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AROUND THE BAR AWARD WINNERS AND NEW BAR LEADERS ANNOUNCED AT KBA ANNUAL MEETING

The Knoxville Bar Association (KBA) held its Annual Meeting virtually on Friday, December 11, 2020. The President’s gavel was passed from Hanson R. Tipton, a member of the Knoxville law firm of Watson, Roach, Batson & Lauderback, PLC, to Cheryl G. Rice, a civil litigator with Egerton McAfee Armistead & Davis, P.C.During the meeting, the following KBA members were elected as officers for 2021: President-Elect - Jason H. Long, Treasurer - Loretta G. Cravens, and Secretary - Catherine E. Shuck. The membership elected the following KBA members to the four open positions on the Board of Governors: Jonathan D. Cooper, Daniel L. Ellis, Eric M. Lutton, and Carlos A. Yunsan.

Dwight E. Tarwater, Paine | Tarwater | Bickers, LLP, was presented the KBA’s highest award, the prestigious Governors’ Award, which is given annually to a lawyer whose peers believe has brought distinction and honor to the legal profession. Retired Criminal Court Judge Mary Beth Leibowitz was presented with the Judicial Excellence Award. The Award recognizes judges felt by the Association’s Board of Governors to be deserving of special recognition. The Presidents’ Award for 2020 was presented to Denise Moretz of Woolf McClane Bright Allen & Carpenter. Ms. Moretz was recognized for her work on the recently published “Planning Ahead: A Guide to Protecting Your Clients’ Interests in the Event of Your Disability or Death” to assist lawyers with succession planning. Nick McCall was recognized for the long-running series Last Word in DICTA, and the awards for outstanding writing were presented to Phillip Hampton and William T. Ramsey for their Gadgets column.