Chattanooga Bar Association

Some members of the Chattanooga Bar Association Book Club met today with Jerry Burden, the author of the true story of the “Murder by the River”. Thank you for your time and Q&A. A most interesting book, especially if you are from Chattanooga! Thank you to Cecilia Garrett for chairing the book club and to Chambliss Bahner & Stophel for hosting!

Congratulations to the Chattanooga Bar Associations’s 2023 Liberty Bell Award recipient- ALLEN BRANUM!! The CBA honors an outstanding citizen in our community for public service. The Liberty Bell award is to recognize community service that has strengthened the American System of Freedom under law. (1) promotes better understanding of our Constitution and Bill of Rights, (2) encourage a greater respect for the law and the courts, (3) stimulates a deeper sense of individual responsibility so that citizens recognize their duties as well as rights, (4) contribute to the effective functioning of our institutions of government, and (5) foster a better understanding and appreciation of the rule of law. CONGRATULATIONS to ALLEN BRANUM!! 🔔

Sign Up Today for this 2-hour seminar on Thursday, May 25, 2023 from 3:00 - 5:00 pm at Miller & Martin Conference Center. Register on line at: https://www.chattanoogabar.org/4/seminars or Email to: [email protected]

"Watergate at 50: Lawyers and Democracy" CLE seminar was amazing! Honored to have JOHN DEAN and JAMES D. ROBENALT present this seminar to the CBA attorneys.

LAW DAY 2022 - “Toward a More Perfect Union: The Constitution in Times of Change”. The Chattanooga Bar Association was honored to have our U S CONGRESSMAN CHUCK FLEISCHMANN attend to present the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD as our Association celebrates our 125th Anniversary!
Every year, the CBA presents the LIBERTY BELL AWARD to a citizen in the community who has strengthened the American System of Freedom under law. Such service includes: 1) promotes better understanding of our Constitution and the Bill of Rights; 2) encourage a greater respect for the law and courts; 3) stimulates a deeper sense of individual responsibility so that citizens recognize their duties as well as their rights; 4) contribute to the effective functioning of our institutions of government; and 5) foster a better understanding and appreciation of the rule of law. Our outstanding recipient of the 2022 Liberty Bell Award is MAYOR JIM COPPINGER Jim M. Coppinger!!
And our speaker was JAMES D. ROBENALT on “The History of naming a woman to the U S Supreme Court”.

Thank you to all the Judicial Candidates and the District Attorney candidates for your participation in the Chattanooga Bar Association DA Debate and Judicial Meet & Greet. Thank you to UTC for and to Dr. Melissa Jarrell for Moderating the Debate.
City Court:
Brian Bush
Hon. Sherry Paty

Circuit Court:
Mike Dumitru
Jim Exum

Criminal Court:
Amanda Dunn
Boyd Patterson
Rebecca Stern

District Attorney candidates:
John Brooks
Neal Pinkston
Coty Wamp

The Chattanooga Bar Association and the UTC Criminal Justice Department to Social, Cultural and Justice Studies invite you to a “MEET AND GREET THE JUDICIAL CANDIDATES” - 6:00 pm - and the “HAMILTON COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY DEBATE” - 7:00 pm - on MONDAY, APRIL 4, 2022 in the Student Center Auditorium at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.

Congratulations to City Court Judge Sherry Paty - 2021 Jurist of the Year!!

“BASEBALL, BEER & BURGERS” - Summer Clerks Reception at the Chattanooga Lookouts with the Chattanooga Bar Association!

20 under 40: Scenic City superheroes

CONGRATULATIONS to CBA Member Emily O'Donnell on a wonderful profile in CHATTER'S "20 Under 40"!

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Chattanooga Bar Association and the City of Chattanooga team together for the "Making Good Decisions" campaign. Thank you to Judge Curtis Collier and Lurone "Coach" Jennings for being our speakers yesterday! Thank you to all the CBA attorneys who attended and volunteered to participate in this Program!

Congratulations to - MARCY EASON -our Chattanooga Bar Association member on being honored today as a 2016 Women of Distinction! Most deserved!!

