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Conservative Talk Radio Host Must Pay $170K to Wife or Face Jail

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on May 22, 2019
News Type: Legal News
Conservative commentator and former political candidate Steve Gill must pay his ex-wife $170,000 in 10 days or go to jail, the Tennessean reports. In a ruling entered into the court on Sunday, Judge James G. Martin sided with Kathryn B. Gill, who was seeking nearly $236,000 for various expenses related to the divorced couple's sons. The couple divorced in 2011, and Kathryn Gill wanted the court to hold Steve Gill in civil contempt for failing to make the payments. Martin found Steve Gill to be in contempt of court, after he did not appear for a hearing or send legal representation. Steve Gill, an attorney himself, said he did not receive any notices of any hearings or that the case was moving beyond the initial complaint.

2 Candidates Seeking House Speakership, Dunn to Serve as Temporary Replacement

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on May 22, 2019
State Rep. Matthew Hill, R-Jonesborough, became the first lawmaker to publicly signal interest in running to succeed House Speaker Glen Casada, who announced on Tuesday he planned to step back from the leadership role, the Nashville Post reports. Joining in the competition today is Rep. Mike Carter, R-Ooltewah, who has sent a letter to Republican colleagues declaring his bid for the speakership, TNJ on the Hill reports. Carter pledges not to change any committee chairmanships, though he calls for an overhaul of the chamber’s rules to promote integrity. Speaker Pro Tem Bill Dunn, R-Knoxville, will take over on an interim basis upon Casada’s resignation, which is expected after he returns from a vacation on June  3.

TSC Rejects Challenge to a Search Warrant in Sexual Exploitation of a Minor Case

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on May 22, 2019
The Tennessee Supreme Court today affirmed the validity of a search warrant used to gather evidence in a case involving charges of sexual exploitation of a minor. In its decision, the Supreme Court considered the general law pertaining to search warrants, noting that none of the applicable statutes or rules of criminal procedure provided for search warrants to be obtained solely by a district attorney general. The court also considered that, had the legislature intended to limit the general law on search warrants through the statute at issue, it would have explicitly provided for such a limitation. Chief Justice Jeff Bivins authored the opinion in State of Tennessee v. Anthony Jerome Miller.

Enjoy Everything Downtown Nashville Has to Offer at TBA Convention, June 12-15

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on May 21, 2019
News Type: TBA Convention 2019
You never know what could happen on a given night in Nashville! A mecca for music, food and fun, downtown Nashville is the site of the TBA’s Annual Convention, June 12-15. Participants will stay at the Renaissance Hotel in the heart of the action. Don’t miss your chance to enjoy everything downtown Nashville has to offer while networking with colleagues and earning valuable CLE credit.

Prosecutors Seek First Degree Murder for Accused Antioch Church Shooter

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on May 21, 2019
News Type: Legal News
Prosecutors are attempting to prove that Emanuel Samson, a man accused of a mass shooting, had planned to kill multiple people when he opened fire at Burnette Chapel Church of Christ in Antioch on Sept. 24, 2017. The Tennessean reports that prosecutors said Samson planned to kill a “minimum of 10 white churchgoers” during the shooting. Witnesses described multiple guns police found around Samson and in his SUV, and a police officer describes a note found his Samson’s car containing statements like “Dylann Roof is less than nothing.” Roof is a white supremacist who killed nine black worshipers in a 2015 church shooting in Charleston, South Carolina.

Yoga, Mindfulness and Meditation in the City, June 21

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on May 21, 2019
News Type: TBA CLE
Relax your mind, enhance your meditation skills and establish your daily practice beyond the law practice. Learn about the benefits of meditation and yoga and how they can improve attorney well-being and ultimately your client's experience. This June 21 course is open to anyone in law practice who is interested in a better work life balance; both new and/or experienced in yoga and meditation are welcome.

Disability Rights Group Seeking Participants for Survey

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on May 21, 2019
News Type: Legal News
Disability Rights Tennessee and Advocate Market Research are conducting online focus groups in May and June to learn more about how Tennesseans view decision making for people with disabilities. Groups will last 90 minutes and internet access via a computer with a camera and microphone are required. Participants will be compensated with a $100 Visa gift card for their time. If interested, please complete the survey. You may be contacted for more information or to confirm your availability. 

Commission Gives Governor 3 Candidates to Consider for 13th District Judicial Vacancy

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on May 21, 2019
News Type: Legal News
The Trial Vacancy Commission today considered candidates for an opening in 13th Judicial District Criminal Court, which covers Clay, Cumberland, DeKalb, Overton, Pickett, Putnam and White counties. After a public hearing and interviews, the commission selected Rebecca Brady, Wesley Thomas Bray and J. Michael Shipman to forward to Gov. Bill Lee for his consideration. The vacancy was created by the upcoming retirement of the Hon. David A. Patterson.

TSC Denies Nashville Police Union's Appeal Request to Overturn Referendum

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on May 21, 2019
News Type: Legal News
The Tennessee Supreme Court has ended the Nashville police union's effort to overturn the results of a 2018 referendum that led to the creation of the Community Oversight Board, the Nashville Scene reports. Yesterday the court denied a request to take up the Fraternal Order of Police's lawsuit on appeal. Two lower courts had already denied the FOP's lawsuit to overturn the referendum, which passed in Nashville last November with 58% of the vote.

TVA Contractor Faces Another Lawsuit in Coal Ash Cleanup

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on May 20, 2019
News Type: Legal News
Jacobs Engineering, a contractor hired by the Tennessee Valley Authority to supervise cleanup of the nation's largest coal ash spill, is facing another lawsuit over allegations that disaster relief workers weren't properly protected, Knoxnews reports. Attorney John Dupree this week filed in Roane County Circuit Court a wrongful death lawsuit on behalf of 119 workers and their family members who say they were sickened by exposure to the toxins in coal ash and on behalf of the survivors of five workers who died before the latest lawsuit was filed. In at least one of those deaths, the lawsuit alleges, an autopsy has confirmed the worker died from coal workers' pneumoconiosis, or black lung, even though the worker had never worked in a coal mine. 
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