YLD Fellows

The YLD Fellows promotes the objectives of the Young Lawyers Division, encourages young lawyers to be active in the Tennessee Bar Association and enables members to maintain friendships they had developed while serving in the TBA YLD.

YLD Fellows Leadership

Immediate Past President
Cindy Wyrick
Ogle, Gass & Richardson PC
PO Box 5365
Sevierville, TN 378645365
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crwyrick@ogrlawfirm.com
(865)453-2866
President
Angela Nystrom
University of Tennessee
600 Andy Holt Tower
Knoxville, TN 37996
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anystrom@tennessee.edu
(865)974-8634
Vice President
Andrew Sellers
Purcell Sellers & Craig Inc
PO Box 10547
Jackson, TN 383080547
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andrew@psclegal.com
(731)300-0737

YLD Fellows News

2013 Law Student Leadership Class Named

By Stacey Shrader ... on Mon, 01/07/2013 - 3:54pm

The 2013 class of the TBA Diversity Leadership Institute was announced today. The six-month leadership and mentoring program for law school students is sponsored by the TBA's Young Lawyers Division. This year it is made up of 18 students who will gather for their first meeting Jan. 18 in Nashville in conjunction with the TBA Leadership Conference.

Class members are: Shana Berkeley, Brett Knight, Kimberlee McTorry, Daniela Quintero and Ashley Upkins from the Belmont College of Law; Aisha DeBerry from the Duncan School of Law; Sonia Boss, Cynthia Brown, Cole Rogers, Mike Sandler and Tracey Williams from the Nashville School of Law; Anthony Adewumi, James Cobb, Jayniece Higgins and Jerry Ivery from the University of Memphis School of Law; and Estefania Chavez, LaToyia Trotter and Yessle Yi from the University of Tennessee College of Law. The program is being chaired this year by Memphis attorney Ahsaki Baptist and Nashville lawyer Brian Winfrey.

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Fellows Induct New Members, Honor Larry Wilks

By Stacey Shrader ... on Thu, 06/28/2012 - 5:55pm

The TBA YLD Fellows held its annual meeting and inducted new members at the YLD & Fellows Dinner, held in conjunction with the TBA Convention. New officers elected were President Angelia Morie Nystrom with the University of Tennessee in Knoxville; Vice President Andrew V. Sellers with Purcell Sellers & Craig in Jackson; Secretary Charlotte Knight Griffin with Memphis Light, Gas & Water in Memphis; and Treasurer J. Russell Parkes with Hardin, Parkes, Kelley & Carter in Columbia. Cynthia Richardson Wyrick with Ogle, Gass & Richardson in Sevierville assumed the office of immediate past president.

The group also welcomed nine new members: Tara M. Aaron with Aaron Sanders Law in Nashville; Tasha C. Blakney with Eldridge, Blakney & Trant in Knoxville; Anna Banks Cash with the Office of the 26th District Attorney in Jackson; E. Evan Cope with Cope, Hudson, Reed & McCreary in Murfreesboro; L. Carter Massengill with Massengill, Caldwell & Coughlin in Bristol; Alicia Brown Oliver with Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel in Chattanooga; Candice Reed with Ceridian Corporation in Nashville; and Michael P. Sayne with Pilot Travel Centers in Knoxville. Knoxville lawyer Harry P. Ogden was named an honorary Fellow for his support and mentoring of young lawyers. He practices with Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz.

Above: Cindy Wyrick (left) welcomes Harry Ogden as the YLD Fellows 2012
Honorary Fellow

Finally, the Fellows awarded it annual William M. Leech Jr. Public Service Award to former Springfield lawyer and TBA president Larry Dean Wilks, who died Aug. 30, 2011. The award, presented posthumously, recognized Wilks’s service to the practice of law, the bar and the profession. The award was presented by Wyrick and accepted by Wilks' widow Jan and son John. Given annually by the TBA Young Lawyers Division Fellows, the Leech Award is named for former Attorney General William M. Leech. It honors a lawyer who has given outstanding service to the profession, legal system and the community.

Above: Jan Wilks thanks the TBA YLD Fellows for recognizing her late
husband and former TBA president Larry Wilks with the 2012 Leech Award

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YLD Fellows Events

Wills for Heroes Clinic - Red Bank

Event Types: 
Pro Bono Activity
Date: 
Saturday, April 20, 2013 - 9:00am

Contact:
Jason Demastus
(423) 943-3101
demastuslaw@aol.com

Sponsored by the TBA Young Lawyers Division, the Wills for Heroes program provides wills, powers of attorney and other end-of-life documents for first responders in the state of Tennessee. To get involved or to request a clinic in your area, please contact committee chair Bradley Carter.

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