Congratulations to our two law school student members - CHASE SMITH and MIKE KUEBLER - PASSED THE BAR EXAM!!

LIBERTY BELL AWARD NOMINATIONS SOUGHT

Each year, the Chattanooga Bar Association honors an outstanding citizen in the Chattanooga area with the “Liberty Bell Award” for public service. Nominations are currently being solicited for the 2016 award, to be presented during the annual Law Day Luncheon which will be held Wednesday, May 4, 2016. All nominations should be received by Friday, April 15, 2016, and send to: Lynda Minks Hood, Executive Director, Chattanooga Bar Association, The Pioneer Building, Suite 420, 801 Broad Street Chattanooga, TN 37402.

The purpose of the “Liberty Bell Award” is to recognize community service that has strengthened the America system of freedom under law. In selecting the recipient of this award, the Chattanooga Bar Association considers such service as including activities which (1) promotes better understanding of our Constitution and the Bill of Rights; (2) encourage a greater respect for the law and the courts; (3) stimulates a deeper sense of individual responsibility so that citizens recognize their duties as well as their rights; (4) contribute to the effective functioning of our institutions of government; and (5) foster a better understanding and appreciation of the rule of law.

This prestigious award, presented annually by the Chattanooga Bar Association, will be selected from nominations received by the awards judges. Lawyers and judges are not eligible for the award; however, all other fields of endeavor are intended for the inclusion, namely education, business, sciences, communications, labor, government, religion, professions and youth organizations.

In February 2016, UTC took 2 teams to Jackson, Mississippi to compete in their regional tournament which was hosted at Mississippi College School of Law. Both teams went 6-2 and were 2 out of the 7 teams that qualified to move on to ORCS (Opening Round Championship Series). This is the 3rd time in UTC history a team has qualified for ORCS and the 1st time 2 teams have qualified. This is a huge milestone for their program.
On March 18 - 20, the two teams competed in the Opening Rounds. Unfortunately, neither of the teams received a bid to the National Championship, but they did break another UTC record! The last time UTC went to this competition, they won 1.5 ballots out of 8. Their Blue team won 2 ballots out of 8 which was very exciting. Their Gold team won 1 ballot and tied on another.

They faced some extremely hard competition, but they are very satisfied with the outcome.

Erika Hyde, an associate with Miller & Martin, was one of three coaches for the teams. Shyloah Bisi, an intern with Weill & Long, is Vice President of the UTC Mock Trial Teams and Captain of the Blue Team.

Congratulations to CSTHEA MOCK TRIAL TEAM!
Chancellor Jeff Atherton's homeschool mock trial team (CSTHEA) and McCallie made it to the state mock trial championships in Nashville last weekend.
CSTHEA made it to the finals, where they lost to Montgomery Bell.

Pictured with the CSTHEA MOCK TRIAL Team is Chief Justice Sharon Lee, who judged the final round.

LAW Day 2016
May 4th - The Read House

“When the United States Attorney Sued to Remove Half the Tennessee Supreme Court: The Quo Warranto Cases of 1870.”

Tennessee’s government underwent great change and turmoil in the period between 1861 and 1871, as citizens of the state chose sides in the Civil War and, in the case of those who supported the Confederacy, suffered disfranchisement and political disability after the war. In 1868, the XIV Amendment to the United States Constitution imposed political disabilities for certain ex-Confederates. But in 1870, the new state constitution required that the entire Tennessee Supreme Court be elected in August, 1870, and men who were subject to the disabilities of the XIV Amendment were elected as justices. The United States Attorney in Knoxville filed cases in Federal court against the chief justice and two other members of the court as well as the Tennessee Attorney General seeking their removal and the imposition of criminal penalties. This remarkable case does not appear anywhere in the modern history of the Tennessee Supreme Court or the Eastern District of Tennessee, and is the subject of Sam Elliott’s Law Day talk, “When the United States Attorney Sued to Remove Half the Tennessee Supreme Court: The Quo Warranto Cases of 1870.”

