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Legal Community Promotes Access to Justice at Pro Bono Summit

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Apr 18, 2019
The Access to Justice Commission recently held the 2019 Pro Bono Summit in Nashville, bringing together lawyers, judges, and other experts around the common cause of extending civil legal aid to as many Tennesseans as possible. “We estimate that at any given time at least 1.3 million people in Tennessee are either at or are just above the poverty line, but have a civil legal issue that needs attention,” said Supreme Court Justice Connie Clark, who spoke at the event about the need for access to justice in the state. She pointed out that the state’s primary legal aid organizations, which are dedicated to providing civil legal support, together employ only about 90 attorneys.

Shelby County Lawyer Censured

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Apr 18, 2019
Shelby County lawyer Joyce Diane Bradley today received a public censure from the Board of Professional Responsibility of the Tennessee Supreme Court. On Aug. 22, Bradley’s license to practice law was suspended for CLE noncompliance.  Notwithstanding the administrative suspension, Bradley continued to practice law thereafter by appearing in court and discussing clients’ cases with other attorneys. Bradley is in violation of the Rules of Professional Conduct and was censured for this violation.

Vandy Research Team Receives Grant to Develop Safe Harbor Standards

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Apr 18, 2019
A team of researchers from Vanderbilt University’s schools of Law, Medicine and Management and Vanderbilt Health has received a five-year research grant from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality of the Department of Health and Human Services. The money will go to develop and test “safe harbor” standards of care based on scientific evidence. A goal of the project is to reduce the number of unnecessary medical procedures performed primarily to reduce legal liability, a practice known as “defensive medicine.”

Legislature Advances Bill to Raise Contribution Limits for State Senators

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Apr 18, 2019
The House and Senate will vote on a bill on Thursday that would double the campaign contribution limits for members of the upper chamber, The Tennessean reports. The legislation seeks to align members of the Senate, who serve four-year terms, to the contribution limits for House lawmakers, who face election every two years. under the bill, for each primary and general election senators could receive a maximum of: $2,200 from a single person, $24,600 from an individual political action committee and an aggregate total of $245,800 from all political action committees.

UTK Law Reports High Graduate Employment Rates

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Apr 18, 2019
The University of Tennessee College of Law has shared a recent report from the American Bar Association showing that 93% of 2018 graduates were employed 10 months after graduation. Of those, 89% are employed in bar passage required jobs or J.D.-advantage jobs. At the time of graduation in 2018, 61% of students were employed – the highest percentage in at least five years and a rate that is 30% higher than employment levels of 2014.

Compromise Bill on Oversight Boards Heads to Governor's Desk

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Apr 18, 2019
A bill placing restrictions on civilian police oversight boards around the state has passed both legislative chambers and is now headed to the governor's desk, The Tennessean reports. The rewritten legislation, recently crafted via a compromise in committee, now permits a community oversight board to seek a subpoena during an investigation into alleged police misconduct by doing so through the local city council, which has the authority under state law to issue subpoenas. It requires that a municipality's local legislative body approve the subpoena request by a majority vote, and that the request detail the specific documents and individuals being compelled. A council is not permitted to give "blanket authorization" for subpoenas, according to the bill.

Nurse Practitioners from Tennessee Pain Management Company Indicted for Health Care Fraud

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Apr 18, 2019
A federal indictment unsealed Wednesday accuses three nurse practitioners from PainMD, a Tennessee pain management company with clinics in three states, of pressuring patients into worthless injections purely to pad profits, The Tennessean reports. PainMD leaders have insisted the company has done nothing wrong and filed lawsuits against those who have spoken out against it. The nurse practitioners — Brian Richey of Cookeville; Jonathan White of Tullahoma; and Daniel Seeley of Batesville, Mississippi — are charged with three counts of health care fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud.

TBA Video Update: 2 TBA Bills Signed by Governor

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Apr 18, 2019
This week's TBA Video Legislative Update finds Public Policy Director Berkley Schwarz and Communications Coordinator Katharine Heriges back in the studio with big news - two TBA-backed bills were signed by Gov. Bill Lee today, and one more is waiting on the governor's desk for his signature. Hear more about TBA's legislation, as well as what's in store for the legislative panel CLE at the TBA Convention — all in this week's Facebook live video. Catch up on previous videos from this session on the TBA Facebook page and the TBA's YouTube channel.

NFL Executive Will Take Part in Vandy Law Lecture Series During Draft Week

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Apr 17, 2019
National Football League executive and Vanderbilt Board of Trust secretary Adolpho A. Birch III will visit the Vanderbilt campus for a suite of lectures and activities on April 23-24. In the days leading up to the NFL draft, taking place in Nashville April 25-27, Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos will host Birch, the NFL’s senior vice president of labor policy and league affairs, for a variety of discussions and panels on issues related to sports, law and society.

Study: State Still Faces Need for More Judges

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Apr 17, 2019
The Tennessee Comptroller of the Treasury has issued the newest Judicial Weighted Caseload Study and found that state has an estimated net deficit of 6.51 full-time equivalent judges. In the previous year, there was a deficit of 9.76 judges across the state and four judicial positions were added in 2018 as a result. Judicial districts 19 (Montgomery and Robertson counties), 22 (Giles, Lawrence, Maury, and Wayne counties), and 23 (Cheatham, Dickson, Houston, Humphreys, and Stewart counties) showed the highest demand for additional judicial resources. Read more here.
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