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HONORS & 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 clients in complex commercial and business disputes, real estate litigation, state regulatory matters and campaign finance.

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. 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. Bradley LLP is pleased to announce that Shundra

Crumpton Man-

ning, 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.

ON THE MOVE

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

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representation. Kemp is a recent graduate of Belmont College of Law.

Bradley adds five new attorneys to their Nashville office. Alex Brent is an associate in the Healthcare Practice Group. He assists clients in the healthcare industry with transactional, operational, and regulatory matters. Mr. Brent received his J.D. from the University of Tennessee College of Law, where he graduated first in his class. Katelin Davis is an associate in the Real Estate Practice Group. She received her J.D. from the University of Mississippi School of Law, where she was executive online editor for the Mississippi Law Journal. Ms. Davis earned a B.A. in Journalism from the University of Mississippi. Tanner Hamilton is an associate in the Real Estate Practice Group. He provides counsel in real estate acquisitions and dispositions, finance and development, leasing, and lending. He received his J.D. from the University of Tennessee College of Law and his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Clemson University. Shelby Lomax is an associate in the Banking and Financial Services Practice Group. She focuses on litigation and regulatory compliance issues and advises clients on regulatory risks relating to small business lending, alternative finance, and merchant cash advance transactions. Ms. Lomax received her J.D. from Belmont University College of Law. Rachel Sodée is an associate in the Litigation Practice Group. She received her J.D. from Vanderbilt University Law School, where she was symposium editor for the Vanderbilt Law Review and president of the Labor and Employment Law Society. Sodée earned a B.A. in French and English from the University of Alabama.

N. Courtney Hollins has joined Baker Donelson as a shareholder and a member of the Real Estate Practice Group. Hollins represents buyers, sellers, developers, investors, landlords, tenants, lenders and borrowers in commercial real estate acquisition, disposition, construction, development, leasing and finance transactions, workouts, and restructuring.

Ryan Pratt recently joined Sobro Law Group. Pratt’s real estate practice includes representing developers, investors, landlords, tenants, and brokers in the planning, structure, finance, purchase/sell, leasing, and management of commercial and residential real estate. He obtained his J.D. degree from Vanderbilt University Law School.

FIRM NEWS

McGlinchey Stafford recently launched Uplift, the firm’s newly reimagined women’s initiative. Uplift’s mission is to advocate for women lawyers at the firm and across the legal profession, and to be a home for their women attorneys to convene, engage, empower, and advocate for each other in their work, in leadership, in their communities, and across the legal profession and industries the firm serves. n

LAWYER REFERRAL & INFORMATION SERVICE

Are you looking for another avenue for revenue and referrals, specifically those tailored to your practice area? If so, the NBA Lawyer Referral & Information Service needs you. We are currently in need of attorneys who handle issues such as:

COVID-19 Related Employment Evictions Immigration

Workers’ Compensation

For information on joining the LRIS, contact LRIS@nashvillebar.org. We look forward to hearing from you!