NASHVILLE, Dec. 17, 2024 — The Tennessee Bar Association (TBA) today announced that 35 attorneys from across the state have been selected for its 2025 Leadership Law (TBALL) program.

Now in its 22nd year, Leadership Law is designed to equip Tennessee lawyers with the vision, knowledge and skills necessary to serve as leaders in their profession and local communities. The class will meet for its first session in January and spend the next six months learning about leadership in the legal profession, issues in the courts, policymaking in state government and the importance of community service.

Class members are:

Bahar Azhdari, Brookdale Senior Living Inc. — Brentwood
Michael Beehan, Fox Farley Willis Burnette — Clinton
Morgan Bernard, Davidson County Chancery Court — Nashville*
Hunter Branstetter, Sherrard Roe Voigt & Harbison — Nashville
Gordon Byars, Byars Law Office — Cookeville
Dawn Campbell, LifeLinc Corporation — Memphis
Antonio Carroll, Nashville Electric Service — Nashville
Will Choppin, Metropolitan Development and Housing Agency — Nashville
Crystal R. Cole, Attorney at Law — Nashville
Meagan Collver, Lewis Thomason — Knoxville
Brittany Faith, Abbott, Weiss & Faith — Chattanooga
Charles Ferguson, Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services — Nashville
Chicoya Smith Gallman, Ortale Kelley Law Firm — Nashville
William Gill, Tennessee District Public Defenders Conference — Franklin
Patrick Hillard, Burch, Porter & Johnson — Memphis
April Holland, Miller & Martin — Chattanooga
Trina Hughes, Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands — Oak Ridge*
Jennifer Vallor Ivy, Tennessee Department of Transportation — Jackson
John Jolley, Legal Aid of East Tennessee — Chattanooga
Chloe Kennedy, Luther Anderson PLLP — Chattanooga*
LB McCullum, Thompson Burton — Nashville
Kate Melby, Davidson County District Attorney General's Office — Nashville
Nathaniel Ogle, Burks & Ogle — Knoxville
Olivia Park, McAngus Goudelock & Courie — Brentwood
Mitchell Raines, Tennessee Public Defenders Conference - Appellate Division — Franklin
Tyler Ricker, Sims Funk — Nashville
Jennie Silk, Baker Donelson — Memphis
Jennifer Sneed, ALSAC - St. Jude — Memphis
Jacob Swatley, Harris Shelton Hanover Walsh — Collierville
Rebekka Freeman Terrell, Shelby County Criminal Court Clerk's Office — Germantown
Chris Tutor, Butler Snow — Memphis
Jacob Vanzin, Dodson, Parker, Behm & Capparella — Nashville
Zach Walden, 8th Judicial District Criminal Court Judge — Jacksboro
Darius Walker Jr., Ogletree Deakins — Nashville
Bianca White, Lincoln Memorial University — Knoxville

Photographs and additional biographical information are available for class members on request.

Update 2/3/25: The following class members previously were announced but have decided to defer their participation until 2026. They have been replaced with alternates marked above with an asterisk.

• Devin DeVore, Easter & DeVore — Knoxville
• Ronda Webb-Stewart, Tennessee Department of Health — Nashville
• Emily Wright, Wright & Wright — Livingston

The Tennessee Bar Association is the largest professional association in Tennessee with nearly 14,000 members. Founded in 1881, the TBA represents the entire spectrum of the legal profession in Tennessee and beyond, and is dedicated to enhancing fellowship and professionalism among the members of Tennessee’s legal community.