Jenny Coques Rogers joins the Garza Law Firm with more than 20 years of legal experience. Ms. Rogers was licensed to practice law in the State of Tennessee in 1997, after graduating from law school at the University of Tennessee College of Law. She primarily focuses her practice on personal injury cases, and she also assists with criminal defense cases and appellate issues when needed. She continues to work with the John Rogers Law Group in her hometown of Greeneville, where she has maintained a similar practice for the past several years.
In addition to working as a litigator for most of her legal career, Ms. Rogers’ prior legal experience in Knoxville includes: working as a law clerk for federal trial and appellate level judges where she drafted memorandum opinions and orders in civil and criminal cases; practicing law at a defense firm where she gained experience in the areas of civil litigation, governmental tort liability, medical malpractice, and appellate practice; and working as an Adjunct Professor at the College of Law where she taught Legal Writing to first year law students. Ms. Rogers resides in Knoxville with her husband and three children.
Professional Bar Associations & Memberships
- Knoxville Bar Association
- Greeneville Bar Association
- Tennessee Bar Association
- Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association
Legal Activities & Distinctions
- Tennessee Bar Association, Chair of Torts & Insurance Practice Section 2008-2009
- Tennessee Bar Association, Leadership Law, Class Member 2008-2009
- Tennessee Bar Association, Leadership Law Alumni Association, Member 2010 to present
- Tennessee Bar Association, Young Lawyers Division Fellows, Member 2008 to present
- Tennessee Bar Association, Young Lawyers Division Board Member, Chair of Statewide Public Service Day, 2001-2008
- Hamilton Burnett American Inn of Court, Master Member, 2007 to present; Barrister Member, 2000-2006; Executive Committee Member, Historian/Reporter 2003-2005 and Administrator 2005
- Knoxville Bar Association, Barristers’ Hunger & Poverty Relief Committee, Member 2000-2008, Co-chair 2005-2006
- University of Tennessee College of Law, Alumni Advisory Council, Member 2003-2011
Prior Legal Experience
John Rogers Law Group, Attorney from January 2012 to present
Rogers, Laughlin, Nunnally, Hood & Crum, Of Counsel Member from January to August 2006 and from September 2007 to December 2011
The Honorable Charles D. Susano, Jr., Tennessee Court of Appeals Judge, Law Clerk from September 2006 to July 2007
The Honorable Thomas A. Varlan, United States District Judge, Eastern District of Tennessee, Law Clerk from April 2003 to November 2005
University of Tennessee College of Law, Adjunct Professor from August to December 2005
Watson & Hollow, Member from January to April 2003 and Associate from September 1999 to December 2002
The Honorable William H. Inman and The Honorable John K. Byers, Tennessee Appellate Courts Senior Judges, Law Clerk from August 1997 to August 1999