee Family Law)
Appointed by the Tennessee Bar Association
Present / Past Affiliations:
(Professional Association listed under Services)
Founder, Mediation Association of Tennessee
Memphis Bar Association, 1981-present
Chair, Section of Family Law, 1995 - 1996 & ADR Committee
Founder, Panel of American Women, Memphis Chapter 1968 - 1978
Founder, Jazz Society of Memphis
Various women and human rights organizations : NAACP, NOW, AARP, Women’s Political Caucus, NARAL, LWV, ACLU, Concord Coalition, Common Cause. (e-mail for a full list of associations)
Representative Clients:
Shelby County Government
United States Postal Service
E.E.O.C. Panel
Dept. of Justice, ADA claims (Key Bridge Foundation)
Classes / Seminars Taught:
Mediation,
Various Bar Associations for CLE
Basic 40 hour course in Mediation
Student Peer Mediation Training - All Shelby County High Schools
Personal
Born 1940 and reared in Memphis, Tn
Three children, two grandchildren
Divorced
Beginner Banjo frailer and guitar picker – but I play a competent stereo!