Apply to join the Tennessee Department of Health as associate counsel in its Office of General Counsel. The position will represent the department in administrative law cases, provide legal advice to healthcare licensure boards, analyze proposed legislation and more. Successful candidates will have three or more years of continuous legal practice, preferably with litigation experience. To apply, email TDH.TalentManagement@tn.gov or complete the application process on www.tn.gov/careers. View this listing or browse all job listings on the TBA’s JobLink page.

The Chattanooga Bar Foundation inducted four new fellows during its 2022 Fellows Luncheon last week, the Hamilton County Herald reports. Dean Clements is the managing partner at Spears, Moore, Rebman and Williams, where he represents physicians, hospitals and health care providers in medical malpractice and licensing matters. Ron Feldman focuses in the area of commercial real estate at Husch Blackwell. Jeffrey Maddux is a shareholder with Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel, where he handles commercial litigation in the education and financial services industries. Finally, Maury Nicely is an attorney with Evans Harrison Hackett, where he focuses on employment litigation and labor law. Fellows work to improve the study of law, the administration of justice, and relations between the members of the legal profession and the public.

The Tennessee Court of Workers' Compensation Claims reports that there will be no settlement approvals at any of its offices this week from Wednesday to Friday because the court’s judges will be at a judicial conference.

During its annual convention in Memphis next week, the National Bar Association will present a free showing of the Netflix documentary “CIVIL,” which features its past president Ben Crump. The showing will take place on July 26 from 3-5 p.m. CDT in Ballroom A of the Renasant Convention Center, 255 N Main St., Memphis, TN 38103. The viewing will be followed by a special question and answer time with Crump and current NBA President Carlos E. Moore.

Oregon attorney Kristin Hazelwood Huber was reinstated to the practice of law in Tennessee on July 14, retroactive to June 27. Huber had been placed on inactive status on Dec. 3, 2014. The Board of Professional Responsibility found that Huber had met the requirements for reinstatement and her petition was satisfactory.

Federal agents accused of targeting, mocking and, in some instances, brutalizing Latino workers at a Grainger County slaughterhouse claim their lives will be endangered by the public release of video from the controversial raid. Although the video is currently under seal, an investigation by Tennessee Lookout of the April 2018 raid indicates the footage appears to show a U.S. Department of Homeland Security agent putting his boot on the neck of a Latino worker and punching another Latino worker in the head without provocation. In depositions taken in the case, the agent’s colleagues allegedly agree that the actions constituted excessive force. Those who were involved in raid are now asking a federal judge to bar public release of the footage and any mention in the court record of what it depicts. They argue the information could "prejudice potential jurors, provoke retaliation and place the agents … at personal risk.”

Women are continuing to break barriers in the legal profession each day, and law school enrollment is no different, Above the Law reports. New data based on 2021 enrollment shows the number of female law students once again outpaced their male colleagues, and for the sixth year in a row, more women entered law school than did the year before. Women first outnumbered men in law school in 2016. Today they represent 55.3% of the law student population, ahead of 44.4% men and 0.31% who identified as "other." Enjuris has the full breakdown.

Nashville-based Sims Funk, a boutique litigation firm with a focus on commercial litigation, is seeking a litigation associate. Candidates should have one to four years of work as a litigation associate. Send resume, cover letter and transcript to careers@simsfunk.com.

Longtime Paris attorney William R. “Bill” Neese, 75, died Saturday after being struck by a Dodge Ram pickup truck on Highway 79 near Paris. The driver, who was still at the scene when deputies arrived, was not charged. Neese was a partner in the Neese & Neese Law Firm with his daughter, Ellen Neese Adams. He also had spent eight years as county attorney for neighboring Weakley County. Neese was an active community member, coaching the Henry County No Fly Zone scholastic skeet shooting team and writing about his childhood in Henry County for the PARIS! Magazine. Funeral arrangements by the McEvoy Funeral Home are pending.

Longtime Paris attorney Fred McLean died Saturday at the age of 72. A 1974 graduate of the Cumberland School of Law, he was a partner with his brother Chip in the firm of McLean and McLean. He also served as city attorney for the city of Paris since 1978. McLean was active in the Helping Hand organization in Henry County and the Paris Lakeway Kiwanis Club. He was named Volunteer of the Year by the Paris-Henry County Volunteer Center in 2013. Funeral arrangements by Ridgeway Funeral Home are pending.