barrister bullets BARRISTERS ELECTIONS RESULTS The Barristers Elections and Holiday Party were held on December 9, 2020 at The Firefly. Thank you to everyone who came and to our newly elected Executive Officers: Amanda Tonkin, President; Meagan Collver, Vice President; Zack Walden, Secretary/Treasurer; Matt Knable and Chuck Sharrett, Members-at-Large. BARRISTERS MONTHLY MEETINGS Everyone is invited to attend the Barristers’ monthly meetings, which are held on the second Wednesday of the month. The first monthly meeting of 2021 will be on Wednesday, February 10th at 5:00 p.m. on Zoom. Networking will begin at 5:00 p.m., and committee reports will begin at 5:15 p.m.
BARRISTERS CANNED FOOD DRIVE DONATES 77,219 MEALS Participating firms and teams in the Knoxville Bar raised $25,739.99 in this year’s Canned Food Drive! Because of your generosity, we far exceeded our donation goal of $16,500. This total will provide 77,219 meals for hungry individuals and families in East Tennessee through Second Harvest Food Bank of East Tennessee. THANK YOU to each of the teams who participated in the food drive, and a special congratulations to Brock Shipe Klenk for donating the most meals per employee this year! Take a look at the final standings in the graphic below.
VOLUNTEER FOR THE VETERANS LEGAL ADVICE CLINIC The Veterans Legal Advice Clinic is a general advice and referral clinic which will serve between 20 and 30 veterans in the community each month with a wide variety of legal issues. Volunteers are needed between 12:00pm and 2:00pm on the 2nd Wednesday of every month. Sign up to help at www.knoxbar.org/volunteer, and contact Access to Justice Committee CoChairs Spencer Fair (sfair@londonamburn.com) or Luke Ihnen ( ihnen@ londonamburn.com) with questions. VOLUNTEER BREAKFAST The Volunteer Breakfast Committee will continue to deliver breakfast to the Volunteer Ministry Center on the fourth Thursday of the month, however, the Center has suspended in-person volunteer opportunities until further notice. The Barristers Volunteer Committee continues to accept sponsors, but regrettably is unable to accept volunteers at this time. We offer our heartfelt thanks to all our sponsors and volunteers. Please contact Matt Knable (knablelaw@gmail.com) or Mitchell Panter (mpanter@ lewisthomason.com) for questions or concerns. MOCK TRIAL COMPETITION TO TAKE PLACE VIRTUALLY The 2021 TN State High School Mock Trial Competition will take place virtually in 2021, over the week of March 15-21. The TBA is in the process of determining the format of this competition. For more information, visit https://www.tba.org/index.cfm?pg=tennessee-high-school-mock-trial-0. Please contact Patrick O’Neal (Patrick.oneal@leitnerfirm.com) with questions.
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CLE COMMITTEE TAKING SUGGESTIONS The CLE Committee will be meeting in early 2021 to begin planning informative and entertaining CLEs for the upcoming year. Please feel free to submit any ideas you may have to Sam Louderback (slouderback@ emlaw.com) and Seth Oakes (soakes@tcflattorneys.com)
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