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Rogero: Knoxville Police Aren’t Immigration Agents

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Mar 22, 2017
Knoxville Mayor Madeline Rogero said in a news conference yesterday that the Knoxville police “will not voluntarily be ICE agents,” Knoxnews reports. Rogero went on to say that it was a safety issue, as the city “cannot do that if people are afraid of calling us when something happens.” At the conference, stories were shared of immigrants who were afraid to even call the health department for services, in fear of being taken away from their children.

ABC to Hold Nashville Benefit

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Mar 21, 2017
The Arts and Business Council will host a benefit on May 24 in Nashville, with proceeds going to the Volunteer Lawyers and Professionals for the Arts program. The evening will showcase music, dance, film and more from local artists, as well as a silent auction featuring items like co-writing sessions with Nashville songwriters. The event will take place at W.O. Smith Music School, 1125 8th Ave. South, from 6 – 9 p.m.

Davidson Lawyer Placed on Disability Inactive Status

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Mar 21, 2017
The law license of William Caldwell Hancock was ransferred to disability inactive status by the Board of Professional Responsibility yesterday. Hancock cannot practice law until the Tennessee Supreme Court reinstates his license after finding that the disability has been removed and any other disciplinary matters have been resolved. He has been suspended since Jan. 15, 2016.

Davidson Lawyer Suspended

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Mar 21, 2017
Davidson County attorney Anton Lorenzo Jackson was today suspended from the practice of law by the Board of Professional Responsibility for three years, retroactive to Nov. 18, 2015. Filings against Jackson included six complaints alleging a failure to adequately communicate with his clients, lack of diligence in handling client matters and failure to adequately communicate with clients. Jackson must make restitution to two clients, and must pay the board’s costs, expenses and court costs.

Trump Names Federal Claims Chief Judge

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Mar 21, 2017
The Trump administration announced the appointment of Susan G. Braden as Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims today. Braden has served on the court since 2003, when she was appointed by President George W. Bush. She has had a long career in intellectual property practice.

Immigration Law Forum to Focus on Benefits, Court, Enforcement and Removal

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Mar 21, 2017

A CLE on immigration law will be held at the Bar Center on April 7. Presentations will focus on family immigration and court issues facing both new and experienced immigration attorneys, as well as family law and criminal law attorneys. Featured speakers will include representatives from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Office of the Principal Legal Advisor, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Enforcement and Removal Operations. Find out more or register here.

Senate Passes Amendment to Elect AG

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Mar 21, 2017
The state Senate passed a resolution last night calling for a constitutional amendment to elect the state attorney general, the Nashville Post reports. The bill, sponsored by Sen. Mae Beavers, R- Mt. Juliet, would provide for elections of an attorney general every four years with a two-term limit. Candidates would have to be a lawyer over 30 and a resident of Tennessee for five years. Forty-three states currently elect their attorney general.

Hamilton AG Files Charges in 1989 Homicide

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Mar 21, 2017
Hamilton County District Attorney General Neal Pinkston filed voluntary manslaughter charges yesterday against Samuel E. Reeves in the stabbing death of a man who was found dead in 1989, the Times Free Press reports. Pinkston’s spokeswoman Melydia Clewell said attorneys will present more on the cold case in Judge Tom Greenholtz’s courtroom tomorrow.

Nashville Law Partner Named Vice Chair for National Practice Group

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Mar 20, 2017
Shane G. Ramsey, partner in Nelson Mullins' Nashville office, was named vice chair of the firm’s national bankruptcy and financial restructuring practice group, the Nashville Post reports. Ramsey will lead more than 30 bankruptcy lawyers in the firm’s 17 offices around the country. Ramsey joined the Nashville office last year.

Gorsuch Faces First Day of Confirmation Hearings

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Mar 20, 2017
Hearings to confirm U.S. Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch began in Washington today, the ABA Journal reports. Up for discussion was Gorsuch’s questioning of Chevron deference, as well as Gorsuch’s views on the separation of powers. Many Democrats applauded Gorsuch’s qualifications, while voicing their discontent of the Senate’s refusal last year to allow Judge Merrick Garland a similar hearing. When Gorsuch himself gave his statement, he noted that he does not believe that judges are merely “politicians in robes.”
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