Faith Held

Faith Held is Held Law Firm’s newest attorney, but she has worked in the law in some capacity for most of her life, serving in every position with distinction.

As soon as she was old enough to start getting paid, Faith started working for Held Law Firm as a law clerk, making friends of nearly everyone she met with her attention to detail and professionalism. Beginning in 2010 and in just four years, Faith got married; moved to Fort Campbell, Kentucky; had a child; returned to Knoxville; got divorced; and took jobs as an oil change technician, a service writer at a car dealership, and a finance office assistant.

In 2014, she enrolled at the University of Tennessee. After considering majors in nursing, public administration, and social work, she settled into journalism and political science. Meanwhile, she worked as a nursing assistant and the news department director at the campus radio station; and served as the chapter president of OxFam America, supporting food security and sustainability. She also advocated for several causes including reproductive, LGBTQ+ family, and free speech rights.

Upon graduation, Faith took a job as a radio news anchor. But she wanted to help people improve their lives in practical ways. So in late 2018, Held Law Firm lured her back with a position as our Community Outreach Coordinator. Her proudest moment in that role was when she spearheaded a library and literacy program at the Richard L. Bean Juvenile Service Center.

In early 2019, she accepted a promotion to paralegal. Relying on her extensive experience in the legal field, her communication background, and resourcefulness gained through her own struggles as a student and single mother, Faith excelled at counseling clients on conflict from a practical standpoint; and at collecting and organizing evidence needed to present their cases, while balancing the need to keep things affordable and realistic for their families.

Faith applied to and was accepted to law school in 2020. Over the next three years, she also interned for Magistrate Robin Gunn in the Knox County Juvenile Court; the Department of Children’s Services; and the juvenile division of the public defender’s office. She served on the Knox County Foster Care Review Board, won a student fellowship for the Tennessee Supreme Court’s Administrative Office of the Courts, presented research to the Access to Justice Commission, drafted proposed revisions to Tennessee’s expungement statute, and represented clients as a student attorney in Order of Protection and landlord-tenant mediation clinics.

After law school, Faith accepted a job with the Knox County Public Defender’s office before returning to her old job as a paralegal, a position she held through passing the bar exam in 2025. Five minutes after being sworn in as an attorney, she successfully tried an adoption case.

Her priority is to serve East Tennessee families through representing clients in divorces, adoptions, juvenile dependency and neglect cases, delinquency defense, and advocating for children and families in school settings. During the rare moments she is not working, she enjoys reading, gardening, cooking, and hiking with her fiancée.

Faith is not just a new lawyer. Her personal and professional experience has given her compassion, dedication, and a hard-nosed drive that few lawyers of any age can claim.