| July 2009 E-DICT under new management With the start of the new bar year and new leadership for the Young Lawyers Division, the YLD's monthly electronic newsletter E-DICT, is now in the hands of Knoxville lawyer Hanson Tipton. Tipton is a member with Watson, Roach, Batson, Rowell & Lauderback PLC where he practices in the areas of civil litigation, government tort liability, workers' comp and medical malpractice defense. Before joining the firm, he clerked for the late Tennessee Senior Judge John K. Byers. He earned his law degree from the University of Tennessee College of Law in 2002. Tipton previously served the YLD as editor of the Tennessee Young Lawyer and as the Knoxville city captain for the CLE Committee. Many thanks to immediate past editor Mary Petrinjak of Jackson for a job well done as editor of this publication last year. To submit news items for E-DICT please contact Tipton at htipton@watsonroach.com. Blount YLD affiliate approved The Blount County Bar Association Young Lawyers Division was officially approved as an affiliate of the TBA YLD at the division's annual meeting in Memphis last month. That move gives the Blount County YLD a seat on the TBA YLD Board to represent the concerns of its members to the state bar. Officers of the new affiliate include President Ashley Estell Eckerle with Garrett & Boyd PLLC in Maryville, Vice President Rob Huddleston with the Huddleston Law Firm in Knoxville, Secretary Gena Lewis with the Law Offices of Ogle, Elrod & Baril in Knoxville, and Treasurer Nick Black with the Law Office of Nicholas A. Black in Maryville. Social networking CLE series set for August The TBA is offering a four-part series on social networking for lawyers through its web cast CLE program each Wednesday in August. Speakers will look at what social networking is, how it is affecting the business of law and how it is affecting the practice of both civil and criminal law. Don't miss this opportunity to better understand the advantages and pitfalls of this technology trend. Each session runs for one hour, from 12 noon to 1 p.m. CDT, and offers one hour of general credit. Learn more about each session or register online using the links below. Aug. 5: Intro to Social Networking for Lawyers Aug. 12: Social Networks & Civil Law Issues Aug. 19: Social Networks & IP Law Issues Aug. 26: Social Networks & Criminal Law Issues Law school visits on tap for fall The TBA YLD will be back on campus this fall with its annual law school outreach program. This year the visits will include the new Duncan School of Law in Knoxville, which opens with its first class of part-time students this academic year. Stay tuned for details about the visits. Spending just an hour with law students can really make a difference in their lives and their choices about a career in the law. For questions about the YLD's law school outreach initiative, please contact Membership and Law School Outreach Chair Nathan Shelby at nshelby@raineykizer.com. Upcoming CLE for new and young lawyers The TBA YLD has a number of exciting CLEs in the works for the upcoming year as part of its commitment to provide members across the state with interesting, relevant and enjoyable CLE programs. The first onsite CLE will be Transactional Practice, scheduled for Oct. 22 in Nashville. This six-hour program will cover a range of transactional issues such as choosing a business entity, understanding the M&A process, working with distressed companies, and counseling boards and managers, just to name a few. The program is geared toward new attorneys, as well as those who need a refresher in transactional issues. Another program already scheduled is the YLD's annual ethics seminar. Set for Feb. 19, 2010, in Knoxville, Memphis and Nashville, this annual program is designed to "demystify" the ethics process through the use of hypotheticals and role-playing. The YLD CLE Committee also will offer the division's annual trial practice program in April 2010 and produce several web casts throughout the year. In addition, the committee is working on other course ideas and is interested in hearing from you as to what CLEs you would like to see offered. Please contact committee chair Stacie Winkler at swinkler@bakerdonelson.com with any suggestions. For questions about CLE offerings around the state, feel free to contact your regional captain: Chris McCarty in East Tennessee, Brian Winfrey in Middle Tennessee and Stacie Winkler in West Tennessee. Who's in the news? Nashville lawyer and TBA YLD Board member Matt Potempa recently opened his own law office in downtown Nashville. Potempa is active in the Nashville, Tennessee and American bar associations as well as several Nashville area nonprofit organizations. He also is the American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division's 2009-2011 District Representative for Tennessee and Kentucky as well as its liaison to the Judicial Division of the ABA. His practice will include representation of individuals and businesses in civil litigation as well as criminal and domestic matters. He can be reached at (615) 255-5007 or matt@potempafirm.com. Got news? Do you have news or information to share? E-DICT and the Tennessee Young Lawyer (TYL) can be your megaphone. E-DICT is a monthly e-newsletter designed to keep YLD members in the loop on recent happenings within the division. Submissions are always welcome, and should be forwarded to editor Hanson Tipton at htipton@watsonroach.com. TYL is a quarterly publication, which also offers opportunities to publish substantive legal articles. Contact editor Lesli Love at lesli.love@wallerlaw.com for more details. |
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Vol. 8, No. 1 IN THIS ISSUE FROM THE EDITOR You are receiving E-DICT as a member benefit of the Tennessee Bar Association Young Lawyers Division. E-DICT features information about upcoming YLD events and ways to get involved, while at the same time showing that we do not take ourselves too seriously. E-DICT is sent monthly to all TBA young lawyer members, law student members, affiliate representatives and TBA YLD Fellows. If you have comments or suggestions regarding the newsletter, please contact the editor at htipton@watsonroach.com Hanson Tipton Knoxville ABOUT THIS PUBLICATION Statements or opinions expressed in this newsletter are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the Tennessee Bar Association, its officers, board or staff. SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION Please note: unsubscribing will cancel all electronic communications from the TBA. |
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