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the nomination for Secretary.

At lunch that day, Jason wisely told me he would need to talk to Carol Anne first (they were both still recovering from his year as president of the TBA,) and so I waited on pins and needles until he called and told me that he was ready to serve in the leadership of the

KBA. Carol Anne is excited for him, and calls his presidency “the culmination of all of his hard work with the KBA.” She mentioned that while Jason has served in leadership of other bar organizations, “this is where his heart is, in Knoxville.” And she appreciates the symmetry for their family of Jason serving as KBA President, as she says “The KBA was responsible for us getting together.”

Jason says that he is honored to serve as KBA President, “serving the people I know well and the people I professionally grew up around.” Of his goals for the 2022 bar year, Jason says, “If there is one thing I want to accomplish this year, it is a realization within our bar of how much we do and how much we CAN do.” He notes that the turmoil in the world and our community over the past couple of years has forced us as a bar to adapt and improve and explore new ways of thinking. “We came out of it in a really strong position, and we should realize how special our bar is and how special it can be.”

1 See, e.g., “Clash of the Titans” (running diary of watching Anatomy of a Murder), April 2012; “I Love Monkeys” (running diary of watching Inherit the Wind), August 2015; “Just When You Thought It Was Safe to Go Back Into the Courtroom” (tale of the tape piece on Jaws vs. To Kill a Mockingbird for greatest lawyer movie of all time), August 2014; “Movie Law 101” (examination of The Verdict, A Few Good Men, and To Kill a Mockingbird), March 2018; “Some Post-Holiday Thoughts:” (revisiting It’s a Wonderful Life and Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer); “Lock Him Up (George Bailey Christmas Edition)”( yet another examination of It’s a Wonderful Life), December 2019; “Tom Hagen – Lawyer Profile” (imagined timesheets of Tom Hagen, consigliere from The Godfather), January 2020; and “Counselor Extraordinaire?” (yet another examination of Tom Hagen’s role in the Godfather movies), May 2021. 2 See, e.g., “Law and Big Orange Hoops 101” (imagined pending or potential litigation facing members of UT basketball program in 2008/2009), December 2008 and “Fourth and Long” (imagined lawsuits related to UT football season), November 2011. 3 “Spring Cleaning” (literally a running diary of cleaning out his desk), June 2008. 4 Naturally, Jason has used these stories as fodder for “Long Winded” columns, and fuller versions can be found in “A KBA Feel Good Story” in the February 2019 issue of DICTA.