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

Judge Gives More Time for Mosque Construction

By Suzanne Robertson on Fri, 07/27/2012 - 3:24pm

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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Chancellor Was Ready to Block Mosque Construction

By Stacey Shrader ... on Thu, 07/26/2012 - 3:44pm

If a federal judge had not overturned a partial injunction barring the Islamic Center of Murfreesboro from opening, Chancellor Robert Corlew III would have halted completion of the mosque, according to court documents filed last week. According to these documents, Corlew said he was preparing to order officials with the Rutherford County Building Codes Department to immediately stop construction of the center “for the reason that the structure is being built without a valid site plan…” Now that the federal court has asserted jurisdiction, the local court has suspended its involvement. Learn more in the Murfreesboro Post

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