Sections and committee chairs appointed

Tennessee Bar Association section and committee chairs are up and running for this bar year, which began in July. If you are interested in getting involved in any of these areas, please contact Lynn Pointer at the TBA at (800) 899-6993 or lpointer@tnbar.org.

Sections
Bankruptcy Law: Gregory Carlton Logue, Knoxville
Business Law: James Howard Levine, Chattanooga
Construction Law: Todd Elliott Panther, Nashville
Corporate Counsel: Sherie Lea Edwards, Brentwood
Creditors Practice: Bruce Anthony Saunders, Nashville
Criminal Justice: Stephen Ross Johnson, Knoxville
Disability Law: Eric Lane Buchanan, Chattanooga
Dispute Resolution: Margaret Mary Huff, Nashville
Elder Law: William King Self Jr., Memphis
Entertainment & Sports Law: Lynn Morrow, Nashville
Environmental Law: Randall Bryan Womack, Memphis
Estate Planning & Probate: Paul C. Hayes, Nashville
Family Law: Rebecca Elizabeth Byrd, Franklin
Federal Practice: Timothy Lee Warnock, Nashville
General, Solo & Small Firm Practitioners: Cynthia Richardson Wyrick, Sevierville
Health Care Law: Frank Grace Jr., Nashville
Intellectual Property Law: Lea Hall Speed, Memphis
Juvenile & Children's Law: Carl Edward Seely, Jackson
Labor & Employment Law: Stanley Eugene Graham, Nashville
Law Office Technology & Management: Daniel Perri Berexa, Nashville
Litigation: Robert Earl Boston, Nashville
Real Estate Law: Kay Butler Housch, Nashville
Tax Law: James Millis McCarten, Knoxville
Tort & Insurance Law: Mark Anthony Baugh, Nashville

Committees
Access to Justice: Andrew Criddle Branham, Memphis
CLE: William Taylor Ramsey, Nashville, and Angelia Morie Nystrom, Knoxville (co-chairs)
Committee on Protection of Consumers from the Unauthorized Practice of Law: William Claud Bovender, Kingsport
Ethics & Professional Responsibility: Lucian T Pera, Memphis
Governmental Affairs: Stewart Clifton Jr., Nashville
Judiciary: Chancellor Jerri Saunders Bryant, Athens
Lawyers Professional Liability: Barbara Jones Perutelli, Nashville
Leadership in the Law: Charles W. Swanson, Knoxville
Legal-Medical Relations: Randall Loftin Kinnard, Nashville
Long Range Planning: George T. Lewis III, Memphis
Meetings: Frank Jasper Runyon III, Clarksville
Public Education: Andrew Vincent Sellers, Jackson
Publications: Jonathan O. Steen, Jackson
Special Committee on Fee Dispute Resolution: Charles W. Swanson, Knoxville
Special Committee on Mechanics & Materialman’s Lien: Todd Elliott Panther, Nashville
TBALink Editorial Board: Howard Harris Vogel, Knoxville
Tennessee Bar Journal Editorial Board: Andrée Sophia Blumstein, Nashville

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October event will honor justices

The Tennessee Supreme Court Historical Society will honor retired Justices Adolpho A. Birch Jr., E. Riley Anderson and Frank F. Drowota III, as well as current members of the court, at a reception and dinner Oct. 5 at the Loews Vanderbilt Hotel in Nashville.

Check with the Historical Society for more information at http://www.tschs.net/

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Apply for an IOLTA grant

Application forms for grants to be paid during 2007 from the Tennessee IOLTA (Interest On Lawyers’ Trust Accounts) program are available on the Tennessee Bar Foundation Web site (http://www.tnbarfoundation.org/). Completed applications must be returned by Sept. 1. For information, contact the TBF at info@tnbarfoundation.org or 800-634-2516.

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Law Day Art and Essay Contest: ‘Liberty under law’

Each year, the Tennessee Bar Association Young Lawyers Division holds a statewide art and essay contest to celebrate Law Day. The theme for this year’s contest was “Liberty Under Law: Separate Branches, Balanced Powers.” Students were asked to communicate how our founding fathers balanced the concept of creating separate branches of government to protect liberty with the concept of creating equal branches to ensure cooperation for the common good.

The first place winner in the grammar and middle school art contest was Anderson Estes of Knoxville. Estes recently completed fourth grade at Sequoyah Elementary School.

In the high school essay contest, the first place winner was Catherine Fields of Signal Mountain, who recently completed 10th grade at Girls Preparatory School in Chattanooga.

For a listing of all the winners, go to http://www.tba.org/ yld/contest/2006.html

The purpose of celebrating Law Day is two-fold: to instill in young people an appreciation for the law and a greater understanding of the American judicial system, and to provide attorneys with opportunities to serve their communities.

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Supreme Court seeks comment on Rule 31 revisions

The Tennessee Supreme Court has published for comment revisions to Rule 31 on court-annexed alternative dispute resolution. The proposal made by the court’s ADR Commission would require Rule 31 mediators who are licensed by another agency to be in good standing with that agency; establish a new designation for Rule 31 family mediators who are “Specially Trained in Domestic Violence”; provide for Rule 31 mediator designation for sitting judges upon retirement; permit non-lawyer mediators to use continuing education credits for licensing by another agency to satisfy mediation training requirements; and, establish new procedures for revocation and suspension of Rule 31 designations. Comments are due no later than Aug. 21. See the order and the proposed rule at http://www.tba2.org/ tbatoday/news/2006/rule31_062206.pdf

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McCall left off list

In last month’s Journal a pictu­re of the TBA Board of Governors appeared, listing several who were not pictured. Jack H. “Nick” McCall Jr. is a member of the board who was not in the picture, and also was omitted from the list. The Journal regrets the omission.