Simone Marshall Hayes is a Barbadian-born, Nashville-raised lawyer who advocates for the marginalized. Simone currently works in the Nashville District Attorney’s Office, where she currently serves as an Assistant District Attorney in Criminal Court—Division Two. She has the honor of resolving a myriad of felony-level cases—primarily domestic violence cases. She serves her community in several ways, but notedly, Simone is on the Board of the Tennessee Alliance for Black Lawyers as the chair of the Political Action Committee; serves the Napier Looby-Bar Association as Recording Secretary and Co-Chair of the Judicial and Legislative Affairs Committee and serves the National Bar Association, Young Lawyers Division as Historian. Aside from voting rights, community engagement and domestic violence advocacy, Simone loves traveling, stationery, church, tennis, good vegan food and ice cream.