Last December, I had a multiday trial. The case involved a lot of documents so I had a big load of banker’s boxes to get into the courthouse from my vehicle early on the first day of trial. I had just loaded a dolly with boxes and begun pushing it toward the court house doors when I was approached by a polite, well-dressed young man who offered his...

Kara Hunter has joined the Nashville law firm of Gilbert Russell McWherter PLC as an associate. Hunter is a 2011 graduate of the University of Memphis School of Law. She will work primarily in the firm’s civil litigation group as a labor and employment lawyer.

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP recently welcomed E....

On June 28, the United States Supreme Court issued its long-awaited decision in the case of National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius, or Freedom-Loving Right-Thinking Americans vs. Crazy Liberal Obama Care or Right-Wing Nut Jobs Who Are Determined to Drag Us All Back to the Dark Ages vs. The Wonderfully-Sensible...

My colleague, Elizabeth Wilee Sims, is fond of asking our clients and their constituents, “What keeps you up at night?” It’s a good conversation starter and a way to find out what’s uppermost on clients’ minds. We are rarely surprised by the answers but fascinated by perspectives.

Bankers

Bankers remain worried about the economy and how...

By Bryan A. Garner | Oxford University Press | $42.84 | 991 pages | 2011

I am nutty enough to enjoy reading dictionaries. Three are at my left hand: the one I’m reviewing and Black’s (edited by Garner) and Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate. A fourth is within left arm’s reach: the compact OED.

Why do smart appellate...

Few cases become standard references in gift tax planning: Crummey, Cristofani, Hackl.[1] Add another to our short list: Wandry,[2] a case many of us dared hope for, one that a reviewer said “may be the ‘Blockbuster Case of the Year.’”[3] It provides a simple yet revolutionary way to limit gift tax exposure, and I predict that the...