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2022
Annual Meeting & Elections Notice
The Annual Membership Meeting will be held on Friday, December 9, 2022, at 8:30 a.m. at the Main Assembly Room of the City County Building. At the end of the meeting, Loretta G. Cravens will be sworn in as KBA President.
The Nominating Committee for the Officers and Board of Governors of the Knoxville Bar Association for the upcoming year is comprised of Loretta Cravens, Chair, Ursula Bailey, Magistrate Robin Gunn, Ian Hennessey, Sarah Keith, Jason Lambert, and James Stovall.
The Committee, having met, recommends that the following, all of whom are members of the Knoxville Bar Association, be placed in nomination at the Annual Meeting:
President‐Elect: Treasurer: Secretary: Carlos A. Yunsan Jonathan D. Cooper Rachel Park Hurt
There are four open positions on the Board of Governors. Three of the Board of Governor positions will be for three‐year terms. The fourth is the one‐year term government/public sector position. Nominations to fill the open positions on the Board of Governors are the following:
BOARD MEMBER: Three‐Year Terms (VOTE FOR THREE) Jacob Spencer Fair Chelsea C. Moore T. Mitchell Panter Samantha Parris Justin W. Pruitt Courtney Epps Read
BOARD MEMBER: Government/Public Sector Position: One‐Year Term: Hon. E. Jerome Melson, Knox Co. Circuit Court, Division I
According to Article VI, Section 1, of the KBA By‐Laws: "Nominations may also be made from the floor during the Annual Meeting by any member in good standing."
To participate in the Annual Meeting, members should register on the KBA website before 5 p.m. on December 8. To register, click on December 9 in the event calendar at www.knoxbar.org. Candidate bios may be viewed online.
Pursuant to the Bylaws change approved at the Annual Meeting in 1996, members are permitted to vote by absentee ballot.
ABSENTEE BALLOTS ‐ VOTING IN THE KBA ELECTIONS
Any member in good standing who personally comes to the offices of the Knoxville Bar Association during regular business hours on any of the ten (10) working days immediately preceding the day of the Annual Meeting will be permitted to vote. The member must first file a written form making oath that he or she will not be in town or otherwise be unable to attend the Annual Meeting. Then the member will be permitted to cast an absentee ballot for such officer or board positions as may be contested.
