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Acree to lead Tennessee Judicial Conference
Circuit Court Judge William B. Acree Jr. has been elected president of the 178-member Tennessee Judicial Conference, which includes all state appellate and trial court judges. Acree, who serves the 27th Judicial District (including Obion and Weakley counties), succeeds Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals Judge D. Kelly Thomas Jr. of Maryville. Other new TJC officers include 20th Judicial District Chancellor Carol L. McCoy, who is the first female president-elect of the conference. She will take office in June 2009. Other officers elected were Vice President James C. Beasley Jr. of the 30th Judicial District; Secretary Mark Ward, judge on the 30th Judicial District Criminal Court; and Treasurer Roy Morgan Jr., judge on the 26th Judicial District Circuit Court. Read more about these new leaders on the AOC's web site:
http://www.tsc.state.tn.us/geninfo/PRESSREL/2008/082pr.htm#Acree
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STATE OF TENNESSEE v. LOVARD D. HORTON
Court: TCCA
Attorneys:
William E. Griffith, Nashville, Tennessee, for the Appellant, Lovard D. Horton.
Robert E. Cooper, Jr., Attorney General and Reporter; Michael E. Moore, Solicitor General; Leslie E. Price, Assistant Attorney General; Victor S. Johnson, III, District Attorney General; Tammy H. Meade, Assistant District Attorney General, for the Appellee, State of Tennessee.
Judge: WEDEMEYER
The Defendant, Lovard D. Horton, pled guilty to two counts of conspiracy to sell 300 grams or more of cocaine, possession with intent to sell seventy pounds or more of marijuana, and possession with intent to sell or deliver 300 pounds or more of marijuana within 1000 feet of a
school zone. The trial court sentenced the Defendant pursuant to the plea agreement to an effective sentence of twenty-eight years in prison. The Defendant filed a motion to reduce his sentence, which the trial court denied. On appeal, the Defendant contends the trial court erred
when it denied his motion. Finding no error, we affirm the judgment of the trial court.
http://www.tba2.org/tba_files/TCCA/2008/hortonl_061808.pdf
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| Legal News |
| 4 seek to fill Stafford's seat |
| Four persons are seeking the office of chancellor serving Dyer and Lake counties in the Aug. 7 general election. The position became open when Chancellor Steve Stafford, who had served the 29th Judicial District since 1993, was appointed to the Tennessee Criminal Court of Appeals, Western District. |
Read more in the Lake County Banner
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| New development in local rules dispute |
| A veteran attorney and friend of Judge Michael Meares yesterday questioned the judge's motives in ordering lawyers to court to answer questions about the adoption of local civil rules. The comments came in a letter to Meares from David Black. The letter criticizes Meares for his behavior and suggests that his approach to the issue has been motivated by political considerations.
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A recap of the dispute appears in Blount Today
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| DA injured in motorcycle accident |
| Third Judicial District Attorney General Berkeley Bell is recovering in a Birmingham, Ala., hospital from injuries suffered in a motorcycle crash there on Saturday. Bell reportedly suffered shoulder and other injuries while riding his motorcycle on a track near the city. His office serves Greene, Hamblen, Hancock and Hawkins counties.
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The Greeneville Sun reports
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| New TAJ officers named |
| Daniel L. Clayton with Kinnard Clayton & Beveridge in Nashville has been elected president of the Tennessee Association for Justice. Other new officers include President-elect Wayne A. Ritchie with Ritchie Dillard & Davies PC in Knoxville; Treasurer Bryan Capps, with Gilreath & Associates in Knoxville; Secretary Kathryn Barnett with Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP in Nashville; and Past President R. Sadler Bailey of Bailey & Benfield in Memphis. The group's parliamentarian will be Lebanon lawyer B. Keith Williams of Lannom & Williams. Vice presidents from each of the judicial districts also were named. They are: Phillip Miller with Phillip Miller & Associates in Nashville; Leslie Muse with Brewer & Terry in Morristown; and Christopher Taylor with Hill Boren in Memphis.
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| Legislative News |
| House panel approves funding increase for LSC |
| The U.S. House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies recently approved $390 million for the Legal Services Corporation's 2009 budget, a $40 million increase over current funding levels. The appropriations bill now goes to the full House Appropriations Committee, which is scheduled to meet tomorrow.
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Read the LSC press release
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| Practice Management |
| Document management most expensive part of lawsuits |
| E-mail and other electronic communications have dramatically changed the contemporary legal landscape. By some estimates, more than 90 percent of a lawsuit's cost can come from sorting through electronic documents to determine which ones are relevant to the case. The need to sort through piles of documents also has had a significant impact on the lives of recent law school graduates, many of whom will spend their first three or four years of practice going through the paper.
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NPR has the story
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| Disciplinary Actions |
| Two lawyers reinstated |
| Joshua David Thomas of Memphis and Jeffrey Andrew Stinnett of Chattanooga have paid all delinquent fees and penalties to the Board of Professional Responsibility and have been reinstated to the practice of law in Tennessee.
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See a list of attorneys suspended to date for 2008 fee violations
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| Georgia lawyer pays fees |
| William Edward Nethery of Decatur has paid all delinquent fees and penalties to the Board of Professional Responsibility but remains suspended for CLE non-compliance.
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