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HONORS & AWARDS
Metropolitan Nashville-Davidson County General Sessions Court Judge Lynda Jones was appointed to the Behavioral Health and Wellness Advisory Council (BHWAC). The Behavioral Health and Wellness Advisory Council (BHWAC) was established by executive order in May 2018 and reaffirmed and continued by Mayor John Cooper in September 2019. The BHWAC was charged with identifying, reviewing, and promoting community behavioral health priorities, and determining best practice goals and strategies for lessening the impact of mental illness and addiction on the people of Nashville.
Chambers USA High Net Worth selected Stites & Harbison, PLLC attorney Gregory D. Smith for inclusion in its 2021 guide in the category of Family/Matrimonial for USA: Tennessee. Chambers High Net Worth ranks top lawyers and law firms in the international private wealth market. Smith is a Member of Stites & Harbison based in the Nashville office. He is a family law lawyer with 36 years of experience whose practice focuses on complex, difficult disputes between spouses and former spouses.
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP is pleased to announce that Alé Dalton, an associate in the firm’s Nashville office, is the recipient of Bradley’s 2021 Cameron J. Miller Award for Excellence and Community Service. This annual award honors an associate who exemplifies the excellence of Cameron Miller, who passed away in June 2012 after battling cancer his first year as an attorney at Bradley. Through the award, Mr. Miller’s contributions and service to the firm and the community will continue to be recognized in a tangible way. Dalton is a member of Bradley’s Healthcare Practice Group where she provides her clients counsel during mergers and acquisitions, as well as guiding them through issues that arise from the complex nature of operating in a highly regulated industry.
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP is pleased to announce that Lela M. Hollabaugh, has been named to the 2021 Benchmark Top 250 Women in Litigation list. Hollabaugh advises leading natural gas pipeline companies and other infrastructure clients on issues involving location, land acquisition, construction and operations. Hollabaugh recently co-authored an amicus curiae brief to the U.S. Supreme Court in support of the industry’s position in the scope of the Natural Gas Act and the state’s 11th Amendment immunity.
K&L Gates partner, Jason Callen, has been named as president of the Economic Club of Nashville (ECON). ECON is a local civic and service organization that works to make Nashville a better place to live. The Club (which draws its history and tradition from its predecessor organization, the Nashville Exchange Club) was chartered in 1920 to serve the community and bringing business leaders together to discuss economic, social and other public issues in a non-partisan forum.
L. Gino Marchet-
ti, Jr. has received the Richard Boyette Award for Outstanding Contributions to the National Foundation for Judicial Excellence. This award is designed to recognize individuals who demonstrate a commitment to excellence in judicial education and exemplify professionalism in promoting the case for a well-educated judiciary. Marchetti is a past president of the International Association of Defense Counsel and an inspired leader of the NFJE. Marchetti currently serves as Managing Partner of Taylor, Pigue, Marchetti & Blair, PLLC.
ON THE MOVE
Bass, Berry & Sims has grown with the addition of five attorneys in its Nashville office. Caleb Hogan (not pictured) joins as a senior litigation attorney and Scott Pilkinton as an attorney, along with associates Curtis Beem, Fady Ghaly and Jeremy Gunn. Hogan focuses his practice on complex commercial litiga-
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tion, representing clients in a wide range of matters including antitrust matters, business and contract disputes, and investigations. Pilkinton counsels individuals, families and businesses with traditional estate planning needs. Prior to joining Bass, Berry & Sims, Pilkinton was a staff attorney and special master with the Seventh Circuit Court of the Twentieth Judicial District in Tennessee.
Sean Kirk has joined FLEETCOR Technologies, Inc. as its Senior Litigation counsel, in charge of its global pre-litigation and litigation matters. Prior to joining FLEETCOR Technologies, Inc., Kirk was in private practice for 18 years with two midsize Southeastern law firms, including two of the largest law firms based in Nashville and Chattanooga, handling commercial litigation and creditor’s rights matters.
Paige I. Bernick joins Lewis Thomason as special counsel with experience in commercial litigation, construction litigation, health care liability, personal injury, and employment liability. Bernick is based in the firm’s Nashville office and will be a member of the firm’s state-wide transportation practice group. In addition to her prior private practice experience, Bernick represented the United States Secretary of Labor in health and safety litigation at the United States Department of Labor.
Patterson Intellectual Property Law is pleased to announce that David Rue has joined as the firm’s Chief Operating Officer. Rue, a seasoned attorney, entrepreneur, and law firm strategist will focus on the firm’s operations and strategic development.
FIRM NEWS
Attorney Steve Groom announces the launch of Dedicated General Counsel, PLLC, a law firm designed to provide companies with the legal services they need. Groom has held General Counsel and Executive Vice President roles with four public companies and has practiced law with three prominent law firms, where he represented public and private companies of all sizes.
Bone McAllester Norton will merge with Spencer Fane, an Am Law 200 firm based in Kansas City, Missouri, and one of the nation’s fastest growing and most successful law firms with offices in 20 cities nationwide.
Davidson County’s L.E.G.A.C.Y. Hous-
ing Resource Diversionary Court was featured during the White House Eviction Prevention Summit on Wednesday, July 21, 2021. The L.E.G.A.C.Y. Housing Resource Diversionary Court (HRDC) and its partnership with Metro Action Commission’s (MAC) Hope program dispersing U.S. Treasury ERAP funds is modeled on the TN Supreme Court Alternative Dispute Resolution Plan and court ordered mediation along with CARES Grant funding dispersed by United Way’s Financial Assistance Network and MAC has been first of its kind here in Tennessee. n
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