Sam Elliott is a member of Gearhiser, Peters, Elliott and Cannon, PLLC, and practices primarily in the field of litigation and representation of local governments. He is a past president of both the Tennessee Bar Association and the Chattanooga Bar Association, and is a fellow of the American, Tennessee and Chattanooga Bar Foundations. Sam has authored several books, essays and articles on Tennesseans during the Civil War era, including Isham G. Harris of Tennessee: Confederate Governor and United States Senator (2010), the co-winner of the 2010 Tennessee History Book Award, and a forthcoming biography of John C. Brown, a Civil War general, post-war governor and president of the Constitutional Convention of 1870.

Law Day, held annually on May 1, is a national day set aside to celebrate the rule of law. Law Day underscores how law and the legal process contribute to the freedoms that all Americans share. Law Day also provides an opportunity to recognize the role of courts in this democracy and the importance of jury service to maintaining the integrity of the courts.

To make your LAW DAY reservation, send an email to [email protected], or call the CBA office at (423) 602-9429. The luncheon will be held Wednesday, May 4, 2016, at 12:00 noon at The Read House. Cost for the luncheon is $35.00 per person, and it includes .50 CLE Credit.

Thank you to Presiding Judge Barry Steelman and to the other judges who participated in our Annual Memorial Service this morning. Thank you to the attorneys who prepared and read the Resolutions; and to the attorneys for your support of all the family members of the deceased. It was truly a celebration of their lives and talents as recited in the Resolutions. As stated by Judge Christie Sell, "Any family member of a lawyer can attest that we are sometimes not the easiest people to love. Like the beautiful and exotic orchids, that we all naturally think ourselves to be, we do require constant care and attention to flourish."

Thank you to the 100+ attorneys who made reservations to attend the first of some informal socials through the year! We kicked it off with a "Chattanooga Theme" of food - Krystals, Moon Pies, Tennessee Moonshine Cakes and Krispy Kreme! Add wine, beer and great company = a great time!

If you missed it, make plans to attend the next one! Watch for announcements throughout the year! Thank you to Jimmy Swansbrough, VP of Operations at Krystal Catering, and to FIRSTBANK for opening your bank for the venue.

A great reminder of our culture and heritage as we spent time yesterday at the Freedom Foundation Awards Luncheon. Congratulations to Judge Clarence Shattuck as the 2015 recipient of the National Distinguished Citizen & Lifetime Achievement Award!!

And CONGRATULTAIONS to Bruce C. Bailey for receiving the Jac Chambliss Lifetime Achievement Award at the Chattanooga Bar Association's Annual Meeting held yesterday!
This award was established in the Fall of 2010 by the Board of Governors to recognize a member of the Bar Association, and will be presented annual to a member who has demonstrated the highest standards of excellence for the legal profession; helped facilitate access to the justice system; served and supported the community; stimulated a feeling of respect, esteem and good fellowship among the members of the profession; maintained a high standard of ethics among the members; demonstrated commitment to clients; represented the highest tradition of personal and professional excellence in Hamilton County; devoted significant amounts of time, efforts, and/or funds to activities that benefit their community and has enhanced the image and esteem of general practice attorneys in Hamilton County.

Thank you to all the CBA members who attended the 118th Annual Meeting of the Chattanooga Bar Association!
Congratulations to new Board Members: Barret Albritton, Marc Harwell, John Harrison and Linda Norwood.
Congratulations to Hon. Christie Sell, sworn in as President of the CBA Board by Honorable Clarence Shattuck.

Congratulations to Award winners:
Art Grisham (the Ralph H. Kelley Humanitarian Award)
John M. Higgason, Jr. (Harry Weill Zealous Practice of Law Award)
David Kesler (Albert L. Hodge Volunteer Award)
Tim Mickel (President's Award)
Jeffrey Maddux - YLD Volunteer of the Year Award

We had a great year and I want to thank all the members for their support of all the social events, seminars, the Association and legal community. A special Thank You to all attorneys and judges who spoke at our Continuing Legal Education Seminars!

Looking for ward to working with you all in 2016!