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Haslam Meets with Pence to Discuss Possible U.S. Senate Bid

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Mar 22, 2019
Former Gov. Bill Haslam met with Vice President Mike Pence at the White House this week as the Knoxville Republican continues eyeing a potential run for the U.S. Senate, Knoxnews reports. Haslam has been mulling a run for the upper chamber since U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander announced in December he would not seek re-election. He previously said he would announce his decision in the early months of 2019. Other Republicans weighing a Senate bid include U.S. Ambassador to Japan Bill Hagerty, orthopedic trauma surgeon Manny Sethi and U.S. Rep. Mark Green, R-Clarksville. Nashville attorney and Iraq War veteran James Mackler is the only Democrat to enter the race so far. 

Recognize Great Journalism with 4th Estate Award Nomination

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Mar 22, 2019
The Tennessee Bar Association has opened the nomination period for the second annual Fourth Estate Award, which honors courageous reporting on justice and the law. Nominees must be Tennessee-based journalists who have shown exemplary courage in exercising First Amendment rights in the promotion of public understanding of how the law and our legal system works and how it should work as demonstrated by a story or series of related stories published in 2018. Nominations can be submitted on the TBA website and will be accepted until May 1.

State High School Mock Trial Competition Underway

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Mar 22, 2019
The 2019 Tennessee State High School Mock Trial Competition is now underway in Nashville. The competition, which is put on by the TBA Young Lawyers Division, brings together 14 teams from across the state. This year’s qualifying schools are Agathos Classical School (two teams), Beech High School, Chattanooga Southeast Tennessee Home School Association, Coffee County Central High School, Dobyns-Bennett High School, Farragut High School, Harpeth Hall, Jefferson County High School, Signal Mountain High School, St. Mary’s Episcopal School, University School of Nashville and Westminster Academy. The final round will take place tomorrow afternoon, with Supreme Court Justice Cornelia A. Clark presiding.

Services Next Week for Knoxville Attorney Pamela Steele

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Mar 21, 2019
Knoxville lawyer Pamela Gail Steele died yesterday at the age of 74. Born in Florida, she was raised in Knoxville and attended the University of Louisville School of Law and the Georgetwon University Law Center. She worked in Washington, D.C., for a time at the offices of the U.S. Small Business Administration and Economic Development Administration before returning to Knoxville in the 1980s. She joined the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Tennessee, and she eventually became civil chief in that office until her retirement in 2006. A funeral service will be held at 3 p.m. on March 26 at the First Presbyterian Church. The family will receive friends following the service in the Fellowship Hall. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial gifts be made to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation or to Planned Parenthood.

Plaintiff Awarded $9.6 Million in Sexual Battery Suit Against Nashville Developer

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Mar 21, 2019
Recently a Nashville judge awarded $9.6 million to Diane Ellis, an in-home caregiver who says she was sexually assaulted by a prominent developer who was once her patient, The Nashville Scene reports. Nashville Circuit Court Judge Joe Binkley signed off on a decision to award Ellis a $9,604,820 judgment against Mike Modi. After a trial in February, a jury found that Ellis had successfully made the case that Modi had committed battery and intentionally inflicted emotional distress against her.

Belmont Honors Nellis with ‘Champion for Justice’ Award

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Mar 21, 2019
Belmont University College of Law recently honored Clifford M. Nellis, founder and executive director of Chicago's Lawndale Christian Legal Center, with the Champion for Justice Award. The Lawndale Christian Legal Center has grown to include 45 employees who not only offer direct services to thousands of youth and young adults, but also lead cross-sector partnerships between government and nonprofit leaders in Chicago and as far away as New Delhi, India. In addition, Nellis helped establish the first Restorative Justice Community Court for emerging adults in Chicago, and he has served as president of the Chicago Bar Association Legal Aid Council.

Immigration Law Forum set for April 25

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Mar 21, 2019
Join us on April 25 for a program packed with a variety of issues facing immigration, family, criminal, corporate counsel, employment and business law attorneys. The morning sessions will address family immigration and court issues, while the afternoon sessions will address labor and employment immigration issues. Finish the day with an ethics CLE dual representation employment immigration hour. In an effort to provide flexibility for attendees with specific learning interests, the TBA is offering the additional option for folks to attend either the morning or afternoon sessions. Check out the agenda, session descriptions, speakers and register to attend by clicking here. 

Incoming Law Deans More Diverse Than Ever

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Mar 21, 2019
A wave of women and people of color have been named to law school deanships in recent months, Law.com reports. Just in the past week, Stetson University College of Law and the University of Cincinnati elevated African-American women to dean, a first for both schools. At Stanford Law School, longtime professor Jenny Martinez, who is Hispanic, will assume the deanship in April, and G. Marcus Cole, who is black, is slated to become the first nonwhite dean of the Notre Dame University Law School this summer, among other notable hires. Observers within the legal academy say that targeted mentorship, an increase in minority law professors throughout the academy and events such as this week’s Fourth National People of Color Legal Scholarship Conference are filling the pipeline of diverse candidates for leadership positions.

TBA ED Joycelyn Stevenson Today's Guest on Legislative Update

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Mar 21, 2019
This week's video TBA Legislative Update is now available on Facebook. Joining Government Affairs Director Berkley Schwarz and Communications Coordinator Katharine Heriges for this edition is TBA Executive Director Joycelyn Stevenson, who talks about what role she has to play in the bar association's legislative agenda, as well as the ins-and-outs of what goes on behind the scenes at the TBA. Check out future installments by logging onto Facebook every Thursday afternoon, and catch up on previous updates on the TBA's YouTube channel.

Tennessee Lawyer Placed on Disability Inactive Status

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Mar 21, 2019
The law license of Robert Mark Morgan was transferred to disability inactive status by the Tennessee Supreme Court on Wednesday pursuant to Section 27.3 of Tennessee Supreme Court Rule 9. Morgan cannot practice law while on disability inactive status. He may return to the practice of law after reinstatement by the Tennessee Supreme Court upon showing clear and convincing evidence that the disability has been removed and he is fit to resume the practice of law.
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