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2 Attorneys Named Chattanooga 20 under 40

Posted by: Stephanie Vonnahme on Jul 16, 2018
Two lawyers have been named to the Times Free Press’ 20 Under 40 list. Patrick Bobo, associate general counsel at Coyote Logistics, and Alex McVeagh, Hamilton County Sessions Court Judge, were among the honorees. The list recognizes Chattanooga young professionals who have made a mark on the city. McVeagh also serves as YLD District 5 Rep. Congrats!

YLD Honors CASA Volunteer of the Year

Posted by: Stephanie Vonnahme on Jun 21, 2018
 
The TBA Young Lawyers Division recently presented its annual CASA Volunteer of the Year award to Julia Hearnsberger of Fayetteville. Hearnsberger has been volunteering at the Junior’s House Child Advocacy Center for more than three years, where she helped start the CASA program. In addition to serving as a child advocate, she mentors other CASA volunteers and fundraises for the organization. Hearnsberger was honored alongside Junior’s House Executive Director Crystal Guess and Volunteer Supervisor Bonnie Sullivan.
 
 

Uniform Bar Exam

Posted by: Stephanie Vonnahme on Jun 21, 2018

 

As discussed at the full YLD Board meeting on Saturday, the Supreme Court has adopted the Uniform Bar Exam and is currently evaluating whether to require a “local component” in conjunction with or in addition to the UBE. The TBA is currently studying the issue and will be commenting on the same in the near future. John Rice, YLD Public Policy Coordinator, invites all of you to share your comments on this point by June 27, 2018, or to file a comment directly with the Court by July 18, 2018. Here is the memo summarizing the issues and proposal. Please forward this information to all Affiliate Reps, Invited Guests and other state organizations to draw their attention to this issue and to solicit their feedback. Also, if any of you know law students, it would be interesting to hear their thoughts, as well.

TBA Convention 2018

Posted by: Stephanie Vonnahme on Jun 21, 2018
 

The 137th Annual TBA Convention took place this past weekend at the famous Peabody Hotel in Memphis. Lots of major events went down at the Convention. Chief Justice Jeff Bivens swore in new TBA president Jason Pannu, gubernatorial candidates vied for attorney support, amazing CLEs were presented, and of course, the most important moment: the TBA YLD's Annual Meeting.  The gathering saw outgoing YLD president Ahsaki Baptist pass the presidential torch to our new leader, Nashville entertainment lawyer, Christian Barker. See all photos from the event.

The new 2018-2019 TBA YLD board members and committees were also introduced.  More on the new TBA YLD board members can be found at the YLD home page. 

At the event, the YLD also unveiled its new social media platforms.  So, for all the young lawyers across the state (as well as the technologically savvy older lawyers out there), please friend, follow and tweet your TBA YLD pride.

YLD Invited Guest News for May 2018

Posted by: Stephanie Vonnahme on May 31, 2018
The TBA YLD Board invites specialty and minority bars in the state to name a representative to serve as a funded but non-voting member of the board. The goal of the invited guest program is to increase diversity among the board and provide an opportunity for young lawyers involved in other legal organizations to have a voice in the state bar association.  See a list of all organizations invited to send representatives.
 
Association for Women Attorneys (AWA) –  The Association for Woman Attorneys (AWA) has some exciting events coming up. First, the annual Mary Wolff Memorial Golf Tournament will be held on June 1 at The Links at Galloway with a shotgun start of 1 p.m. There is a $100 entry fee which includes lunch, a t-shirt, a goody bag, a raffle entry and many chances to win prizes. This year's golf tournament will benefit the AWA Foundation and Girls Inc. For more information and for sponsorship opportunities, please check out our golf tournament webpage or contact Mary Morgan Whitfield.
 
 
Then, on June 14, the AWA is helping sponsor the Community Legal Center's (CLC) special showing of "Dreamgirls" at the Playhouse on the Square. Tickets are $45 from General Admission or $100 for VIP, and all proceeds will benefit the important work of the CLC. Get your tickets TODAY! 
 
Next, the AWA will be hosting a Tax Update meeting on Thursday, June 28, at Dixon Hughes Goodman (999 Shady Grove Road, Suite 400  38120).  Speakers include Cindy MacAuley and Sloane Hankins.  Registration will begin at 11:45 a.m. and the program will be from 12-1 p.m. 
 
Lastly, please save the date for the AWA's annual Judicial Reception on December 4. Stay tuned for more details. For more information about the AWA, or if you have any questions, please email us or contact Meagan Jones.
 
East Tennessee Lawyers Association for Women (ETLAW) – The group’s next meeting will be June 20 at the YWCA Downtown Knoxville. For more information about the group, contact Loretta Cravens or visit etlawtn.org
 
Lawyers Association for Women, Anne Schneider Chapter – For information about the group and its activities, contact Terica Smith Anderson, 731-423-5805.
 
