TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Jul 15, 2020

Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands announced today that attorney Russ Overby has retired from the firm. Overby, who joined the nonprofit law firm in 1974, specialized in poverty law, serving most recently as the lead attorney of the Health, Income and Education Practice Group. Highlights of his career include fighting for detention center reforms, resulting in the closure of several old correctional facilities; securing more than $500 million in retroactive Social Security benefits for some 70,000 disabled Tennesseans; and advocating for fair Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) policies. Overby worked in the firm’s Nashville and Murfreesboro offices. He also worked for a time at the Tennessee Justice Center. In 2008, he received the Ashley T. Wiltshire Public Service Attorney of the Year Award from the TBA.