Napier-Looby Bar Foundation Holds Annual Barristers’ Banquet and Awards Program - Articles

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Posted by: Paul Burch on Feb 23, 2024

The 17th Annual Napier-Looby Bar Foundation (NLBF) Barristers’ Banquet and Awards Program was held yesterday in Nashville. The annual event honors distinguished attorneys and judges and supports NLBF's law school scholarships and charitable efforts throughout the year. Awards were presented to Chancellor Russell Perkins, who received the Alexander Looby Lifetime Achievement Award; Dannelle F.W. Whiteside, vice president for legal affairs and organizational strategy at Austin Peay State University, who received the J.C. Napier Trailblazer Award; and Davidson County General Sessions Court Judge Marcus Floyd, who was presented the Justice A.A. Birch Outstanding Service Award. The late Judge Richard H. Dinkins was honored at a reception immediately preceding the banquet.


From left: Napier-Looby Bar Foundation President Mary Beard, TBA President Jim Barry and TBA Executive Director Sheree Wright