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Be the First to See New TBA Logo at Annual Convention

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on May 7, 2019
News Type: TBA Convention 2019
TBA President Jason Pannu and Executive Director Joycelyn Stevenson today announced via an online video a new logo, website and database for the association, the first of which will debut at the TBA Convention in Nashville. To be the first to see the new look for the bar, register to join us at the Renaissance Hotel, June 12-15. The deadline to book a room is May 17. 

Legal Nonprofit Seeking Nashville-based Staff Attorney

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on May 7, 2019
News Type: Your Career
A Better Balance, a national legal advocacy organization dedicated to promoting fairness in the workplace, is hiring a staff attorney for its Nashville office. The attorney would advance the goals of A Better Balance by promoting fairness for working families in the South and raising awareness nationally of local issues affecting Southern low-wage workers, especially marginalized communities. 3Ls, entry-level applicants and those with 1-3 years of legal experience are encouraged to apply. Read more on the organization’s website.

NSL Recognition Dinner Planned for June 7

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on May 7, 2019
News Type: Upcoming
Tickets are now on sale for the Nashville School of Law's 2019 Recognition Dinner, honoring the accomplishments and contributions of Hon. Mark J. Fishburn and Dianne Ferrell Neal. The event will take place on June 7 at the Renaissance Nashville Hotel, 611 Commerce Street. Cocktails begin at 5:30 with dinner at 7 p.m. Visit NSL's website to RSVP.

UT Law 3Ls Set Record for Funding Scholarships

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on May 7, 2019
News Type: Legal News
The University of Tennessee College of Law’s Class of 2019 has raised more than $110,000 for student scholarships – a record number for the school. The funds, which were raised as a part of the third-year student class gift campaign, will go to support student scholarships, the UT Legal Clinic, the Clayton Center for Entrepreneurial Law and the Institute for Professional Leadership. 

House Speaker Names New Chief of Staff After Cothren Resigns

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on May 7, 2019
House Speaker Glen Casada's Chief of Staff Cade Cothren, who was at the center of multiple scandals over the past week, resigned yesterday, prompting Casada to name former Chief of Staff to Beth Harwell, Scott Gilmer, to take over his old position. The Tennessean reports that Cothren stepped down after reports surfaced of his drug abuse and inappropriate sexual conduct at the Capitol. Previously he was accused of sending racist text messages and submitting incorrect information to authorities regarding the arrest of a black activist. Gilmer comes not without baggage of his own - in 2009 he pled no contest to a misdemeanor charge that he created a fake political website using the name of former state Rep. Nathan Vaughn.

NBC Picks Up Legal Drama Series Set in Memphis

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on May 7, 2019
News Type: Legal News
"Bluff City Law," a Memphis-set legal drama starring Jimmy Smits, has been ordered into production as a weekly series by NBC, the Commercial Appeal reports. "Bluff City Law" is "a character-driven legal drama that follows the lawyers of an elite Memphis law firm that specializes in the most controversial landmark civil rights cases." It in unclear whether the show will be filmed on location entirely in Memphis, or only partially with the bulk of filming taking place in Georgia.

Supreme Court Rejects Chattanooga Lawyer's Petition for Reinstatement

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on May 7, 2019
The Tennessee Supreme Court today rejected the petition for reinstatement filed by a Chattanooga attorney whose law license has been suspended since 1998. In 1997, Nathan E. Brooks faced serious discipline for complaints filed against him by multiple clients. In 1998, he agreed to a two-year suspension of his law license. In 2002, Brooks sought reinstatement of his law license. His request for reinstatement was denied because he had never paid the costs and restitution he agreed to pay as part of the settlement of his disciplinary charges. In 2004, he appealed to the Supreme Court claiming he was indigent and could not pay, but the court denied his appeal. Now he has again tried to appeal without paying his necessary costs and fees, and the court has denied him again, saying that practicing law is a privilege, not a right.

2019 Equal Justice Conference Planned for This Week in Louisville

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on May 6, 2019
News Type: Upcoming
More than a thousand stakeholders involved in efforts to expand access to justice nationally for underserved U.S. residents will explore strategies and issues for improving delivery of legal services at a May 8-11 conference in Louisville, Kentucky. The event is sponsored by the National Legal Aid & Defender Association and the ABA Standing Committee on Pro Bono and Public Service. Past TBA President Buck Lewis serves as Chair of this ABA Committee. Tennessee will send a delegation of 30 attendees. Kentucky Chief Justice John Minton and Kentucky Associate Justice Michelle Keller will deliver keynote remarks.

House Speaker’s Staffer Harassed Interns, Admits to Racist Text Messages

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on May 6, 2019
House Speaker Glen Casada’s Chief of Staff, Cade Cothren, admitted today to sending racist messages and doing drugs in his legislative office, while reports uncovered messages Cothren had sent soliciting sex from interns and lobbiysts. The Tennessean reports that on some occasions, Casada participated in sexually charged messages objectifying women. Cothren was previously found to have sent messages calling black people “idiots” and the n-word, which today Cothren attributed to a drug problem that saw him using cocaine from his office.

Prosecutors Say Jackson Nurse Used Opioid Prescriptions to Coerce Women into Sex

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on May 6, 2019
News Type: Legal News
A Tennessee nurse practitioner who was indicted last month on charges of trading opioid pills for sex and fame also kept video footage on his phone of him having sex with a “nearly unconscious woman,” the Tennessean reports. Jeffrey Young of Jackson is being called by prosecutors a "sexual predator" who coerced women into sex by “dangling opioid prescriptions over them.” Young also has continued to write dangerous prescriptions — including prescribing to patients who are "doctor shopping" — in the 2½ weeks since he was indicted and released pending trial, the prosecutors state. Federal prosecutors are attempting to use these details to revoke Young's bail.
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