COMMUNITY LEGAL CENTER WELCOMES NEW LEADERSHIP The Community Legal Center (CLC) has named Memphis attorney Diana M. Comes as its Executive Director. Comes assumes the role following the retirement in March 2021 of the previous director Anne Mathes, who had led the nonprofit legal agency since August 2015. “On behalf of the Board of Directors, I am pleased to welcome Diana as the new Executive Director of the Community Legal Center,” says Matthew S. Mulqueen, Board President. “Diana brings a unique combination of professionalism, leadership, and character that aligns perfectly with the organization and mission of the CLC. The Board is excited to work with Diana to reach new heights in serving the members of our community in need of critical legal services.” “I am thrilled to join this amazing team and to support the critical work that the Community Legal Center does in our neighborhoods. I look forward to building on the strong foundation laid by Anne and Interim Executive Director Jerri Green,” said Comes. Previously, Comes was a partner with Butler Snow LLP, where she focused her practice on commercial and appellate litigation. Prior to joining Butler Snow, she served as a law clerk for the Hon. Ronald Gilman, United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, and for the Hon. Jon P. McCalla, United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee. She earned her law degree from the University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law and her bachelor’s degree from Rhodes College. In addition to the newly named Executive Director Diana Comes, the CLC has named Gortria Banks as its new associate executive director and Jonathan Ealy as its new director of development and communications. Banks is a 31-year veteran of the Shelby County/Memphis court systems. She retired in December 2020 after having served as the finance administrator for both general sessions civil and criminal courts. Ealy previously was with Opera Memphis and the Clark Opera Memphis Center for over a decade. He also served as interim executive director of OUTMemphis: The LGBTQIA Center for the Mid-South.
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