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Counsel On Call recently announced that Candice L. Reed has been promoted to executive director of its Nashville office. In her new position, Reed will focus on business development and day-to-day operations of the office. Prior to joining Counsel On Call in 2005, Reed practiced commercial litigation in the Nashville office of Miller & Martin PLLC. Reed earned her law degree from the University of Tennessee College of Law where she served as chair of the Speaker Series, co-chair of the College of Law Development Council and editor of the Tennessee Law Review.

Nashville’s Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis LLP recently announced the addition of two new partners and two new associates at the firm, all four of whom previously worked for Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz. J. Randolph Bibb Jr. and Lea Carol Owen join the firm as partners. Bibb, who has more than 20 years of experience defending manufacturers and sellers in products liability and toxic tort litigation, received his law degree in 1981 from the Vanderbilt University School of Law. Owen, who practices complex commercial litigation, earned her law degree from Vanderbilt University. Robert F. Chapski and Sarah McBride join the firm’s trial and appellate practice in Nashville as associates. Chapski will focus his practice on products liability and commercial litigation, with an emphasis on automobile products liability defense. He graduated from the University of Tennessee College of Law in 2002. McBride will focus in the areas of automobile and transportation litigation. A former assistant attorney general for the state, she earned her law degree from the Cumberland School of Law at Samford University in 2001.

In other news from the firm, partner Robert E. Boston has been named a fellow of the American Bar Foundation. Boston serves on the firm’s board of directors and chairs the trial and appellate practice group. His legal practice focuses on complex commercial and employment litigation. He earned his law degree in 1981 from the University of Tennessee College of Law.

James M. Doran Jr., also a partner, was inducted recently into the International Academy of Trial Lawyers. He earned his law degree from the University of Tennessee in 1968 and has more than 35 years of litigation experience.

L. Gino Marchetti Jr., a partner in the Nashville-based firm of Taylor, Pigue and Marchetti PLLC, was named president-elect of the International Association of Defense Counsel at its annual meeting in Rome, Italy. He will assume the office of president in July 2007. Marchetti, who earned his law degree from the University of Tennessee College of Law in 1976, practices in the areas of employment law, bankruptcy, creditors’ rights and commercial and business litigation.

Tennessee Court of Appeals Judge Sharon Lee attended the Dwight D. Opperman Institute of Judicial Administration at the New York University School of Law in July. A select group of state and federal appellate judges from around the country participated in the training. Lee’s attendance was made possible by a scholarship from the State Justice Institute, a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the quality of justice in state courts, facilitating coordination between state and federal courts and fostering innovative solutions to problems common to all courts. Lee, a native of Monroe County, was appointed to the Court of Appeals in 2004.

In May, the New Orleans-based firm of Adams and Reese opened an office in Memphis with 15 attorneys formerly with Armstrong Allen PLLC. Lawyers making the move were: Cannon F. Allen, Donna L. Boyce, Brian S. Faughnan, Stephen Hester, James B. McLaren Jr., G. Thomas McPherson, Lisa A. Moore, Mark S. Norris, Tricia T. Olson, Lucian T. Pera, Thomas R. Prewitt Jr., Henry C. Shelton III, Jeffrey C. Smith, Emily Campbell Taube and Joseph B. Walker.

The firm also has announced that state Sen. Mark S. Norris has been elected chairman of the Economic Development, Transportation and Cultural Affairs Committee of the Southern Legislative Conference. Norris already serves on the conference’s executive committee. A 1980 graduate of the University of Denver College of Law, Norris continues to chair the Tennessee Senate Transportation and Safety Committee and practice law in Memphis.

Gary M. Brown, chair of the corporate department at Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC, recently testified before the U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations on how offshore tax havens and tax shelters are used to circumvent compliance with U.S. laws. Since 1994, Brown has taught corporate and securities law at the Vanderbilt University School of Law and has been a frequent instructor for a range of securities and ethics programs. In 2002, he served as special counsel to the Senate committee during the investigation of the Enron Corp. and consideration of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

President George W. Bush has appointed Tennessee-licensed attorney Hans A. von Spakovsky as a commissioner of the Federal Election Commission. Spakovsky previously served in the U.S. Department of Justice as counsel to the assistant attorney general for civil rights. In that position he provided expertise and advice on voting and election issues, including the Help America Vote Act of 2002. Spakovsky graduated from the Vanderbilt University School of Law in 1984.

Memphis attorneys Al Harvey and Lucian Pera have been selected to chair two important American Bar Association committees. Al Harvey, a partner at Thomason Hendrix Harvey Johnson & Mitchell, will chair the ABA Standing Committee on Law and National Security, while Lucian Pera, a partner at Adams and Reese, will chair the Standing Committee on Technology and Information Systems.

The Memphis law firm of Burch, Porter & Johnson PLLC recently hired John R. McCann as a new associate attorney. McCann focuses his practice in the areas of products liability and personal injury defense. Prior to joining the firm he worked at McNabb, Bragorgos & Burgess in Memphis. McCann graduated from the University of Mississippi School of Law in 2003.

