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Emily H. Wilburn recently joined the Nashville law firm of Parker, Lawrence, Cantrell & Dean, where she will practice general civil litigation. Wilburn received her law degree from the University of Tennessee College of Law in 2005.

The law firm of Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs LLP has committed $50,000 per year to fund four law school scholarships – one each at the University of Kentucky, University of Louisville, University of Memphis, and University of Tennessee. The scholarships are aimed at increasing diversity within the student body at each school, and ultimately within the legal profession in Kentucky and Tennessee. Awards will cover full tuition, provide a stipend and offer recipients a summer clerkship in one of the firm’s offices.

Long-time labor and employment lawyers Brent Ballow and Mark Floyd have joined the Nashville law firm of Miller & Martin PLLC. They will work in the employment and labor law practice group. Between the two, Ballow and Floyd have negotiated more than 150 labor contracts and handled more than 120 representation or decertification union elections. They will continue to publish their free labor-related e-newsletters under the Avant Resources masthead.

In other news, the Chattanooga office of Miller & Martin has added new associate M. Craig Smith, who will work in the areas of bankruptcy and creditors’ rights as well as general litigation. Smith graduated from the University of Arkansas School of Law in 2005, where he was a member of the Arkansas Law Review. Prior to joining Miller & Martin, Smith clerked for Judge W. Neil Thomas III of the Hamilton County Circuit Court.

Thomas E. Bartrum, a partner with Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis LLP in Nashville, has updated and expanded his book Diagnostic Imaging Centers: Legal and Regulatory Issues for a second publishing. This new edition provides practical strategies, advice, suggested resolutions, and detailed references for representing clients with complex health law issues. Bartrum practices exclusively in health care regulatory and transactional areas, with a substantial amount of his practice being devoted to imaging facilities.

Harris Shelton Hanover Walsh PLLC has hired Emily A. Farrow and Margaret J. Paige as associates in the law firm’s Memphis offices. Farrow graduated from the University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law in 2003. She will work in the areas of business and real estate transactions and corporate governance. Paige also earned her law degree from the University of Memphis but did so in December 2005. She will concentrate her practice in the areas of medical malpractice and commercial litigation.

The firm also recently announced that partner Allen S. Blair has been appointed to the Tennessee Supreme Court’s Alternative Dispute Resolution Commission, which assists the court in administering mediation programs. At the firm, Blair provides mediation and arbitration services in labor, employee benefits, municipality and bankruptcy law cases. He is a certified mediator and teaches alternative dispute resolution classes at the University of Memphis School of Law. He earned his law degree from the Vanderbilt Law School in 1970.

The Lawrence County Bar Association has re-elected George Benson (Ben) Boston as its president. Boston practices law at the firm of Boston, Holt & Sockwell PLLC in Lawrenceburg.

Robert A. Doll III has joined the law firm of Craft & Sheppard PLC in its Brentwood and Columbia offices. He will handle tax and estate planning cases, elder and family law, real estate, business transactions and construction law. Doll graduated from the University of North Dakota School of Law. Prior to law school, he obtained his master’s in public accounting and worked with accounting firms in Tennessee and Louisiana. He is a native of Fayette County.

Lisa K. Helton has joined the Nashville firm of Sherrard & Roe PLC as an associate in the litigation law group. Helton earned her law degree in May 2004 from the University of Tennessee College of Law and graduated Order of the Coif. While in law school, she was a member of the Tennessee Law Review. She spent last year as a law clerk to Judge William C. Koch Jr. of the Tennessee Court of Appeals.

The Memphis law firm of Burch, Porter & Johnson PLLC has added W. Rowlett Scott to its roster of attorneys. Scott focuses his practice in the areas of real estate, commercial lending, creditor bankruptcy, title insurance defense and business transactions. Prior to joining the firm, he was a member of Armstrong Allen in Memphis. Scott received his law degree from Yale University.

