From 1979 to 1985 she worked as an associate at the law firm of Griffin, Burkhalter, Cooper & Reeves and from 1985 to 1987 as an associate at Morrison, Morrison, Tyree & Dickenson. In 2019, the
Tennessee Bar Association awarded Reeves the Judicial Excellence Award and the first-ever Professionalism Award. A few days before her death, the University of Tennessee bestowed her with the University's Distinguished Alumna Award. == Death ==