Jean Crowe, managing attorney for the family law section of the Legal Aid Society’s Nashville office, has been appointed to a three-year term on the American Bar Association Commission on Domestic Violence. Crowe, who has been with the Legal Aid Society for more than 20 years, earned her law degree from the University of Wisconsin in 1981 and a diploma from the Institute on International and Comparative Law in Paris.

Bass, Berry & Sims welcomes attorney Jennifer M. Eberle, formerly with the firm’s Memphis office, to its Nashville location. Eberle joined the firm in 2003 as an associate in the litigation practice area. Prior to that, she practiced at Husch & Eppenberger LLC in Memphis. Eberle received her law degree in 2001 from the University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law.

In other news from Bass, Berry & Sims, the firm announced that it has won the “2006 Best Law Firm Publication Award” given by the Association of Legal Administrators and the Burton Foundation for its annual report momentum — a publication that recounts business success stories of firm clients.

Chad Whitfield has returned to the estate planning practice at Hunter, Smith & Davis LLP after working in the financial services and wealth management field for the last year. Whitfield previously practiced at the firm from 2000 to 2005. He earned his law degree from St. Thomas University in 1996 and is licensed to practice in Tennessee and Florida. He will work in the firm’s Johnson City and Kingsport offices.

Tennessee-licensed attorney Steven A. Brigance has reestablished his transportation, utility and health care law practice at 3800 Rogers Ave. Suite 6 in Fort Smith, Ark. Brigance formerly practiced at the firm of Steptoe and Johnson and served as transportation counsel for the Tennessee Valley Authority.

Bone McAllester Norton PLLC attorney William T. Cheek III has been selected for the Leadership Nashville Class of 2007. Cheek’s leadership experience includes serving as current chair of the Metro Nashville Arts Commission, chairman of the board for the Center for Nonprofit Management and chairman of the board of Belcourt Yes! Inc. In his law practice, he provides business advice to small businesses and has a nationally recognized alcoholic beverage practice.

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DAVID G. BROWN, 80, longtime head of the Brown, Brown & West real estate firm in Knoxville, died June 23 following a short illness. He earned his law degree from Washington & Lee University and began practicing law in 1948.

GUNDEGA D. GAIGALS, 50, of Goodlettsville died on June 24. At the time of her death, she was working at the personal injury law firm of Michael D. Ponce & Associates in Goodlettsville, where she had practiced since 1998. Gaigals earned her law degree from the University of California School of Law in 1989.

JOHN B. FOWLER, 57, an attorney with the Knoxville law firm of Ambrose, Wilson, Grimm & Durand for over 25 years, died on July 5. He graduated from the University of Kentucky College of Law in 1974 and practiced in the areas of banking, real estate and commercial law.

HUGH WILLIAM HENDRICKS, 92, of Crossville died on July 20. A 1948 graduate of the University of Tennessee College of Law, Hendricks served for 25 years as attorney for the city of Pleasant Hill. He also served as attorney for the Cumberland County Bank from 1962 to 2000. He was retired from the practice of law when he died.

WILLIAM ZANE DANIEL, 66, of Rutledge died Aug. 1 in Seattle, where he was undergoing treatment for cancer. Daniel earned his law degree at the University of Tennessee in 1965 and served as an assistant district attorney from 1967 to 1972. He entered private practice that year and at the time of his death was a partner in the Knoxville firm of Daniel & Oberman. He was a founding member of the Tennessee Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and the Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association. For over 30 years, Daniel practiced civil law, handling virtually every kind of personal injury case as well as criminal cases, representing felony clients in both state and federal court.

JEAN ANDERSON HOLMES, 81, of Germantown died on Aug. 9. Licensed in Tennessee since 1959, Holmes was a long-time member of the Tennessee Bar Association and achieved Senior Counselor status in 2003. She earned her law degree from Southern University Law Center in Baton Rouge, La.

JAMES I. VANCE BERRY, 80, one of the founding members of the Nashville law firm of Boult, Cummings, Conners & Berry, died Aug. 8. A graduate of the Vanderbilt University Law School, Berry began practicing law in 1950 and continued to be active until his death. He focused much of his work over the years in the fields of real estate development, general corporate law and estate planning and administration. He also served as attorney to the city of Belle Meade and taught at the Nashville School of Law, where he held the position of trustee.

STUART E. DUNCAN, 69, of Chattanooga died Sept. 2. Originally from Louisville, Ky., Duncan received his law degree from Duke University in 1963 and at the time of his death, was a senior partner at Duncan & Hatcher PC in Chattanooga. Over the years, he practiced in the areas of commercial litigation and bankruptcy. At Duncan & Hatcher he oversaw the creditor bankruptcy and foreclosure portfolio and was the firm’s chief litigator.

MARTIN LACY WEST, 79, formerly with the Kingsport law firm of West & Rose, died Sept. 4. After graduating from the LaSalle Extension University Law School in 1951, West served as Kingsport’s city judge for three years and as district attorney for the 20th Judicial District for one year. He then entered private practice and focused his work in the areas of civil litigation, medical malpractice, health law, aviation law and civil rights.