Lawyers Association for Women, Marion Griffin Chapter – For information about the group and its activities, contact Maria Campbell.
 
National Bar Association, Ballard Taylor Chapter– For information about the group and its activities, contact Taylor Eskridge.
 
National Bar Association, Ben F. Jones Chapter – For more information about the National Bar Association, Ben F. Jones Chapter, please contact Latanyia Walker.
 
National Bar Association, Napier Looby Chapter – For information about the group and its activities, contact David Jones.
 
National Bar Association, S.L. Hutchins Chapter – NBA S.L. Hutchins is partnering with the Chattanooga Legal Diversity Consortium and has selected 5 1Ls from around the country complete a summer fellowship in Chattanooga. An official press release is forthcoming.  Information about the group and its activities, contact Ariel Anthony, (432) 755-2661.
 
Southeast Tennessee Lawyers’ Association for Women (SETLAW) – Please join SETLAW for its next meeting on June 27 at the Hamilton County Courthouse Jury Selection Room, from 11:30- 1 p.m. Local judges from Chattanooga and the surrounding areas will present to the group.
 
Save the Date for SETLAW’s next social happy hour event set for July 26 at Virgola beginning at 5:30 p.m. For more information about SETLAW, contact Lauren Sherrell, or email the chapter directly.
 
Tennessee Asian Pacific American Bar Association – For information about TAPABA and its activities, contact Lanta Wang, (615) 850-8194.
 
Tennessee Lawyers Association for Women (TLAW) – For information about TLAW and its activities, contact Connie Chadwick.
 
Tennessee Stonewall Bar Association – For information about the group and its activities, contact Charles McLaurin.

YLD Affiliate News for May 2018

Posted by: Stephanie Vonnahme on May 31, 2018
American Bar Association YLD – To learn more about the ABA YLD visit the group online, follow them on Facebook and Twitter or connect on Linkedin. 
 
Blount County Bar Association YLD – The Blount County YLD has a new president, Sarah Miracle, for the upcoming bar year. For more information email Sarah or call 865-705-7011.
 
Chattanooga Bar Association YLD – The Chattanooga Bar Association YLD continues to have monthly social happy hours to promote the YLD and encourage networking with other young attorneys. The YLD’s next Social is tomorrow, June 1, at Best Hayduk Brock. 
 
For more information about the group contact President Drew Reynolds, (423) 756-7000, or follow the group on Facebook.
 
Jackson Madison County Bar Association YLD – For more information about the group contact President Christie Hopper. Stay tuned for more information and follow news on the group's Facebook page.
 
Knoxville Bar Association Barristers – The Barristers Volunteer Breakfast is a recurring event on the fourth Thursday of each month at 6:15 a.m., where the Barristers’ and their volunteers serve breakfast to individuals participating in the services of the Volunteer Ministry Center. The Barristers Volunteer Breakfast Committee always needs volunteers to serve food or sponsor. Sign up here. 
 
Everyone is invited to attend the Barristers’ monthly meetings, which are held on the second Wednesday of every month beginning at 5 p.m. at the Bistro by the Bijou, 807 South Gay Street. The next meeting will be held on June 13.  
 
The next Tennessee Faith & Justice Alliance Legal Advice Clinic will be on June 2 at CrossWalk Community Church, located at 2131 E. Gov John Sevier Highway, Knoxville, TN 37920. If you are interested in signing up for the Legal Advice Clinic, please register on the KBA’s website.
 
Can you donate a couple of hours of your time to assist area service members and military families? The Knoxville Barristers sponsor a Veterans’ Legal Advice Clinic on the second Wednesday of each month from 12 - 2 p.m. at the Knox County Public Defender’s Community Law Office. The next Veterans Legal Clinic is scheduled for 12 noon on May 9. If you are interested in signing up for the Veterans Clinic, you can do so on the KBA’s website.
 
Please join us for the Barristers and KBA Happy/Social Hour on June 21, from 5 - 7 p.m. at Pretentious Beer Company, located at 131 S. Central St.! Come out, have a drink and socialize with your friends and colleagues! 
 
There are many opportunities to get involved, so please contact Barristers President Mitchell Panter for more information. Check out the Barristers on Facebook, or contact Mitchell Painter for more information.
 
Maury County Bar Association YLD – For more information contact President Thomas Hutto, (931) 388-2822.
 
Memphis Bar Association YLD –  The MBA YLD Basketball League Title Game and Happy Hour is June 4 from 5:30 – 9 p.m. Happy Hour will be at Happy Mexican beginning at 5:30 p.m. with the game starting at 7:30 p.m. at MUS.  
 
The YLD’s Golf Tournament will be Sept. 21 at the Links at Galloway in Memphis from 1-5 p.m. For more information about the MBA YLD, or if you would like to get involved with the MBA YLD, please contact President Mary Wu Tullis or visit the group’s Facebook page.
 