The new vice president and president-elect of the Jackson-Madison County Bar Association is Jeffrey Mueller of Jackson. Rick (William) Kendall of Waldrop & Hall PA also has been elected to serve as the association’s treasurer.

Thomas M. Donnell Jr., managing member of Stewart, Estes & Donnell in Nashville, has been selected to the International Who’s Who of Product Liability Lawyers, an organization based in London. Donnell’s legal practice includes product liability litigation in the areas of pharmaceutical products, medical devices and mechanical equipment.

In other firm news, Colleen M. Sweeney has joined the Nashville office as an associate. She practices in the area of civil litigation with an emphasis in civil rights and employment law. She received her law degree from the University of Mississippi School of Law.

The Knoxville law firm of Kramer Rayson LLP has recruited Shannon D. Coleman to join the firm as special counsel. Coleman will practice in the business and employment groups, continuing to focus on business and real estate transactions and health care law (including regulatory matters, fraud and abuse law and HIPAA). Coleman received her law degree from the University of Tennessee College of Law and previously practiced with Holifield & Associates PC and Gentry, Tipton & McLemore PC.

Nashville lawyer Martha L. Boyd has joined the law firm of Boult, Cummings, Conners & Berry PLC as an associate. She previously spent seven years in the Cincinnati and Nashville offices of Frost Brown Todd LLC, where she focused on labor and employment law. In her new role, she will practice in the areas of business litigation and labor and employment. Boyd is a former major in the U.S. Army Reserve and a captain in the U.S. Army. She received her law degree in 1999 from the Vanderbilt University Law School.

The Kingsport Bar Association has elected new officers for the coming bar year. They are: President David Blankenship; President-Elect J. Michael Billingsley with the City of Kingsport; Vice President Don Mason of Shine & Mason; Secretary Jimmie Miller of Hunter, Smith & Davis LLP; and Treasurer Steve Huret with Wilson, Worley, Moore, Gamble & Stout PC.

Richard A. Fisher of the Richard Fisher Law Office in Cleveland has been elected to the Board of Directors for the TLPJ Foundation, the nonprofit parent of the national public interest law firm Trial Lawyers for Public Justice. He joins two other board members from Tennessee: former TLPJ Foundation President Mary A. Parker of Parker & Crofford in Nashville and J.D. Lee of Lee, Lee & Lee in Knoxville.

Settlement Solutions LLC has announced its formation and the opening of its headquarters at 80 Monroe Avenue, Suite 525 in Memphis. The company will provide skilled neutrals to conduct mediation and arbitration services across Tennessee. Founding principals include Rick Rudstrom and Betty Ann Milligan. In the coming year, the company plans to open offices in Nashville, Knoxville and Chattanooga.

Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs LLP has hired Taylor Gray as an associate in its Memphis office. Gray practices in the areas of commercial real estate development, land use, commercial lending and shopping center law. He received his law degree from the University of Memphis in 2003.

The Williamson County Bar Association has elected Jack Welch of Sidwell & Barrett in Franklin as its treasurer.

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WELCOME The TBA welcomes itsnew information systems coordinator, Bob Burke. An Ohio native, he attended the University of Toledo and has spent 17 years working with Macintosh computer systems. He most recently worked for McGraw-Hill in Columbus, Ohio, and prior that that, with the Ohio Department of Education.

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Alfred MacFarland, 89, of Castalian Springs died on June 7. He earned his law degree from the Cumberland School of Law and began practicing in 1942. A long-time member of the TBA, he achieved senior counselor status in 1992.

McFarland’s friend, lawyer Jac Chambliss of Chattanooga, recalls this about him:

He was in the Marine Corps as a First Lt. during World War II, stationed at the Pentagon. He later practiced in Lebanon, and still later was appointed to the Interstate Commerce Commission, serving under presidents Nixon, Ford and Carter. Then Alfred returned to the general practice of law … which to him was always a profession, in the true sense. Among his many talents was his storytelling ability. He told them without affectation, in his warm, Southern voice. All who knew Alfred will miss him.