Ms. Blakney is engaged in criminal defense and general civil litigation on behalf of both plaintiffs and defendants, primarily in the areas of personal injury, defective product, medical malpractice, workers' compensation, and business litigation. Along with David M. Eldridge, Ms. Blakney formed the practice of Eldridge & Blakney, P.C. in September of 2003.

A magna cum laude graduate of the University of Tennessee at Martin, Ms. Blakney completed her legal studies at the University of Tennessee College of Law, graduating in 1999 with honors. Ms. Blakney served as an editor of student materials for the Tennessee Law Review, was a member of the Moot Court Board, and was a recipient of a McClure Grant for international legal studies abroad. Her case note, "Prior Restraint of Speech and Time, Place, and Manner Restrictions" is published in the Tennessee Law Review.

An active member of the Knoxville Bar Association, Ms. Blakney served for three years as co-chair of the Association's Hunger and Poverty Relief Committee, is currently the co-chair of the Pro Bono Committee, is on the Executive Committee of Barrister's, and serves on the advisory board of Legal Aid of East Tennessee. In 2005, Ms. Blakney was awarded the Knoxville Bar Association President's Award for her service on behalf of the Bar Association and the community.

Ms. Blakney has served three terms as a member of the Board of Governors for the Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association, including service on the Association's Executive Committee and as Vice-Chair of the organization's Continuing Legal Education Committee, Eastern Division.  She was recently re-elected to the Executive Committee of the Tennessee Bar Association Young Lawyers Division Board, where she is the East Tennessee Governor and is also in her second term as a member of the Tennessee Bar Association House of Delegates.  Ms. Blakney was awarded in 2006 the TBA Young Lawyers Division President's Award for her two years of service as the inaugural Chair of the Children's Issues Committee.  She is a 2005 graduate of the Tennessee Bar Association's Leadership Law Program. 

Ms. Blakney is also active in the American Bar Association, where she is a member of the House of Delegates and was one of only 26 lawyers chosen from across the nation to participate in the ABA's inaugural Leadership Academy Program through its Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section.  She is also currently a member of the ABA Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section's Task Force on Plaintiff Involvement and the Section's Solo and Small Firm Committee.

In addition to her Bar service, Ms. Blakney has also served as a member of the adjunct faculty at the University of Tennessee College of Law, where she has taught legal writing and research. She is also Past President of the Board of Directors for CASA, A Child's Voice in Court, Inc., and is a member of Nucleus Knoxville and Inn of Court. Ms. Blakney is a 2002 graduate of the Knox County Community Action Committee's Leadership Class and was a co-recipient of the Barristers President's award in 2001 for outstanding service. She is a member of the East Tennessee Lawyers Association for Women, the Tennessee Lawyers Association for Women, and the Association of Trial Lawyers of America.

Prior to the formation of Eldridge & Blakney, P.C., Ms. Blakney practiced at the Knoxville firm of Ritchie, Fels & Dillard, P.C.  Ms. Blakney further served from 1999 to 2000 as a judicial clerk to the Honorable Gary R. Wade, then Presiding Judge of the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals, and previously served as an Assistant Attorney General in the Knoxville Office of the Tennessee Attorney General.