Former Undergraduate Adjunct Professor, University of Memphis

Senator, Tennessee State Senate, District 31, 2009-2022

Candidate, Tennessee State Senate, District 31, 2018

Candidate, United States House of Representatives, Tennessee, District 8, 2016

Representative, Tennessee State House of Representatives, 2004-2009

Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee, 2013-present

Member, Senate Education Committee, 2011-present

Former Member, Education Committee, Tennessee State Senate

Former Member, Education, Health and General Welfare Joint Subcommittee, Tennessee State Senate

Former Member, Finance, Ways and Means Committee, Tennessee State Senate

Former Member, Government Operations Committee, Tennessee State Senate

Former Member, Joint Committee on Fiscal Review, Tennessee State Senate

Former Member, Joint Government Operations Committee, Tennessee State Senate

Former Chair, Judiciary Committee, Tennessee State Senate

Former Member, Judiciary and Government Joint Subcommittee, Tennessee State Senate

Floor Leader, Republican Caucus

Former Member, Rules Committee, Tennessee State Senate

Former Second Vice Chair, Select Committee on Rules, Tennessee State Senate

Owner/Attorney, Kelsey Firm, present

Attorney, Martin, Tate, Morrow and Marston

Former Employee, Office of the Counsel to the President George W. Bush

Senior Attorney, The Liberty Justice Center

Former Employee, United States Congressional Office of Ed Bryant

Former Employee, United States Senate Committee Office of Fred Thompson

Former Employee, United States Senatorial Office of Bill Frist

Member, Christian Legal Society

Designee, Delta Regional Authority Alternate Board

Member, Federalist Society

Member, Fellowship Bible Church

Member, Fellowship Memphis Church

Member, Governor’s Task Force on Sentencing & Recidivism

Member, Harvest Church

Volunteer Children's Reader, Lester Community Center

Member, Memphis Bar Association

Member, Memphis Lawyers Chapter Board

Former Mentor, NEXUS Leaders

Member, Republican National Lawyers Association

Usher, Second Presbyterian Church

Former Member, Shelby County Republican Party Steering Committee

Former Member, Shelby County Young Republicans Executive Board

Member, Tennessee Bar Association

Member, Tennessee Holocaust Commission

Pets (include names):

Yellow lab named Bella