Jonathan B. Hensley
Political Philosophy

3916 Ellwood Avenue
Richmond, VA 23221

5001 Odessa Road
College Park, MD 20740

Home Phone: (804) 257-4305
Mobile Phone: (901) 240-0914
jhensley75 {at} gmail•com

 

Curriculum Vitae (Download PDF)

Education

University of Maryland, College Park College Park, MD
Graduate Student, Ph.D. Program in Government and Politics.
Interests: Political Theory, Public Law, American Politics.

University of Tennessee College of Law Knoxville, TN
Juris Doctor, May 2001, cum laude (Top 33% of Class)
Hunton & Williams Law Review Prize, 2001, for Approaches to the Hybrid-Rights Doctrine in
Free Exercise Cases (See Publications, below)
Student Materials Editor, Tennessee Law Review
Publications Editor, Transactions, the Tennessee Journal of Business Law

Universität Potsdam Potsdam, Germany
Fulbright Scholar, 1997-1998; graduate coursework in Philosophy.

Furman University Greenville, SC
Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude in Philosophy, May 1997
Undergraduate GPA: 3.69
Major GPA: 3.85
Phi Beta Kappa
Phi Sigma Tau, National Philosophy Honors Society
Furman Advantage Fellowship Recipient, Summer 1996 (Fellowship to support independent research; supported research and writing of Rorty and the Self: Splitting the Public and the Private, published in Furman Humanities Review--see publications list below).

Publications:

Approaches to the Hybrid-Rights Doctrine in Free Exercise Cases; Tennessee Law Review, Vol. 68, No. 1 (Fall 2000)
Rorty and the Self: Splitting the Public and the Private; Furman Humanities Review, Volume 10 (September 1997)

Presentations:

Rorty and the Self: Splitting the Public and the Private; presented at National Conference on Undergraduate Research; University of Texas at Austin, Spring 1997.

Work Expereience

Sharon N. Horner & Associates, PLC Richmond, VA
Attorney (2007 –2008)
Civil litigation practice.

Petkoff & Associates Memphis, TN
Attorney (2004 – 2007)
Civil litigation practice, consisting primarily of aviation law, insurance defense, governmental entity defense, trucking defense, and premises liability defense.

Wolff Ardis, P.C. Memphis, TN
Attorney (2003 - 2004)
Civil litigation practice including products liability, personal injury, and commercial litigation.

McDonald, Levy & Taylor Knoxville, TN
Attorney (2001 - 2003)
General law practice focusing on civil litigation, especially workers' compensation and personal injury; also included commercial litigation, employment law, criminal law, domestic relations, wills and probate.
Law Clerk (2000 - 2001)
Conducted legal research; drafted summary judgment memoranda, research memoranda, and pleadings; investigated cases.

University of Tennessee Legal Clinic Knoxville, TN
Student Attorney (Fall 2000)
Represented indigent clients in criminal and landlord/tenant matters.

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District Knoxville, TN
of Tennesee, Chambers of the Hon. James H. Jarvis
Judicial Intern (Summer 1999)
Conducted legal research and drafted judicial opinions and bench briefs.

Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals, Knoxville, TN
Chambers of the Hon. Gary R. Wade
Judicial Intern (Summer 1999)
Conducted legal research and drafted judicial opinions and research memoranda.

 



Department of Government & Politics, University of Maryland