Blake Alford received his Bachelors degree from Middle Tennessee State University and his law degree from Nashville School of Law. After serving as a litigation assistant with the Tennessee Attorney General's Office in the Special Litigation Division, Blake took a position with the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development as a Workers Compensation Specialist IV. There, Blake represented the Workers' Compensation Fund, and the Employee Misclassification, Education and Enforcement Fund, and Penalty Program in administrative litigation and appeal hearings. In addition to coordinating penalty collections with the Attorney General's Office, Blake served as a Division representative to the Employee Misclassifcation Advisory Task Force. In 2014, Blake took a position with the Division of Health Care Finance and Administration where he defends the Bureau of TennCare in over 500 benefit denial administrative appeal hearings annually. Blake is admitted to practice in Tennessee.