About Lori A
Lori A Spencer graduated from Washington University in St. Louis School of Law in 1996 after earning a bachelor’s degree in English (Pre-Law) from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in 1991. Her academic path prepared her for a practice that would move between public interest work and private practice over the following decades. The sequence is straightforward, but the settings were varied.
Early in her career she worked in legal aid. Records show she served as a staff lawyer at Legal Aid of East Tennessee in 2005 and later at Southeast Tennessee Legal Services in 2008. Those roles placed her in direct client representation in community-based programs. She handled cases that required an understanding of civil procedures and often involved clients with limited resources.
In the mid-2000s she also maintained a solo practice titled Lori A. Spencer, Lawyer at Law. That entry on her resume suggests she tested private practice alongside her legal aid work. By 2009 she took an associate position at Massey & Associates. That move put her back inside a small-firm environment where she worked on matters typical to a regional practice.
The next step came in 2010, when she established The Spencer Law Office as a lawyer-owner. That move marked a shift to running her own practice full time. Managing a small firm added administrative duties to her caseload. She retained the client-contact element while overseeing the office.
Her career shows a pattern of alternating between nonprofit legal services and private practice. That mix gave her experience in both high-volume public interest settings and the steadier tempo of a private office. It also exposed her to the practical challenges of representing clients across income levels.
Colleagues describe her as straightforward in court and deliberate in client meetings. She has built a practice that balances courtroom work with the day-to-day tasks of running an office. She continues to live and work in the region where she trained and began her career.
As of 2026 she practices through The Spencer Law Office, where her work centers on serving local clients and managing the firm’s legal operations.
