The Tennessee Bar Association (TBA) honored Belmont College of Law Dean Alberto Gonzales at a  reception Saturday evening at the American Bar Association (ABA) Midyear Meeting in Phoenix.  Meeting attendees from across the country gathered to celebrate Gonzales’ leadership at the law school. The TBA hosts the Tennessee Reception twice a year at the ABA Midyear Meeting in February and the Annual Meeting in August. The events provide an opportunity to raise the state's visibility among the national legal community and honor the good work being done by Tennessee attorneys.

 
Left: ABA HOD Speaker and Tennessee lawyer Jonathan Cole introduces Belmont College of Law Dean Alberto Gonzales
Right: Dean Alberto Gonzales speaks to the Tennessee Reception attendees

Members of the Tennessee delegation to the ABA Midyear Meeting gather with Dean Alberto Gonzales (center)

 
Left: ABA HOD Speaker and Tennessee lawyer Jonathan Cole, TBA President Ed Lanquist Jr., Dean Alberto Gonzales
Right: TBA Executive Director Sheree Wright, TBA President Ed Lanquist Jr.

Left to right: ABA HOD Speaker and Tennessee lawyer Jonathan Cole, Tennessee lawyer Lisa Cole, California YLD Delegate Stephanie Joseph, University of Southern California law professor Ireneo Reus

 
Left: TBA General Counsel Matthew Evans, TBA YLD President Sean Aiello
Right: Former TBA president Al Harvey, Nancy Harvey

Tennessee lawyer Barbara Mayden (center) with former ABA President Dennis Archer (right) and a guest

  
Left: Former TBA president Buck Lewis, TBA President Ed Lanquist Jr.
Right: Former ABA President Dennis Archer, Immediate Past ABA President Mary Smith, Dean Alberto Gonzales

  
Left: ABA President-elect Michelle Behnke, Dean Alberto Gonzales, TBA Executive Director Sheree Wright
Right: TBA President Ed Lanquist Jr., Tennessee attorney Lisa Cole

Left to right: TBA YLD President-elect Judge Alex McVeagh, TBA YLD Secretary Ross Smith, Dean Alberto Gonzales, TBA YLD Middle Tennessee Governor Alix Rogers, TBA YLD President Sean Aiello, TBA YLD District 8 Representative Grace Burnett

 
Left: TBA YLD Secretary Ross Smith, Immediate Past ABA President Mary Smith, TBA YLD President-elect Judge Alex McVeagh
Right: Members of the Tennessee delegation to the ABA Midyear Meeting with ABA HOD Speaker Jonathan Cole (center)