T. Kevin Bruce is a member of the law firm Bruce Law, PLLC. Mr. Bruce’s law practice is concentrated in the areas of real estate, business and commercial transactions, public finance, general business law and estate planning. Before founding Bruce Law, PLLC, Mr. Bruce was a partner at Farris Bobango Branan, PLC. Prior to that, Mr. Bruce was the founder and the Chief Executive Manager of Bruce, Norris & Bass, P.L.L.C. Before then, Mr. Bruce was employed by the law firm of Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs, P.L.L.C., where his practice was concentrated in the areas listed above, with emphases on securities law and mergers and acquisitions, particularly in the banking industry. Mr. Bruce also served in the Division of Corporation Finance of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in Washington, D.C., where he regulated various types of securities (e.g., stocks and bonds) transactions, as well as participated in law-making and interpreting.
Mr. Bruce has participated in several legal professional organizations, including the National Bar Association, the American Bar Association, the Tennessee Bar Association, the Memphis Bar Association, the National Association of Bond Lawyers and the H.T. Lockard Foundation, Inc. To that end, he has served as President of the Ben F. Jones Chapter of the National Bar Association, as a member of the Board of Directors of the Memphis Bar Association and on the Board of Governors of the National Bar Association.
Mr. has been active in a number of other professional, civic and community organizations, including the National Association of Real Estate Brokers – Memphis (“NAREB”), the Midsouth Minority Business Continuum, the National Black MBA Association, the National Association of Black Accountants, The Memphis Challenge and Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., among others. In addition to conducting a number of continuing legal education and other seminars, Mr. Bruce has served as an adjunct professor at the University of Memphis, teaching courses entitled “Real Estate Practices” and “Business Associations”. Mr. Bruce has been involved with the management of several financial institutions, including the Postal Employees Credit Union and the Imani Federal Credit Union, which he helped create and for which he served as the first chairperson.
Mr. Bruce earned his BBA degree in Finance, with magna cum laude distinction, from Memphis State University (now the University of Memphis). He then earned both his Juris Doctorate (JD) and his Master in Business Administration (MBA) degrees from the University of Virginia.
Mr. Bruce is married to Pamela Bruce. They have three children: Imani, Akin and Jakobi.