TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Paul Burch on Nov 3, 2023

Memphis Mayor-elect Paul Young on Friday named TBA member Tannera Gibson as his city attorney and Penelope Huston as his head of communications, reports the Daily Memphian. Gibson, a former president of the Memphis Bar Association, was the first Black female partner at Burch, Porter & Johnson and was named one of the country’s top lawyers. She has specialized in government relations, commercial litigation, personal injury and municipal law. Since 2016, Huston has led communications at the Downtown Memphis Commission after working at ALSAC, Memphis in May and Contemporary Media. The city attorney, also known as chief legal officer, is involved in most city contracts and serves as a key advisor to the mayor. The chief communications officer oversees how the city disseminates information and interacts with the media.