TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Jul 29, 2022

Former Tennessee Valley Authority Chair Joe H. Ritch could soon be returning to the TVA board a decade after he first joined the federal utility, Chattanooga Times Free Press reports. President Joe Biden nominated Ritch, an Alabama attorney, to the post on Wednesday. Ritch was first appointed to the board in 2012 by then-President Barack Obama and was elected in 2014 as the chair. He was renominated for another term in 2016 but the U.S. Senate did not vote on the nomination before Obama left office. Ritch practices law with the firm of Dentons Sirote, with a focus on government contracts, corporate and tax law. He also has served as chair of the Redstone Regional Alliance, a coalition of communities in north Alabama and south-central Tennessee that support the growth of military facilities in the area.