Mabern E. Wall received her undergraduate degree in English in 2008, magna cum laude, from Middle Tennessee State University. She graduated cum laude from the University of Tennessee College of Law in 2012 with a concentration in Advocacy and Dispute Resolution. During law school, she served as a member of the Moot Court Board and the Tennessee Journal of Law and Policy. She received University of Tennessee College of Law Certificates of Academic Excellence for her work in the Education Law Practicum and the Prosecution Externship. Before joining Hodges, Doughty & Carson as an associate in 2014, she served as a judicial law clerk for the Honorable Joseph M. Tipton, Presiding Judge of the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals.

Mabern enjoys spending time with her husband and her family, reading, running, and UT football.