Ms. Tufts practices in the areas of products liability, industrial accidents, automobile and trucking accidents, premises liability, medical malpractice and fraud. She currently serves as the Vice President of the Mobile Bar Association Women Lawyers.
A native of Alabama and a Truman Scholarship recipient, Ms. Tufts graduated summa cum laude from the University of Alabama at Birmingham in 2004. She earned her Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, in 2008 from Georgetown University Law Center, where she was inducted into the Order of the Coif. Ms. Tufts placed first in the William W. Greenhalgh Mock Trial Competition, earning her a place on Georgetown’s National Trial Competition team. She also served as the Director of Training on the Trial Advocacy Board of Georgetown's Barristers' Council.
Ms. Tufts is committed to giving back to the communities in which she works and lives. She currently provides legal representation on a pro bono basis through the Volunteer Lawyers Program of Mobile and serves on the Board of Directors of the Alabama Citizens for Constitutional Reform, Inc. In addition, Ms. Tufts is a graduate of the 2010 Alabama Leadership Initiative ("ALI"), a program through which emerging leaders from across the state explore various issues associated with education, economic development and government. During law school, Ms. Tufts volunteered nearly 200 hours at the Neighborhood Legal Services Program in Washington, D.C., an organization that represents those who cannot afford legal counsel. Before going to law school, she served as Executive Director of Impact: An Alabama Student Service Initiative, a statewide nonprofit organization that manages college preparatory, healthcare, and financial literacy programs designed to enable student volunteers to be part of structural and systemic change in Alabama.
In her spare time, Ms. Tufts enjoys taking road trips with her husband, David.
Affiliations
Ms. Tufts is a member of the Alabama State Bar Association, the Mobile Bar Association, the Alabama Association for Justice, the American Association for Justice, and the Alabama Civil Justice Foundation Junior Board.