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Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Feb 17, 2017

The chart below shows the members who have been elected this year to lead the Tennessee Bar Association during the 2017-2018 bar year. The TBA Board of Governors and House of Delegates will fill seats where no one filed. Member voting in contested elections will begin March 1 and end April 1.


TBA Board of Governors


PositionCandidate

Vice PresidentSarah Sheppeard

5th District Governor (Position 1)Sherie Edwards

1st District Governor
(To fill the balance of an unexpired term)

Deborah Yeomans-Barton


7th District Governor
(To fill the balance of an unexpired term)
Michelle Sellers

West Grand Division Governor (1)Mason Wilson

West Grand Division Governor (2)Carl Carter

Middle Grand Division Governor (1)No Candidate Filed

Middle Grand Division Governor (2)No Candidate Filed

East Grand Division Governor (2)Mary Beth Maddox

ABA House of Delegates


Position 1Jonathan Cole

Position 3 (designated for young lawyer)Troy Weston

TBA House of Delegates


District 1Elizabeth Hutton

District 2No Candidate Filed

District 3Aaron Chapman

District 4Eve Charlesworth

District 5Steve Ogle

District 6 (2 positions)Shelly Wilson
No Candidate Filed

District 7Neil McBride

District 8Melanie Stepp Lane

District 9Loren Plemmons

District 10Marcia McMurray

District 11 (2 positions)Alicia Oliver
Arnold Stulce

District 12No Candidate Filed

District 13Jane Powers

District 14John LaBar

District 15Jody Aulds

District 16Ewing Sellers

District 17No Candidate Filed

District 18Tim Takacs

District 19Jamie Durrett

District 20 (2 positions)

Charlie High
Max Fleischer


District 21Shauna Billingsley

District 22Michael Cox

District 23No Candidate Filed

District 24Charlie Trotter

District 25Kasey Culbreath

District 26Linda Seely

District 27Paul Hutcherson

District 28Jerry Flippin

District 29Karen Burns

District 30 (2 positions)Walt Schuler
Randy Womack

District 31No Candidate Filed

Young Lawyer, East Grand DivisionBryce McKenzie

Young Lawyer, West Grand DivisionNicole Grida

Below are the contested elections, which will be decided via electronic ballot:


TBA Board of Governors


2nd District GovernorGlenn Walter
or
Shelly Wilson

East Grand Division Governor (Position 1)Tasha Blakney
or
Graham Swafford Jr.

TBA House of Delegates


Young Lawyer, Middle Grand DivisionFranklin Graves
or
Nina Kumar