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| Veteran in law school after service |
| After Michael Steidl spent more than five years in the Army -- rising in the ranks from second lieutenant to captain and serving in Iraq -- he came home and decided to go to law school. He is now at the University of Tennessee College of Law, scheduled to graduate in 2013. |
Read about him from UT
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| Faughnan on ethics |
| Memphis lawyer Brian Faughnan has been chair of the Tennessee Bar Association's Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility since 2009. In this profile he talks about his ethics practice and what makes up the rest of it. |
The Memphis Business Journal has it
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| Archives of 1975 Nixon testimony released |
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On Thursday, archivists released nearly 50,000 pages of records and about 45 minutes of audio recordings of Richard Nixon's combative June 1975 testimony before a Watergate grand jury following his resignation. In the testimony, he defended his administration's secrecy and wiretaps. |
CNN has more
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| Grand jury to hear case of death threat of judge |
| The case of a man accused of threatening to kill a Hamilton County Juvenile Court Judge Emma Andrews and her children has been bound over to the grand jury. Tiwann Wiley has been charged with retaliation against a judge for making the threats after Andrews refused his Nov. 2 plea to have his current sentence reduced on charges of contempt of court. |
Chattanoogan.com reports
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| Man charged in Chancery Court theft |
| A federal grand jury has indicted a second person in the criminal investigation of more than $1 million taken from delinquent tax property sale accounts at the Shelby County Chancery Court Clerk's office.
Correy Isom was charged Nov. 10, with conspiracy, theft of government funds and money laundering by the grand jury. |
The Memphis Daily News has the story
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| Report: News not good for women at large firms |
| The National Association of Women Lawyers (NAWL) has released a report confirming a drop in the percentage of women attorneys entering the 200 largest firms. The report also concluded that women face diminished opportunities to hold leadership positions at large firms. This year, women constituted 47 percent of first and second-year associates, compared to 48 percent last year. Although the decline was small, it may suggest that the pipeline of women entering large law firms was shrinking, the report said. |
The National Law Journal explores it
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| TBA Member Services |
| CompuPay offers deals for TBA members |
| CompuPay is proud to serve as the official payroll services provider for the Tennessee Bar Association. To serve Tennessee attorneys the company is offering two months of free payroll processing for all TBA members and waiving set up fees for members with up to 99 employees. |
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