TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Julia Wilburn on Oct 25, 2022

Butler Snow LLP announces that former Tennessee Chancellor Gadson William "Will" Perry has rejoined the firm in its Memphis office and will practice with the Commercial Litigation and Appellate practice groups. Perry will also focus his practice on alternative dispute resolution. Perry previously served on the 30th Judicial District Chancery Court, which covers Memphis and Shelby County, after being appointed by Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee to finish the term of a retired chancellor. He became, at 38, the youngest African-American judge and second youngest judge in Tennessee's largest county. Perry presided over a civil docket of more than 2,000 business, governmental, tax, divorce and child custody cases, reviewed civil service and state agency appeals and mediated commercial cases referred by other judges.