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2018 Young Lawyers Conference Includes CLE

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Aug 8, 2018
Expand your network and learn from some of best in law education by attending the inaugural Tennessee Young Lawyer’s Conference, beginning Oct. 5 in New Orleans. This event offers up to eight hours of dynamic CLE learning and the excitement only the Big Easy can provide. Experience the culture, food and fun in addition to a unique opportunity to network with the members and leadership of the Tennessee Bar Association’s Young Lawyers Division. Join in at a host of receptions, brunches, dinners and other social events!

Charlotte Attorney Ronald Kilgore Dead at 79

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Aug 7, 2018

Ronald "Ron" Wilford Kilgore of Charlotte died June 3 at the age of 79. Born in San Benito, Texas, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1959 and later served as a Naval Advisor in Vietnam. He earned his law degree from Vanderbilt University in 1971 and was admitted to practice later that year. He then returned to active duty in the Navy and was stationed in Charleston, South Carolina, in the Judge Advocates Corp. Upon returning to Nashville he entered the law firm of Parker, Nichol, and Finley. Kilgore was also assistant to the District Attorney in Nashville from 1969 to 1971, served as City Attorney for Charlotte from 1979 to 1987 and was counsel for the Harpeth Utility District in Charlotte from 1978 to 1999. Memorials may be made to the Charlotte Lions Club Sight Conservation Project.

Elder Law Basics CLE and Advanced Options

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Aug 7, 2018

Expand your practice by attending this four-hour CLE event at the Tennessee Bar Center on Sept. 13. Sessions will cover all the basics of elder law practice, including Power of Attorney, Living Will, VA Aid, Revocable Living Trusts and qualifying for TennCare. Need more advanced options? See topics for advanced practitioners here.

Court of Appeals Revises Rule 2

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Aug 7, 2018
The Court of Appeals of Tennessee has issued an order revising Rule 2, Section (a), Rules of the Court of Appeals of Tennessee. The revised rule, which governs "organization and operation of the court," removes language governing which city judges in each grand division must sit.

Study Suggests More Innocent People are Pleading Guilty

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Aug 7, 2018
A new paper published by the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers examines evidence suggesting that an increasing number of defendants are pleading guilty to avoid the risk of trial, rather than trying to prove their innocence, Forbes reports. The study, called “The Trial Penalty: The Sixth Amendment Right to Trial on the Verge of Extinction and How to Save It,” concludes that "there is ample evidence that federal criminal defendants are being coerced to plead guilty because the penalty for exercising their constitutional rights is simply too high to risk." 

TSC Rules on Admissibility of Evidence Obtained Pursuant to a Parole Search

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Aug 7, 2018
The Tennessee Supreme Court has reversed part of a Court of Criminal Appeals’ decision suppressing evidence in a case involving individuals on supervised release and has affirmed the suppression of evidence against a third party who resided with them. Justice Roger Page wrote the majority opinion, with Justice Sharon Lee filing a separate opinion dissenting in part and concurring in the judgment of the court.

ABA Scuttles Plan to Kill Law School Admissions Exam Requirement

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Aug 7, 2018
The ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar withdrew a resolution before the ABA House of Delegates on Monday that called for cutting a required exam for law school admission, the ABA Journal reports. On Friday, the Young Lawyers Division Assembly voted against changing the test requirement. And as Monday’s House session began, a letter was circulated on the House floor from the Minority Network, a group of law school admissions professionals, saying the LSAT is better than any other admissions test in predicting a candidate's success in law school.

Montana Lawyer Takes Office as ABA President

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Aug 7, 2018
Bob Carlson, a shareholder with the Butte, Montana, law firm of Corette Black Carlson and Mickelson PC, became president of the American Bar Association today at the conclusion of the Annual Meeting in Chicago. He will serve a one-year term ending in August 2019. Carlson said he will focus on ABA initiatives to promote lawyer and law student wellness, advance diversity in the association and the profession, fight for access to justice for all and for an independent judiciary, and assess the state of legal education and bar admission.

TSC, Haslam Refuse to Postpone Execution; Irick Appeals to SCOTUS

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Aug 7, 2018
The Tennessee Supreme Court and Gov. Bill Haslam have refused to postpone the execution of Billy Ray Irick, and now his attorneys are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to step in and delay his death, The Tennessean reports. Irick’s lawyers argue that he should not be executed while the battle over Tennessee’s three-drug lethal injection cocktail is still under a challenge. "Denial of this motion will deny Mr. Irick his right to appeal,” his attorneys wrote. Justice Sharon Lee issued a dissent to the TSC’s ruling.  

Commission Forwards 3 Names to Haslam for 21st District Court Seat

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Aug 7, 2018
The Trial Court Vacancy Commission today selected Melanie Totty Cagle of Centerville, Stacey Brackeen Edmonson of Spring Hill and Michael Everett Spitzer of Hohenwald as finalists for the new judicial post in the 21st Judicial District, which covers Hickman, Lewis, Perry and Williamson counties. The new judicial position was created by Chapter 974 of the Public Acts of 2018 and is effective Sept. 1. The nominees now go to Gov. Bill Haslam for his consideration.
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