TBA House of Delegates Meeting

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Activity
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Friday, October 5, 2012 - 10:00am

Fall Meeting of the TBA House of Delegates

Seventh Annual Corporate Counsel Pro Bono Initiative Gala

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Featured Event
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Saturday, March 2, 2013 - 5:00pm

The Seventh Annual Corporate Counsel Pro Bono Initiative Gala will be held on Saturday, March 2, at The Hermitage Hotel in Nashville. Cocktail reception begins at 6 p.m., followed by the dinner program at 7 p.m. For tickets or to learn more about sponsorship opportunities, visit the Corporate Counsel Pro Bono Initiative website or contact Liz Todaro at 615-383-7421

Fall Access to Justice Committee Meeting

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Activity
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Thursday, September 27, 2012 - 9:00am

The TBA Access to Justice Committee will hold its fall meeting on Thursday, September 27, 9:00 a.m. - Noon, at Paris Landing State Park in conjunction with TALS' Equal Justice University http://www.tals.org/equal-justice-university-2012

Trotter to Lead House in Coming Year

By Barry Kolar on Wed, 06/06/2012 - 5:00pm

The House of Delegates reviewed a number of policy issues during its session today in Memphis as part of the TBA Annual Convention. In addition, House Speaker Claudia Jack passed the gavel to Charlie Trotter, who will lead the body in the coming year.

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In Chattanooga - Commercial Lending From Title Insurance to Bank Borrowers (Live Program)

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CLE Programming
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Friday, June 22, 2012 - 8:00am

This program will provide attendees with perspectives from each side of a commercial lending transaction – the lender, the borrower and the title insurer. The program includes presentations by lender’s counsel and borrower’s counsel as to the preparation and negotiation of the documentation and other requirements for closing the deal, followed by a panel discussion among a lender, lender’s counsel and borrower’s counsel.

Wills for Heroes Clinic - Johnson City 2012

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Pro Bono Activity
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Saturday, May 5, 2012 - 9:00am

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 Wills for Heroes Committee Chair Brad Carter.

Project Salute

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Pro Bono Activity
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Friday, May 4, 2012 - 2:00pm

This program educates American veterans on the benefits available to them and helps them obtain those benefits.

24th Annual Health Law Forum

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CLE Programming
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Thursday, October 4, 2012 - 8:00am

Recognized as one of the premier health law programs in the country, this program will include a discussion of the impact of the U.S. Supreme Court's pending decision on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) (a/k/a ObamaCare); as well as presentations on hospital-physician integration models, contracting with health care software vendors from the provider's perspective, monitoring compliance, updates on the Stark law, fraud and abuse issues, HIPAA/HITECH issues, Tennessee health law and legislative action, the always popular ethics panel; and many more exciting topics.

Former Chancellor Kilcrease Dies

By Suzanne Robertson on Tue, 03/20/2012 - 2:34pm

Irvin H. Kilcrease Jr., a former Davidson County chancery court judge who served on the bench for more than two decades and was one of the Nashville School of Law’s first African-American graduates, died Monday night. He was 80. Kilcrease was appointed to the bench in 1980 and served until his retirement in 2003. He previously served as an assistant U.S. attorney in Nashville and worked in private practice and as a public defender. Arrangements were not complete at press time. The Tennessean reports on his life.

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What Attorneys Need to Know about the New Amended Code of Judicial Conduct (Live Program)

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CLE Programming
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Wednesday, May 9, 2012 - 12:30pm

Join us on May 9th for The Code of Judicial Conduct seminar that will be held in Nashville. Since this marks the first time in more than 20 years that a new set of Judicial Conduct rules has been adopted by the Tennessee Supreme Court, attorneys need to know the most important information that will affect them in their profession. Produced by Gail Vaughn Ashworth, who was instrumental in the work to help make this amendment happen, the seminar will cover timely topics such as disqualifications/recusals, an advanced overview of the Amended code and other hot topics that relate to attorneys.