TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Joycelyn Stevenson on Jun 2, 2021

In 2020, Tennessee’s American Inns of Court and the Tennessee Bar Association partnered to create the Tennessee Professionalism Award to recognize and honor legal professionals who exemplify the qualities of civility, professionalism and excellence. The award is given annually and is presented at the TBA’s Annual Meeting. The inaugural award was presented to Chief Judge Pamela L. Reeves of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee. Judge Reeves, who died in September, was an active and contributing leader of both the Tennessee Bar Association and the American Inns of Court on the local and national levels. In recognition of Judge Reeves’ extraordinary contributions to the bench and bar in Tennessee, the Tennessee Bar Association and Tennessee’s American Inns of Court have renamed the Tennessee Professionalism Award the “Judge Pamela L. Reeves Tennessee Professionalism Award.” The TBA will be releasing the names of all award winners prior to the upcoming Convention and Annual Meeting in Memphis.