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August, 2009

Cover Story

Breakin' Up Is Hard to Do

But these formulas for dividing marital assets will make your job easier

Feature Story

What Attorneys Need to Know About Insurance

Of course a corresponding declaration might be, "What insurance people need to know about the law and the legal system!" Ideally, enough professional humility might prevail that each profession can complement the other.

Feature Story

You Might Be a Problem Client If ...

Interrogatory Answers

Jeff Foxworthy claims to be able to identify a "redneck" through his combination of experience, skill and expertise. His specialty is reciting ad nauseum, "You might be a redneck if ..." followed by some descriptive involvement with mobile homes, fast food, obesity, chewing tobacco, NASCAR and incest.

President's Perspective

Feel the Love

The 127th Tennessee Bar Association Annual Convention in Memphis was a resounding success. The TBA, Tennessee Association for Justice, Tennessee Lawyers Association for Women, Tennessee Alliance for Black Lawyers and the Tennessee Judicial Conference met simultaneously for a week-long extravaganza of world-class CLE, well-deserved celebrations of great...

People

Lawyers and staff with the Nashville office of Waller Lansden Dortch...

But Seriously, Folks

The Right to Bear Arms ... Bare Butts and Big Bellies

Mark Twain once said he would rather have termites infest his house than have the Missouri Legislature go into session. Some cynical folks feel the same way about the Tennessee Legislature. But not me. Some of my best friends are members of the Tennessee Legislature, and I have the cancelled checks to prove it.

Book Review

Picking Cotton: Our Memoir of Injustice and Redemption

By Jennifer Thompson-Cannino and Ronald Cotton with Erin Torneo | St. Martin's Press | $25.95 | 298 pages | 2009

Jennifer Thompson picked Ronald Cotton from a photo display and a lineup after being raped in 1984 while a student at Elon College in Burlington, N.C. Cotton was convicted. He served almost 11 years until freed by DNA and a confession...

Where There's a Will

How to Beat the New Mortality Table

Sooner or later, all of our estate planning clients will die. If we could accurately predict their dates of death, we could help them save a lot of gift and estate taxes. This is because there are planning techniques that work best precisely when the IRS mortality table is wrong, i.e., when you can reasonably bet that a particular person will live much...

News

Gov. Signs Judicial Election Plan

Panel recruitment underway

On June 25, Gov. Phil Bredesen signed into law the new judicial election plan for merit selection of all judges, and performance evaluation and retention election of appellate judges.

The first step in implementing the plan is the appointment of the new Judicial Nominating Commission, the 17-...

Disciplinary Actions

Reinstated

The following attorneys have been reinstated to the practice of law after complying with Supreme Court Rule 21, which requires mandatory continuing legal education: Charles Philip Carter, Knoxville, and Jennifer Rene Rich Mueller, Nashville.

On June 15, the Supreme Court lifted a...

Paine on Procedure

Two Long-Arm Statutes

We have more than two. They begin at Tenn. Code Ann. §20-2-201 (dating back to 1887) and include the 1932 nonresident motorist statute ( §20-2-203). But herein we'll compare the two laws most frequently referred to as "long-arm" statutes.

Senior Moments

Busting Myths about Veteran's Benefits and Medicaid

As our Greatest Generation ages we are seeing more veterans, spouses, and bewildered adult children searching for answers about accessing and financing long-term care. In 2000, there were about 10 million veterans over the age of 65. About half of those were WWII veterans and more than 3 million were veterans of the Korean War.[1] We have many folks who...