Alexis "Lexi" C. Hivner

Prior to joining Baker Donelson, Lexi served in federal clerkships with the Honorable C. Lynwood Smith Jr. and the Honorable Liles C. Burke of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama. During law school, she externed for the Honorable Chief Justice Holly Kirby of the Tennessee Supreme Court and the Honorable Chief Judge Sheryl H. Lipman of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee.

Lexi has publications featured with the ABA Entertainment & Sports Lawyer, Memphis Lawyer, and the University of Memphis Law Review, as well as a guest appearance on Show Cause – A Memphis Law Podcast.

• 17-time Recipient – CALI Excellence for the Future Awards^® (Fall 2021 – Spring 2024)
• Pupil in the Leo Bearman, Sr. American Inn of Court (2023 – 2024)
• Public Relations Representative for the Sports and Entertainment Law Society (2023 – 2024)
• Student Bar Association Elections Commissioner and American Bar Association Representative (2022 – 2023)

• "Litigation Update: Players or Gamblers: The Influx of Gambling Suits in Collegiate Athletics," ABA Entertainment & Sports Lawyer (Forthcoming)
• "Clock-Out or Time-Out: Alston's Game-Changing Impact on Student-Athletes Employment Status," 54 University of Memphis Law Review 691 (2024)
• "Perspectives on Jurisprudence: Law Students on Navigating the Age of Artificial Intelligence in Legal Education and Practice," 40 Memphis Lawyer (April 2024)
• "Litigation Update: The Music Industry Sues Internet Archive: Does the Digitization of Vintage Records Provide Access or Induce Infringement?," ABA Entertainment & Sports Lawyer (Winter 2024)

• "Game Over or Changing the Game? Employment Status & NIL," Show Cause – A Memphis Law Podcast (May 2024)