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Leadership
Administrative Law Leadership
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Chair David Grimmett Grimmett Law Firm, PLLC dgrimmett@grimmettlawfirm.com 315 Deaderick St Ste 1210
Nashville, TN 37238See map: Google Maps |
David Grimmett is a former law clerk to the Administrative Law Judges who oversee contested cases before the State Licensing Boards. Within two weeks of passing the bar, he tried his first matter before the Board of Nursing Home Administrators. Since that time, he has represented several licensed professionals ranging from nurses to doctors and EMTs to appraisers. He is a board member of the |
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Immediate Past Chair Alex Fisher Frost Brown Todd LLC afisher@fbtlaw.com 150 3rd Avenue South, Suite 1900
Nashville, TN 37201See map: Google Maps |
Alex Fisher, a senior associate attorney at Frost Brown Todd in Nashville, has a practice with an emphasis in health care related boards, including the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners and the Tennessee Board of Nursing. Alex is currently a faculty member at the Vanderbilt Center for Professional Health, where she teaches a Continuing Medical Education course, which is a part of the Center |
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Middle TN Delegate Christy Allen Tennessee Treasury Department christy.allen@tn.gov 502 Deaderick St., 13th Floor, Andrew Jackson Bldg.
Nashville, TN 37243See map: Google Maps |
Christy A. Allen is the Assistant Treasurer for the Tennessee Treasury Department’s Legal, Compliance and Audit Division. In this role, Ms. Allen oversees the attorneys and compliance and internal audit staff in the Department. |
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Middle TN Delegate Tom Stovall Tenn Dept of State Admin Procedures Div tom.stovall@tn.gov 312 Rosa L. Parks Ave
Nashville, TN 37243See map: Google Maps |
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Middle TN Delegate Don Baltimore Farris Bobango PLC dbaltimore@farris-law.com 414 Union Street, Suite 1105
Nashville, TN 37219See map: Google Maps |
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Middle TN Delegate Dan Elrod Butler Snow LLP dan.elrod@butlersnow.com 150 3rd Avenue South, Suite 1600
Nashville, TN 37201See map: Google Maps |
Dan H. Elrod practices in the areas of healthcare, government relations and insurance. He received a B.S. from Middle Tennessee State University in 1970 and received his J.D. from Tulane University in 1973. Mr. Elrod is admitted to practice in Tennessee. |
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Middle TN Delegate Betsy Knotts Tennessee State Board of Equalization betsy.knotts@cot.tn.gov 425 5th Ave N
Nashville, TN 37243-3400See map: Google Maps |
In my role as Executive Secretary to the Tennessee State Board of Equalization, I supervise legal and administrative staff, hear statewide property tax appeals, review tax exemptions, provide research and support to the Tennessee General Assembly, and have oversight responsibilities related to property tax incentive programs (TIF/PILOT) and the certified tax rate disclosure process. |
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Middle TN Delegate Tom Lee Frost Brown Todd LLC tlee@fbtlaw.com 150 3rd Ave So Ste 1900
Nashville, TN 37201See map: Google Maps |
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Middle TN Delegate Bill Penny Burr & Forman LLP bpenny@burr.com 222 Second Ave So, Ste 2000
Nashville, TN 37201See map: Google Maps |
Bill is the chair of Burr & Forman's Environmental Practice Group and has a wide range of experience in environmental law at the state and federal levels, including natural resource law, mining, remediation, negotiation with regulatory agencies in environmental matters, superfund litigation, RCRA matters, brownfield redevelopment, wetlands, water quality, radiological waste and |
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Middle TN Delegate John Reinbold State of TN - Dept of Transportation John.Reinbold@tn.gov 505 Deaderick Street, Suite 300, James K. Polk Building
Nashville, TN 37243See map: Google Maps |
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Middle TN Delegate Thaddeus Watkins Law Office, Department Of General Services, State Of Tn thaddeus.e.watkins@tn.gov 312 ROSA PARKS BLVD, TN TOWER, 22nd FL
Nashville, TN 37243-1102See map: Google Maps |
Thaddeus E. Watkins, III is the general counsel for the Tennessee Department of General Services. Mr. Watkins has worked as an attorney for the State of Tennessee for over thirty (30) years and served as general counsel for the Department of Commerce and Insurance before accepting that position with the Department of General Services in 2003. His experience includes serving |
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Staff Coordinator Jarod Word Tennessee Bar Association jword@tnbar.org 221 4th Avenue N. Suite 400
Nashville, TN 37219See map: Google Maps |
Jarod Word is a Sections and Committees Coordinator at the Tennessee Bar Association. In that position, works with a number of the TBA's 32 sections and 16 committees, facilitating meetings, assisting with newsletters and ensuring they operate smoothly. Prior to joining TBA, Jarod served as Project Coordinator for Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands. While at LAS he |