Jacqueline O. Kittrell is an attorney and Executive Director of Community Mediation Center in Knoxville, TN. CMC, a nonprofit organization chartered in 1994, began as a collaboration between University of Tennessee College of Law, Legal Aid of East Tennessee, the Knoxville Bar Association Mediation Service (KBAMS) and the County Courts. CMC currently receives and screens approximately 800 mediation referrals each year from courts in the Knox County area, as well as from schools, churches, law enforcement, neighborhood groups, and social service agencies. Last year, CMC co-mediated disputes using over 50 active volunteer mediators who each make a commitment of at least one year to the organization.
Jackie is a Rule 31 listed civil and family mediator, and is listed as trained in domestic violence issues for mediation. She graduated from University of Tennessee College of Law in 1988 and is a licensed Tennessee attorney. She is active in the Knoxville Bar Association, the Tennessee Bar Association, and is a past chair of the TBA Dispute Resolution Executive Council. She is active in the Supreme Court’s Access to Justice efforts. She is a past President of the Board of TAPM. She was trained in 2007 as a Collaborative Family attorney and privately practices collaborative and limited scope family law . She is on the founding board of the East Tennessee Collaborative Alliance (ETCA) and is currently (2020) chair of the Protocols Committee. She is on the Advisory Board of the University of Tennessee Institute for Reflective Practice, and has received training as a reflective practice facilitator. Her experience as a legal advocate includes complex class litigation, medical malpractice, medical peer review and employment cases, civil rights litigation, representing children as a GAL in juvenile and divorce courts,. She is originally from Smith County, Tennessee, and has lived in rural Knox County for 38 years on a heritage farm. She is married to Cliff Honicker and they have two sons, one daughter, one daughter in law, and one beautiful granddaughter.