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HONORS & AWARDS

Managing Intellectual Property (Managing IP) magazine has named Stites & Harbison, PLLC attorneys Alexandra MacKay and Richard S. Myers, Jr. to the 2022 “IP Stars” list. Managing IP recognizes the most highly regarded intellectual property attorneys in the U.S.

Lifetime NAFUSA member and former NBA president Hal Hardin presented a flag flown over the Department of Justice to Judge Gilbert Merritt’s family at the NBA Memorial Service held on May 31, 2022. Gilbert Stroud Merritt, Jr., the longest-serving member of the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals died on Monday, January 17. He was 86. He sat on the bench for 44 years. He earlier served as the United States Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee from 1966-1969 under President Lyndon B. Johnson.

Dickinson Wright is pleased to announce that the firm has received eight practice rankings and two attorneys in Tennessee have been listed in this year’s The Legal 500 United States 2022. The Legal 500 United States 2022 ranked Dickinson Wright in the following practice areas: Dispute Resolution – General Commercial Disputes; Industry Focus – Cannabis; Intellectual Property – Patents: Licensing; Labor and Employment – Labor and Employment Disputes (including Collective Actions): Defense; M&A/Corporate and Commercial – M&A: Middle-Market (sub-$500m); Real Estate – Construction; Real Estate; and Real Estate Finance. Dickinson Wright is also listed as a “Firm to Watch” for Intellectual Property – Trademarks: Litigation.

Barbara J. Moss, founding member of Elder Law of Nashville PLC, received the Martha Craig Daughtrey Award from the Lawyers’ Association for Women at their annual meeting and banquet on April 21, 2022.

ON THE MOVE

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP is pleased to announce the arrival of Eric Setterlund as counsel in the firm’s Healthcare Practice Group and Cybersecurity and Privacy Practice Group in Nashville. Mr. Setterlund previously served as the privacy and data counsel and the interim chief privacy officer for BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee. During his time at BCBST, he provided strategic leadership on privacy, security, and technology matters, as well as enterprise data sharing initiatives, digitization efforts, and member outreach campaigns. In his roles, he oversaw the enterprise privacy program and regularly collaborated with the chief information security officer, giving him valuable insight into the day-to-day management of enterprise-wide compliance programs.

Anne McKnight has joined Latitude as Director of Legal Recruiting and Placement in the company’s Nashville office. In this role, McKnight works with experienced attorneys, paralegals, legal operations professionals and compliance officers in Tennessee and throughout the country by matching them with corporate legal departments and law firms in high-end contract engagements and traditional permanent positions. Prior to joining Latitude, McKnight practiced employment law at Am Law 100 firm Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart, P.C., in Nashville, where she represented and worked with companies of all sizes.

Legal Aid Society, Tennessee’s largest legal nonprofit, announced that Jordan Stringer has joined its Nashville office as managing attorney and Volunteer Lawyers Program Director. As managing attorney, Stringer will supervise staff members, oversee administrative functions for the Nashville office, work closely with other management team members to coordinate client services and assist in oversight and quality assurance systems. Stringer will also serve as Director of the Volunteer Lawyers Program, developing strategic initiatives and managing staff to support pro bono lawyers helping clients across 48 counties in Middle Tennessee.

Dickinson Wright is pleased to announce that Stephen M. Montgomery has joined the firm’s Nashville office as Of Counsel. Montgomery practices in the areas of commercial transactions, bankruptcy, commercial real estate, estate planning and probate, and civil litigation. His experience includes: representing lenders in complex commercial lending transactions, workouts and foreclosures; representing creditors in bankruptcy; drafting estate planning documents for individuals with significant net worth; and assist- ing non-profit organizations in qualifying for exemption from taxation under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.

FIRM NEWS

Latitude announced that Cynthia Moon has been named Vice President of Legal Recruiting and Placement. Her primary responsibilities include leadership of legal recruiting procedures and training across the company’s existing and growing markets. Moon joined Latitude in December 2019 as Director of Legal Recruiting and Placement in the company’s Nashville office. Prior to joining Latitude, Moon was the General Counsel and Director of Human Resources for TCW, an intermodal trucking company headquartered in Nashville. She also has prior experience in employment law and legal recruiting.

HMC Civil Rights Law – a law firm focused on employment discrimination cases, is pleased to announce their new business name. Formerly known as Collins & Hunter, the firm has changed its name to reflect new management and ownership. The firm’s attorneys have a history of helping those who have been discriminated against, especially in cases of ADA violations, race discrimination, sexual harassment, wrongful termination, Title IX, sexual assault, and more.

2022 BEST OF THE BAR

On July 11, the Nashville Business Journal released the 2022 Best of the Bar winners. We are proud to share the names of our members that were honored:

Mike Abelow, Sherrard Roe Voigt & Harbison Bahar Azhardi, Brookdale Senior Living, Inc Laura Baker, Law Offices of John Day Cindy Barnett, Adams and Reese Margaret Behm, Dodson Parker Behm & Capparella April Berman, Asurion Mark Beveridge, Kinnard Law Charles Robert Bone, Spencer Fane Bone McAllester Bob Boston, Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis Martha Boyd, Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz Matt Burnstein, Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis Robert “Bo” R. Campbell Jr., Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis Ann Cargile, Bradley Arant Boult Cummings Brigid Carpenter, Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz Cynthia Chappell, Chappell Law Offices William Cheek III, Adams and Reese Miranda Christy, Dodson Parker Behm & Capparella Chase Cole, Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis Lisa Cole, Lewis Thomason James A. Crumlin Jr., Spencer Fane Bone McAllester Harlan Dodson, Dodson Parker Behm & Capparella Sherie Edwards, SVMIC Thomas Forrester, Gullet Sanford Robinson & Martin Samuel Funk, Sims | Funk Jason Gichner, The Tennessee Innocence Project Jay Hardcastle, Bradley Arant Boult Cummings Robert Harris, Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis Robb Harvey, Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis Trey Harwell, Neal & Harwell Lela Hollabaugh, Bradley Arant Boult Cummings Robert Holland, Butler Snow John Hollins Jr., Thompson Burton Cathy Speers Johnson, Thompson Burton

Martesha L. Johnson, Metro Public Defender Randall Kinnard, Kinnard Law Ed Lanquist, Patterson Intellectual Property Law Thomas Lawless, Lawless & Associates Ryan Levy, Patterson Intellectual Property Law Kim Looney, K&L Gates Lynn Morrow, Adams & Reese Marlene Moses, Gullet Sanford Robinson & Martin PLLC Barbara Moss, Elder Law of Nashville Bill Penny, Burr Forman Andrea Perry, Spencer Fane Bone McAllester Erin Palmer Polly, K&L Gates Matt Potempa, Martin Heller Potempa & Sheppard Bill Purcell, Frost Brown Todd David Raybin, Raybin & Weissman Trey Reliford, Polsinelli Chay Sengkhounmany, Legal Aid Society of Middle TN & the Cumberlands JK Simms, Thompson Burton Scott Sims, Sims | Funk Elizabeth Sitgreaves, Law Offices of John Day Greg Smith, Stites & Harbison Laura Smith, Nashville Electric Service Nancy Stabell, Wood Stabell Law Group David Thompson, Neal & Harwell John Tishler, Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis Tom Trent, Bradley Arant Boult Cummings Jack Waddey, Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis DarKenya Waller, Legal Aid Society of Middle TN & the Cumberlands Emily Warth, Asurion James Weaver, Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis Tyler Yarbro, Dodson Parker Behm & Capparella Mandy Haynes Young, Butler Snow Gulam Zade, Frontline Managed Service n