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Baker Donelson Named Among Best Places to Work

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Mar 9, 2017
For the eighth consecutive year, Baker Donelson was named one of Fortune magazine’s “100 Best Companies to Work For.” The list is created based on employee ratings of workplace culture. A national firm, Baker Donelson was founded in Tennessee and has offices in Chattanooga, Knoxville, Johnson City, Memphis and Nashville.

Longtime Nashville Attorney Dies

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Mar 9, 2017
Former Nashville lawyer Sabin Rife Thompson died at his home in Sisal, Mexico, on Feb. 20. Thompson, a Vanderbilt Law School graduate, hails from Alabama, and had a long career practicing law in Nashville at Williams and Prochaska. In 1997, Thompson received the Nashville Bar Association’s Liberty Bell Award. Memorial arrangements in Nashville have not yet been finalized. The family requests memorial donations be made to St. Jude Children’s Hospital. 

Gatlinburg Wildfire Free Legal Clinic Planned for March 27

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Mar 9, 2017

Legal Aid of East Tennessee and the Sevier County Bar Association will host a free legal clinic for the survivors of the Gatlinburg wildfires on March 27. Clients are expected to need advice with consumer/debt issues, insurance, tax problems, government benefits and more. The clinic will take place at the conference center of the Greystone Lodge on the River, 559 Parkway, from 1 – 5 p.m. For more information or to sign up to help, contact LAET’s Knoxville office at (865) 637-0484.

Harvard Law to Accept GRE

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Mar 9, 2017
Harvard Law School will begin accepting Graduate Record Examination scores for student admissions, as a part of a strategy to expand law school access, the ABA Journal reports. Dean Martha Minow said the change would help eliminate barriers as they search for the best and the brightest students. Leading up to this decision, the school completed a study finding that GRE scores were equally valid to the LSAT for predicting first-year grades.

This Week: SEC Basketball CLE Blast

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Mar 9, 2017

In town for basketball and need more CLE hours? The Tennessee Bar Association will continue offering convenient and flexible CLE tomorrow from 8:30-10:30 a.m. and 1:30-3:30 p.m. Take as many or as few hours as you need. Find out more here.

LAS Hosts Campaign Kickoff Luncheon

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Mar 9, 2017
The Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands kicked off its 2017 Campaign for Equal Justice with a luncheon today in Nashville. The event celebrated the pro bono work of Tennessee attorneys and previewed what was to come for the year. The keynote speaker was Tennessee Supreme Court Chief Justice Jeffrey Bivins, who talked to the crowd about the importance of humility in a lawyer’s personal and professional life. Citing leaders like famed basketball coach John Wooden, the recently passed Sen. Douglas Henry and the man Bivins called his personal hero, Sen. Howard Baker, Bivins urged members of the legal community to remain humble. “We are never too important to treat every person with dignity,” Bivins said.

Durham Could Face $7 Million in Fines

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Mar 8, 2017
A show cause notice issued Feb. 28 shows that former legislator Jeremy Durham could face $7 million in fines for at least 690 campaign finance violations, the Tennessean reports. The notice details nearly $76,000 in improperly disclosed expenditures as well as the names of unreported donors who gave Durham money. Additionally more than $10,000 in illegal purchases were uncovered in the report. 

State Senator Cites Legislative, Medical Privilege to Refuse Subpoena

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Mar 8, 2017
State Sen. Joey Hensley, R-Hohenwald, cited legislative and medical privilege to refuse a subpoena to appear in Williamson County Circuit Court, the Nashville Scene reports. Hensley, a doctor, was called to testify in the divorce proceedings of Hohenwald Vice Mayor Don Barber and his wife, Lori Barber, who is Hensley’s nurse, second cousin and patient.

Court Dismisses Tip Suit; Says Server Not Allowed to File

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Mar 8, 2017
The Tennessee Supreme Court has held that a Memphis food-service employee may not file a lawsuit against her employer for distributing tips in a way that violates Tennessee’s tip statute, because the law does not allow a private party to file suit for a violation. Kim Hardy filed the suit against the Tournament Players Club, claiming the business owed her damages because it had distributed tips to employees who were not entitled to receive them. 

Former U.S. Attorney Joins Butler Snow

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Mar 8, 2017
Former U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee Edward L. Stanton III has joined the Butler Snow Memphis office, the Nashville Post reports. Stanton will practice with the firm’s white collar, compliance and government investigations team and its commercial litigation practice group. Stanton just stepped down from his federal law enforcement position earlier this year. He was nominated by former President Barack Obama to a federal judgeship in 2015, but was not confirmed before President Donald Trump was elected in November.
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