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Lewis, King, Krieg & Waldrop PC recently announced that Isaac T. Connerjoined the firm’s Nashville office as an associate. Conner, a native of Knoxville, will concentrate in litigation and sports law. He earned his law degree from the University of Tennessee with a concentration in trial advocacy. Most recently, Conner served as law clerk for state trial court Judge Thomas W. Brothers in Davidson County.

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The law firm of Greenebaum Doll & McDonald has announced that Lewis Bell has joined its Nashville office as a member in the tax and employee benefits practice and a secondary member in the trusts and estates practice. Bell has 13 years of tax, estate planning, probate, tax exempt organization and municipal bond experience, and has spent time as in-house counsel with a hospital holding company. In 2003 and 2004, he was honored in the Nashville Business Journal’s “Best of the Bar” edition for his outstanding work in taxation law. Prior to joining Greenebaum, Bell was a partner with Miller & Martin PLLC. Bell received his law degree from Cumberland School of Law in 1980 and his LL.M. in taxation from the Georgetown University Law Center in 1995.

Darlene T. Marsh, a member of the environmental and natural resources group, has been elected to a three-year term on the Board of Regents for the American College of Mortgage Attorneys. Marsh, who practices in the firm’s Nashville office, concentrates her practice in environmental, commercial real estate, banking, public finance and municipal law. She was honored recently in August 2004 issue of the Nashville Business Journal’s “Best of the Bar.”

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Amy Wood Malone has joined Colbert & Winstead PC of Nashville where she focuses her practice in civil and commercial litigation, transportation law, contracts, commercial real estate transactions, labor and employment law, workers’ compensation and creditors’ rights. A Memphis native, Malone received her law degree from the University of Memphis in 2001. She is admitted to practice in all state and federal courts in Tennessee and in the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

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Counsel On Call, a company founded in 2000 in Nashville and headed by attorney Jane H. Allen recently was ranked 133 of the 500 fastest growing privately held companies in the United States as compiled by Inc. Magazine. Counsel On Call places attorneys in part-time or project positions in law firms and corporate legal departments. The company has doubled in size since its inception. It now has offices in Nashville, Memphis and Atlanta. Allen also is part of an elite group within the Inc. 500 list: only 8 percent of the companies cited were founded by women.

Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel PC announced that five new attorneys have joined its Chattanooga office, all of whom previously served at the law firm of Strang, Fletcher, Carriger, Walker, Hodge & Smith PLLC. William C. Carriger joined the firm’s business, real estate and taxation and estate preservation sections as a shareholder where he will focus on banking law, business organizations and planning, commercial lending, credit union law, real estate law and tax exempt organizations. He earned his law degree from the University of Tennessee in 1967. Richard T. Hudson also joined as a shareholder in the firm’s business section. He received his law degree from the University of Tennessee in 1975 and practices in the areas of real estate acquisitions and financing, M&A, business organizations and health care. Frederick L. Hitchcock joined as a shareholder in the firm’s business and litigation sections, concentrating his practice in energy and utilities as well as environmental counseling and litigation for technology companies and local governments. He earned his law degree from the University of Tennessee in 1977. Gregory D. Willett joined as a shareholder in the taxation and estate preservation section, concentrating his practice in estate planning, probate and estate administration, taxation and corporate law. He received his law degree from Washington & Lee University in 1992. Stephen D. Barham joined the firm as an associate in the litigation section, focusing on general litigation, medical malpractice defense, bankruptcy and creditors’ rights. In 1998, he earned his law degree from the University of Virginia.

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Kevin C. Kennedy, senior attorney with The Kennedy Law Firm PLLC of Clarksville, recently received the 2004 Ed Atkinson Individual Volunteer of the Year Award. This award is given annually to a Clarksvillian who demonstrates exemplary community service.

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The Florida-based law firm of Ruden McClosky has announced that William Sutton Jr., a partner in its Orlando Health Practice Group, has been certified in health law by The Florida Bar. Board certification acknowledges lawyers who demonstrate special knowledge, skills, experience and proficiency in health law and successfully complete a certification exam. Sutton received his law degree from Florida State University in 1987. His practice focuses on trial work for clients in criminal, civil and administrative disputes, as well as actions involving government agencies and enforcement authorities. He is a member of the Florida and Tennessee bars.

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John Taylor Moses on the recent publication of his novel, No Ceremony, his law school was incorrectly listed. He is a graduate of Ole Miss.

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The law firm of Burch, Porter & Johnson PLLC celebrated its 100 anniversary this year with a birthday party on Oct. 27. The firm, founded in 1904 by Charles N. Burch, Clinton H. McKay and H. Dent Minor, has been located on Memphis’s Court Square for most of its history and several of its buildings are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. From its roots as a law firm serving railroads and oil companies, Burch, Porter & Johnson has grown into 48-lawyer firm that provides legal representation not only to business clients and individuals but also to governments, educational institutions, and charitable organizations in Memphis and nationally. In addition, the firm recently announced that it has opened a new office in London, England. Serving as representative there is Ralph Lake, a member of the firm who lived in London for seven years as European counsel with the Holiday Inn hotel chain. Lake holds an advanced law degree from the London School of Economics.

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Julian Bibb, a member of Stites & Harbison PLLC, was named to the “Williamson 25” list by the Nashville Business Journal and Williamson Works.

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