Tessa Adkins, Associate | Thomas Combs & Spann PLLC

Attorneys Tessa Adkins | Associate

Tessa joins Thomas Combs & Spann after completing a two-year clerkship with the Honorable Cheryl A. Eifert of the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia. She graduated with honors from Washington University in St. Louis School of Law. During law school, Tessa served on the editorial board of the Washington University Journal of Law and Policy, was president of the Environmental and Energy Law Society, and assisted with a class action civil rights suit through the Interdisciplinary Environmental Clinic.

Prior to law school, Tessa earned a bachelor's degree in Environmental Science/Sustainability Studies and Psychology from the University of Kentucky.

Representative Legal Work:
Summer Law Clerk, Appalachian Citizens' Law Center (Summer 2018)

Student Attorney, Washington University Interdisciplinary Environmental Clinic (Spring 2019)

Summer Law Clerk, Southern Environmental Law Center (Summer 2019)

Legal Extern, Appalachian Citizens' Law Center (Spring 2020)

Judicial Law Clerk, United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia (2020-2022)

Court Admissions:
Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia

Contact:

P O Box 3824
Charleston, WV 25338
Tel: 304-414-1800
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Education & Honors:
Washington University in St. Louis School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 2020
• Dean's Fellowship
• Washington Award
• Certificate of Excellence in Oral Advocacy
• CALI Excellence Award in the Interaction of Business, Government, and Public Policy in a Democratic Society

University of Kentucky, B.A., summa cum laude, 2016
• Presidential Scholarship
• Phi Beta Kappa
• Danforth Award for Creative Nonfiction