Hearsay | Honors & Awards, On the Move, Firm News H ONORS & AWARDS Wiseman Ashworth Law Group founding member Gail Vaughn Ashworth has been named the Lifetime Achievement winner in the Nashville Business Journal’s “Best of the Bar” Awards. She is the first woman to receive this honor. Ashworth has extensive experience at the civil and administrative trial and appellate levels as both defense and plaintiff’s counsel, from personal injury to insurance coverage, product liability, employment law and medical ethics. Ashworth was the president of the NBA in 1997. Bradley is pleased to announce that Junaid Odubeko has earned the Certified Information Privacy Professional credential in the United States through the International Association of Privacy Professionals. Odubeko focuses his practice on representing his clients in cybersecurity and data privacy, complex commercial litigation and business disputes, and real estate litigation. The International Association of Defense Counsel (IADC) has announced that Kathleen Ingram Carrington, an attorney at Butler Snow LLP, has accepted an invitation to join the IADC, the preeminent invitation-only global legal organization for attorneys who represent corporate and insurance interests.
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Carrington focuses her practice on personal injury and product liability litigation related to recalled products and allegations of product defect. Metropolitan Nashville-Davidson County General Sessions Judge Lynda Jones is the recipient of Nashville Cable’s Spirit of Leadership Award. This award recognizes a Cable member not currently serving on the Board of Directors who exemplifies leadership through personal and professional accomplishments which have inspired and influenced the advancement of women. M. Reid Estes, Jr., Dickinson Wright Member and South Region Practice Group Co-Chair has been recognized by The Legal 500 United States 2021 in their editorial as a “Recommended Lawyer” for labor and employment disputes. Estes was admitted to the bar in 1980 after attending the University of Tennessee College of Law. Taylor Teresa J. Walker, Senior Advisor, and Chief Operating Officer, Emeritus at Waller LLP has attained the Certified Legal Manager® designation. This designation demonstrates a mastery of the knowledge, skills, and abilities to operate at a high level of expertise in the field of legal management. Walker is a past president of the Association of Legal Administrators.
NASHVILLE BAR JOURNAL | AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2021
Bradley LLP is pleased to announce that Shundra Crumpton Manning, has been selected to the inaugural National Bar Association Associate Advancement Academy for Excellence. The NBA Advancement Academy is designed to facilitate the advancement and retention of black attorneys in the nation’s largest law firms, focusing on associates within the first three years of practice at AmLaw 200 firms. O N TH E M OV E Bone McAllester Norton is pleased to announce the addition of Brandon Meredith to their Sumner County office, and Jon Cooper to their Nashville office. Meredith primarily focuses on real estate, landlord and tenant law, estate planning and administration, estate litigation, construction, boundary lines, and other land use matters. Cooper, veteran Metropolitan Government attorney, focuses on administrative and regulatory law practice, and land use and zoning practice. Ryan C. Davis Law, PLLC, is pleased to announce the hiring of Associate Attorney James Kemp. Kemp’s practice is primarily focused on criminal defense, family law, and landlord/tenant
