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Blount County Lawyer Suspended

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Mar 13, 2017
Charles Michael Clifford of Blount County was suspended from the practice of law today, retroactive to March 9, 2016, by the Board of Professional Responsibility. Clifford was ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $1,500. Clifford was found to have failed to communicate adequately with his client, failed to notify his client of a hearing fate, failed to appear in court for the hearing and failed to respond to Disciplinary Counsel.

McMinn County Lawyer Placed on Disability Inactive Status

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Mar 13, 2017
The law license of Larry Bea Nolan was transferred to disability inactive status on March 10. Nolen may not practice law while on disability status, but may return after showing clear and convincing evidence to the Tennessee Supreme Court that the disability has been removed.

Volunteers Needed for Jackson Expungement Clinic

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Mar 13, 2017
West Tennessee Legal Services and the TBA YLD will be hosting a free expungement clinic in Jackson on Friday, April 7. The clinic will be held as an event for the Help4TN project. The clinic will run from 8:30 a.m. to noon at the Criminal Justice Complex, 3rd Floor Conference Room. Those who are able to volunteer should contact Amber Floyd or Kathryn Tucker.

Seymour Appointed to Workers' Compensation Court

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Mar 13, 2017

Deana Seymour has been appointed as a trial judge on the Court of Workers’ Compensation Claims by the Bureau of Workers’ Compensation. Seymour is currently a partner with Rainey, Kizer, Reviere and Bell in the firm's Jackson office. She will sit in Memphis after her April 5 swearing-in.

Local Government Forum and Predators Game

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Mar 13, 2017

A CLE on local government practice will be held March 23 at the Tennessee Bar Center, featuring sessions on new legislation, ex parte communication and social media. The program will also offer a training session on public speaking and interacting with the media. Stay downtown after the program and attend a Predators game with other attendees! Find out more and register here.

Former State GOP Officials Lobby for Congressional Term Limits

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Mar 13, 2017
Former Tennessee Republican Party Chairmen Chris Devaney and Bob Davis are lobbying state legislators to advocate for term limits for U.S. Congrees, Knoxnews reports. A resolution currently in the legislature would declare Tennessee’s support for a national constitutional convention to create an amendment to impose term limits. The proposed limits are three two-year terms for U.S. House representatives and two six-year terms for U.S. senators.

Tennessee Sues Federal Government Over Refugees

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Mar 13, 2017
The state of Tennessee filed a lawsuit against the federal government over refugee resettlement today, citing violation of the 10th Amendment, the Tennessean reports. The suit claims the government forced states to pay for the refugee resettlement program. It is brought by the Thomas More Law Center, a conservative legal group, after Tennessee’s legislature approved the lawsuit and Attorney General Herbert Slatery declined to initiate the case.

Jury Deliberating Child-rape Charges Against Former Deputy

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Mar 13, 2017
Closing arguments were heard today in the trial of former Knox County Sheriff’s Deputy Dennis Mills Jr., who is accused of raping a girl in his care in 2013 and 2014, Knoxnews reports. Assitant District Attorney General Joanie Stewart told jurers that Mills used his position to ensure the victim, 12 years old when the attacks allegedly began, would stay silent. Mills denies the charges.

Mourners Pay Respects for Sen. Henry

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Mar 10, 2017
More than 300 friends, family and political figures of both parties attended a memorial service in Nashville today for the late Sen. Douglas Henry, the Tennessean reports. Henry died Sunday at the age of 90. The conservative Democrat served 44 years in the state legislature and many praised his work there. "There’s really no way else to say it: We lost an exceptional man this week, a giant," Lt. Gov. Randy McNally said. "Senator Henry was great in not only what he attained and accomplished in this life, he was great in character." Henry lay in state at the Capitol on Thursday, the first person in decades to hold that honor. 

ABA Rates SCOTUS Nominee ‘Well Qualified’

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Mar 10, 2017
The American Bar Association has rated U.S. Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch as “well qualified,” the ABA’s Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary announced yesterday. The rating is based on hundreds of interviews and a thorough review of Gorsuch’s writings. “Well qualified” is the highest rating the committee offers.
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