Penny Hays Cauley obtained her J.D. from Cumberland School of Law in Birmingham, Alabama in May 1994 and was admitted to practice law in Alabama in October 1994. After clerking for The Honorable William Robertson, Presiding Judge of the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals, Penny entered private practice with a firm in Birmingham, Alabama. 

In March 2006, the firm of Hays Cauley, P.C. was opened in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. In February 2007, Penny and her husband moved to Darlington, South Carolina where her husband serves as Senior Pastor of an EPC Church. While continuing to represent her clients in Alabama, Penny also became licensed to practice law in South Carolina in November, 2007.

For 25 years it has been Penny’s privilege to help consumers who have been the victim of identity theft, had fraudulent accounts opened in their name and then reported as bad debts on their credit reports, whose credit file was mixed with a third party, who were reported as deceased, and those who have had inaccurate information and/or judgments appearing on their credit. Additionally, Penny has helped hundreds of consumers who were harassed by debt collectors and/or sued on a debt. Her goal is to provide hope and encouragement to individuals that their particular fact situation can be corrected regardless of how hopeless it may initially appear. 

In addition to practicing law, Penny is very active in her church where she teaches Sunday School and sings in the praise band. In her free time, Penny enjoys spending time with her family.