From the perspective of diversity, Tennessee's current situation relative to females in the legal profession is outstanding, at least relatively speaking. As my predecessor Gail Ashworth noted in a column last year, we have had our first (and now second) female chief justice, and females enjoy a majority on the Supreme Court. Gail was the fourth female...

The Nashville law firm of Parker, Lawrence, Cantrell...

You say your 401(k) is now a 201(f)? You lost your nest egg in pork belly futures? You spent your vacation in Tunica, Mississippi, and ended up spending not only your vacation but all your savings and your retirement account as well? Well, I'm no E.F. Hutton. When I talk, you generally shouldn't listen. I lost my money the old-fashioned way.

Spent...

Bobby Hoppe was a football star at Chattanooga Central High and Auburn University. He played halfback on offense and defense with Auburn's 1957 national championship team.

On a July 1957 night he shot Don Hudson at Bell Avenue in Chattanooga. Three decades later, in June 1988, he was tried for first degree murder. I'll let you read this book by...

As we leave the holiday season behind, we notice that the Court of Criminal Appeals left two gifts behind the tree to lawyers who practice personal injury law on behalf of plaintiffs. These are unusual gifts from an unusual source, but they have the propensity to impact tort lawyers and their clients.

The purpose of pre-nuptial and post-nuptial agreements is to determine each party's rights in the other's property, spousal support, and other related issues if divorce or death occurs.[1] Such agreements can be drafted to protect an increase in the value of, and the income from, separate property even if the nonowner spouse "substantially contributes to...