Leigh Taylor White

Leigh-Taylor White


  • Licensed to practice law in Tennessee and Mississippi
  • Concentrates practice on litigation and mediation of divorce, child custody/parenting, alimony, child support, child relocation, adoption, and dependency and neglect
  • Graduate of Rhodes College (2002) and University of Mississippi School of Law (2005)
  • Memphis Bar Foundation, Fellow
  • Memphis Bar Association Family Law Section, Past President
  • Admitted to practice in the Tennessee Supreme Court, Mississippi Supreme Court, United States Supreme Court, Fifth Circuit, and Sixth Circuit
  • Selected as a Mid-South Super Lawyer in the area of Family Law by Super Lawyers (2020 - 2022), and selected as a Rising Star in Family Law (2014 - 2019)

About Leigh-Taylor White

Leigh-Taylor White is a partner of Mullins, Whitfield, White & Hillis, PLLC.  Ms. White concentrates her practice on litigation and mediation of divorce, child custody/parenting, alimony, child support, child relocation, adoption, and dependency and neglect. She has broad trial and appellate experience and also assist clients in the preparation of pre-nuptial and post-nuptial agreements. Ms. White is admitted to practice in Tennessee and Mississippi, and practices extensively in both jurisdictions. 

Ms. White is a native of Batesville, Mississippi. She attended Rhodes College, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy in 2002. Ms. White then returned to Mississippi to attend the University of Mississippi School of Law, where she graduated with her Juris Doctorate in 2005. Following law school, Ms. White clerked for the Honorable David M. Ishee during his tenure with the Mississippi Court of Appeals.

Service to the community is one of Ms. White's core values. She volunteers for Memphis Area Legal Services, Inc., the Community Legal Center, and serves on the Wellness Committee of the Memphis Bar Association. She also serves on the Board of Directors for Mind What Matters, a nonprofit supporting family caregivers of memory diseases and spreading brain health awareness, and on the Board of Directors for the University of Mississippi School of Law Alumni Chapter. Ms. White is an elder at Idlewild Presbyterian Church in Memphis, Tennessee.

When she is not at the office, Ms. White is an avid runner and outdoors enthusiast. She especially enjoys spending time with her husband and their two children.