Construction Section

This section was formed to serve the needs of Tennessee attorneys practicing in the area of construction law. Its purpose is to further the knowledge of its members and to act as an advocate for those attorneys in the legislature and the courts.

Construction Leadership

Chair
Jerry Martin
112 Glenleigh Court Ste 1
Knoxville, TN 37934
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jerrymartinlaw@aol.com
(865)777-2700
Immediate Past Chair
Mary Beth Hagan
Hagan & Farrar, PLLC
106 N. Church St.
Murfreesboro, TN 37130
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marybeth@haganfarrar.com
(615)800-4747
Vice-Chair
Beth Stengel
Evans Petree, P.C.
1000 Ridgeway Loop, Suite 200
Memphis, TN 38120
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bstengel@evanspetree.com
(901)474-6138

Construction News

Appeals Court Rules Notice OK for Mosque Project

By Brittany Sims on Fri, 05/31/2013 - 4:03pm

An appeals court ruled this week that the Rutherford County Regional Planning Commission provided proper public notice before approving construction plans for the Islamic Center of Murfreesboro mosque in 2010, the Tennessean reports. The appeals court reversed Chancellor Robert Corlew III’s decision that the county’s public notice in The Murfreesboro Post about the meeting time, date and location without an agenda, didn’t reach enough people before planning commissioners approved the mosque plans. The plaintiffs’ attorney Joe Brandon said Thursday that the Tennessee Supreme Court will be asked to reverse the ruling.

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Judge Gives More Time for Mosque Construction

By Suzanne Robertson on Fri, 07/27/2012 - 4:24pm

U.S. District Judge Kevin Sharp agreed Thursday to give the Islamic Center of Murfreesboro more time to complete construction and occupy its new building. Sharp extended a temporary restraining order until Aug. 15 after another federal judge last week ordered Rutherford County to restart the inspection process on the mosque. Nashville-based U.S. Attorney Jerry Martin said his office and Rutherford County asked the federal judge to provide more time to allow the ICM to complete the new mosque and obtain a certificate of occupancy after passing final inspections from the local government.

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