Hearsay | Honors & Awards, On the Move, Firm News HONORS & A WARDS
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Edward D. Lanquist, Jr., shareholder and cofounder at Patterson Intellectual Property Law, has been elected vice president of the Tennessee Bar Association. In 2023, he will serve as president-elect and will lead the organization as president for the 2024-2025 bar year.
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP is pleased to announce that Dr. Aaron Chaloner has joined the firm’s Nashville office as a senior attorney in the Intellectual Property Practice Group. Dr. Chaloner focuses his practice on patent prosecution in the life science and biotechnology industry. He is experienced in all stages of intellectual property prosecution and provides strategic counsel to his clients regarding copyright, trademark, patent and trade secret concerns.
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP is pleased to announce that associates Sordum Ndam and Richard W.F. Swor have been selected to the 2022 Nashville Top 30 Under 30 list by the Tennessee Chapter of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. The Patent Lawyer Magazine has named Stites & Harbison, PLLC to the 2022 Top 10 Patent Firms and IP Practices in North America – South list. The editorial and research staff at The Patent Lawyer Magazine reviews law firms by country and jurisdiction based on a variety of criteria for the Top 10 lists. Examples of research criteria include recent legal achievements, recognition by third party rankings and honor directories, client testimonials, regular articles or presentations on timely topics and active participation in intellectual property organizations.
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Spencer Fane LLP is pleased to announce that Andrea Perry has been named to practice group leadership positions with the firm, joining Eric Johnson as co-chair of the Banking and Financial Services Practice Group. Spencer Fane Bone McAllester is pleased to announce R. Harold “Hal” McCard, Jr. and Sara Naylor have joined the firm’s Nashville office. McCard will be Of Counsel in the Health Care Practice Group, while Naylor is a Litigation and Dispute Resolution associate.
NASHVILLE BAR JOURNAL | JUNE/JULY 2022
Burr & Forman LLP announces the appointment of Ken Bryant as the new office managing
partner of the firm’s Nashville location. He succeeds C. Tucker Herndon in this role, who was recently appointed to the firm’s Executive Committee. Ken practices in Burr & Forman’s commercial litigation practice group where he represents clients in general business litigation of all types in both state and federal courts throughout the United States. Legal Aid Society, Tennessee’s largest nonprofit law firm, today announced Frank Garrison and Leigh Walton as the co-chairs for its 2022 Campaign for Equal Justice. Garrison will oversee fundraising throughout the community, while Walton will lead efforts aimed at law firms and attorneys. The law firm of Gullett Sanford Robinson & Martin PLLC (GSRM Law) is pleased to announce the addition of Diamond Stewart and Gabrielle Mees Logston to the firm. Stewart joins the firm as an associate in the Litigation and Labor and Employment Sections, while Logston joins the firm as an associate in the Family Law Section. Her practice focuses on all stages of family law, including complex divorce matters, uncontested divorces, child custody issues, child support modi-
