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HONORS & AWARDS

Edward D. Lan-

quist, 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 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.

ON THE MOVE

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.

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” Mc-

Card, 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.

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-

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fications, and post-divorce matters.

Loeb & Loeb is pleased to announce the addition of Tim Warnock to the firm’s Litigation department in Nashville — the sixth new litigation partner to arrive this year. Tim focuses his practice on commercial and intellectual property litigation in federal and state courts.

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP is pleased to announce the arrival of Sordum Ndam as an associate in the firm’s Nashville office. Ndam is a member of Bradley’s Economic Development and Environmental Law practice groups, working with clients throughout all stages of their development projects, including site selection, identifying incentives, and proactively looking ahead to ensure the client’s goals are being met.

McAngus Goudelock & Courie (MGC), a regional insurance law firm, is pleased to announce the addition of attorney Lauren Poole to their Nashville office. She handles commercial litigation, construction, premises liability and trucking claims, with a primary focus on general litigation and workers’ compensation.

FIRM NEWS

Nashville-based attorney Randall L. Kinnard announced today the launch of his new law firm, Kinnard Law. With 40-plus years of record-setting jury verdicts, Kinnard continues his dedication to providing legal counsel to personal injury and medical malpractice victims.

The law firm of Weatherly & Dixon PLLC and its partners, James L. Weatherly and Jacqueline B. Dixon, have merged their practices with Lewis Thomason, P.C., announced Lisa Ramsay Cole, President and Managing Shareholder for the statewide firm. Weatherly’s practice includes criminal defense, family law, personal injury, and general civil litigation, while Dixon’s practice focuses on the areas of family law, wills, estates, probate, personal injury, and other types of civil litigation as well as appellate work. She is also a family law mediator.

Rob Hazard announced the launch of Hazard Law, PLLC, a boutique legal practice based in Brentwood, TN. Hazard Law, PLLC specializes in trust and estate planning, probate administration and business law. Rob is both an attorney and a certified public accountant and that combination offers him unique perspectives in structuring trusts and estates and assisting businesses in navigating the law from start-up to mature operation.

FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Dear NBA Members,

It is with a heavy heart that I announce my resignation from the Nashville Bar Association.

It has been an honor and my pleasure to serve the Nashville Bar Association and Foundation for a little over seven years. I have the utmost respect for the legal profession and what lawyers do every day. It is no secret how much I have loved this job. The people and the relationships I have formed have been my most favorite part and I am forever grateful for the enormous support I have received.

I want to thank the staff for their guidance and support. They are a huge part of my success and the success of the bar association. The members and volunteers make me proud to have been a part of this organization.

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