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Noor S. Obaji

Associate

Noor S. Obaji focuses her practice on financial services litigation matters.

Overview


  • University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law, J.D., 2018
  • University of Tennessee, B.A., 2014
  • Tennessee, 2018
  • Mississippi, pending
  • U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee
  • Arabic

Ms. Obaji is an associate in Baker Donelson's Memphis office and a member of the Financial Services Litigation and Compliance Group.

She has extensive litigation experience defending clients in health care liability defense, automobile liability, premises liability, and workers' compensation cases. Ms. Obaji served as second chair in both federal and circuit court jury trials involving health care and transportation/logistics matters. She conducts research on complex legal issues to guide case strategy and drafts pleadings, motions, and briefs for federal, state, and appellate courts. Ms. Obaji also has experience arguing motions before state court judges and conducting and defending depositions in various liability cases and mediations.

Ms. Obaji is an active member of the Memphis legal community, most recently serving as president of the Association for Women Attorneys Memphis Chapter. She contributes to the legal profession by mentoring aspiring lawyers, coaching Hutchison School's mock trial team, and participating in various community outreach and professional development initiatives.

  • President – Association for Women Attorneys, Memphis Chapter (January 2025 – January 2026)
  • Vice President – Association for Women Attorneys, Memphis Chapter (January 2024 – January 2025)
  • Member – Tennessee Bar Association (2024 – present)
  • Member – Memphis Bar Association (2018 – present)
  • Member – Young Lawyers Division, Memphis Bar Association (2018 – present)
  • Member – Memphis Bar Association's 2025 Leadership Forum
  • Associate Member – Leo Bearman, Sr. American Inn of Court (August 2023 – present)
  • Coach – Hutchison Mock Trial (2021 – present)
  • Recipient – Outstanding Associate Award, Leo Bearman, Sr. American Inn of Court (2024 – 2025)
  • "A Good Fit: What Law Students/New Lawyers and Hiring Firms are Looking for in Each Other," Memphis Bar Association Bench Bar Conference (October 2025)
  • "My Life as a Lawyer," University of Memphis School of Law Diversity and Pre-Law Day (February 2023)

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