TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Liz Slagle Todaro on Jan 5, 2022

Ann Pruitt will leave her role as executive director of Tennessee Alliance for Legal Services (TALS) at the end of March after nearly nine years of service. "Ann has been the driving force in statewide collaboration since beginning her tenure at TALS," Board Chair DarKenya Waller said. Under Pruitt's leadership, TALS developed and expanded innovations to support low-income and elderly Tennesseans, including Tennessee Free Legal Answers, HELP4TN.org, the Legal Wellness Checkup and chatbots to help those in crisis understand their civil legal options and connect them with resources. In addition to leading TALS, Pruitt served on the Tennessee Supreme Court’s Access to Justice Commission from 2013 to 2020, is a co-founder of the TBA Corporate Counsel Section and is a long-time member of the TBA Access to Justice Committee, which she currently chairs.