Montgomery County Bar Association YLD — For information about the Montgomery County YLD contact Jamie Durrett.
 
Nashville Bar Association YLD –  The group recently held a successful Arts Immersion event.  Save the date for the 21st Annual Carbolic Smoke Ball, the NBA YLD’s annual cocktail and dance party, at Woolworth’s on 5th on Saturday, August 4. For more information about the NBA YLD contact President Tera Rica Murdock or follow the group on Facebook.
 
Northeast Tennessee Young Lawyers Association – For more information, please contact Caroline Ross Williams. Follow news from the group on Facebook.
 
Upper Cumberland Young Lawyers Association – For more information about the group, please contact President Gordon Byars. Follow news from the group on Facebook.
 
Williamson County Bar Association YLD – The group recently held a successful Wills for Heroes Clinic and a social event.  Stay tuned for more events this summer. For information about the group contact President Kendall White or follow news from the group on Facebook.

Share Your Comments on Indigent Defense Spending

Posted by: Stephanie Vonnahme on May 31, 2018
In the state budget for the 2018-19 fiscal year, which begins July 1, the Tennessee General Assembly appropriated $9.7 million in additional recurring funding to compensate Tennessee lawyers for representing the indigent under Tennessee Supreme Court Rule 13. On May 25, the Court issued an order soliciting public input on amending Rule 13 to adjust the hourly rates and per-case caps for this work.
 
The TBA intends to provide comments. To that end, we are soliciting the comments of ALL Tennessee lawyers who do work in this arena. We have prepared this survey to collect your comments.

Tennessee Supreme Court Taking Comments on Consideration of the Uniform Bar Exam

Posted by: Stephanie Vonnahme on May 31, 2018

The deadline for written submissions is Monday, June 18. For more information, see here.

May 2018 Attorney Spotlight- Debbie Zimmerle Boudreaux

Posted by: Stephanie Vonnahme on May 31, 2018

This year the Tennessee Bar Association Young Lawyers Division will be recognizing its outstanding members each month by featuring them in the TBA YLD Attorney Spotlight. For the month of May, the YLD is highlighting Debbie Zimmerle Boudreaux.

Debbie Z. Boudreaux of The Law Office of David J. McKenzie in Lewisburg, Tennessee focuses her practice in family law. She primarily handles complex divorces, child custody matters, and adoptions.
 
Boudreaux, born and raised in Chapel Hill, Tennessee, attended Forrest High School before earning her Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from the University of Tennessee at Martin in 2008. Boudreaux was the recipient of the Sam Nailing, Jr. Pre-Law Award and was also awarded a Department of Business Academic Award while at UT Martin. After college, she moved to New Orleans to obtain her law degree from the Loyola University College of Law.
 
Boudreaux has been very active in her community and in the Bar since entering private practice in 2011. In addition to her private practice, she has served as the Municipal Court Judge for Chapel Hill overseeing traffic offenses and other city ordinance violations since 2013. She is a Member of the American Bar Association, Tennessee Bar Association and Young Lawyers Division, Tennessee Municipal Judges Conference, and the Marshall County Bar Association. Boudreaux is currently serving as the District 11 Representative of the Tennessee Bar Association Young Lawyers Division, where she has spearheaded many successful clinics and other legal programs for first responders, families in need, and other community members. She is looking forward to serving the YLD for the upcoming bar year as the Curriculum Coordinator for the CATALYST program - a program designed to bring the legislative process to high school students throughout the State of Tennessee. She is a tireless advocate for her clients and a great asset to our legal community.
 
On a personal note, Debbie Boudreaux is married to fellow attorney Ross Boudreaux. Her negotiation skills were strong enough to convince him to take a second bar exam and move from Louisiana to Tennessee to start their life together. They have two children, Jack and Mary, and another baby on the way. They love to travel as often as their practice allows them and both have a borderline unhealthy love for the city of New Orleans. Please join us in congratulating Debbie Z. Boudreaux as this month’s Tennessee Bar Association YLD’s Attorney Spotlight!
 
Please send nominations for the June 2018 YLD Attorney Spotlight to YLD Publications Chair Justin Faith.

TBA YLD Continues to Host Successful Workshops, Clinics, Service Projects

Posted by: Stephanie Vonnahme on May 31, 2018

The YLD hosts Wills for Heroes clinics around the state to provide free wills, powers of attorney and advance directives for Tennessee's firefighters, law enforcement officers and other emergency responders. The Wills for Heroes program started shortly after the September 11th terrorist attacks as a way to give back to first responders in need of estate planning services. Since its inception in Tennessee, Wills for Heroes has served several thousand heroes and their families. The YLD had a hugely successful Wills for Heroes Clinic earlier this month in Franklin, Tennessee serving 50 first responders, law enforcement officers, and firefighters.

Stay tuned for more opportunities to volunteer this upcoming bar year.

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