The Women’s Foundation for a Greater Memphis paid tribute to six local women at a sold-out luncheon of more than 1,600 attendees on Friday, April 26.

The Legends Awards honor women whose work embodies the mission of the foundation – to support women and children throughout Shelby County.

2. Access to Justice Committee Hosts Free Legal Clinic - Saturday, April 06, 2013

The Access to Justice Committee will hold a free legal clinic April 13 at the Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library from 10 a.m. to noon.

Volunteer attorneys will provide free legal assistance on a range of subjects to clinic participants. The Saturday Legal Clinic is a collaborative effort of the Memphis Bar Association, Memphis Area Legal Services Inc., the Community Legal Center and other nonprofit organizations.

3. Pro Bono Hotline Makes Access Inroads - Friday, April 05, 2013

In the first three months of 2013, nearly 800 Tennesseans have called a toll free hotline for pro bono legal assistance, which is only about 100 fewer inquiries than the state’s online pro bono website averaged over the same period.

4. Access to Justice Commission Hosts Free Legal Clinic - Wednesday, April 03, 2013

The Access to Justice Commission will hold a free legal clinic April 13 at the Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library from 10 a.m. to noon.

Volunteer attorneys will provide free legal assistance on a range of subjects to clinic participants. The Saturday Legal Clinic is a collaborative effort of the Memphis Bar Association, Memphis Area Legal Services Inc., the Community Legal Center and other nonprofit organizations.

5. Bradley, Burch Porter Recognized for Pro Bono Work in Community - Thursday, March 21, 2013

Burch, Porter & Johnson PLLC and probate attorney Beth Bradley have been honored for giving back to the community.

6. Purifoy’s Police Aspirations Evolve Into Legal Career - Thursday, March 14, 2013

Shayla Purifoy majored in urban studies – a mixture of history, political science and sociology – at Rhodes College. Her senior seminar was on community policing.

“It was so much fun, it was so exciting,” she said about her time spent shadowing police officers on the job. “They were helping people and they really were impacting that area, which was the Madison Heights area.”

7. McIver Celebrates 15 Years at MALS - Thursday, March 14, 2013

Harrison McIver has entered his 15th year as executive director of Memphis Area Legal Services Inc. with a daunting challenge that’s as constant as it is acute.

8. Real Estate Law, Community Work Keep Purdom Busy - Thursday, March 07, 2013

Clay Purdom, director and shareholder with Martin, Tate, Morrow & Marston PC, says he comes from a “numbers family.”

His father and sister are both physicists, and his grandfather was one of the first certified public accountants when the formal licensing process first began.

9. ‘All is Not Lost’ - Thursday, March 07, 2013

Baptist Memorial Health Care Corp. has been nationally recognized for its work providing health care services for the homeless population of the Mid-South, helping people like Grace Hilton-Young transform their lives.

10. Mayor, Banks Revive Program Targeting City’s Unbanked - Monday, February 04, 2013

It started with a letter. More than two dozen of them, actually. Bankers from around Memphis got a missive from Memphis Mayor A C Wharton Jr. in 2010 that solicited help from bankers like Joe DiNicolantonio, West Tennessee area president for Regions Bank.

11. Bailey Finds Ideal Job With Community Legal Center - Thursday, January 31, 2013

At the beginning of January, Johnna Bailey began work as immigration attorney for the Community Legal Center, a resource for the working poor.

“It’s defined as those who are just above the poverty line, meaning that legal aid would not serve them, but it’s still too expensive for them to hire a private attorney,” Bailey said.

12. Turning the Page - Saturday, December 29, 2012

It’s that time of year again. It’s that time when journalists across the fruited plain collectively try and make God laugh – with our prognostications, of course, about the year ahead and of what might be.

13. Memphis Bar Association Announces New Positions - Saturday, December 15, 2012

The Memphis Bar Association has its new officers for 2013.

Linda Warren Seely, director of private attorney involvement with Memphis Area Legal Services Inc., is the 2013 president. Kirk Caraway, an attorney with Allen, Summers, Simpson, Lillie & Gresham PLLC, is the new vice president. Tommy Parker, an attorney with Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz PC is the new secretary/treasurer.

14. Memphis Bar Association Announces New Positions - Tuesday, December 11, 2012

The Memphis Bar Association has its new officers for 2013.

Linda Warren Seely, director of private attorney involvement with Memphis Area Legal Services Inc., is the 2013 president. Kirk Caraway, an attorney with Allen, Summers, Simpson, Lillie & Gresham PLLC, is the new vice president. Tommy Parker, an attorney with Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz PC is the new secretary/treasurer.

15. RedRover Co. Receives Pro Bono Service Award - Saturday, December 08, 2012

Memphis sales and marketing firm RedRover Co. was one of 10 Pro Bono award recipients at a recent recognition event in Downtown Memphis as part of Celebrate Pro Bono Month in October.

16. RedRover Co. Receives Pro Bono Service Award - Wednesday, December 05, 2012

Memphis sales and marketing firm RedRover Co. was one of 10 Pro Bono award recipients at a recent recognition event in Downtown Memphis as part of Celebrate Pro Bono Month in October.

17. Council Ordinance Addresses Blight - Tuesday, December 04, 2012

Memphis City Council members take a final vote Tuesday, Dec. 4, on an ordinance that requires property owners to keep their names and mailing addresses on record with the city.

The proposal, up for third and final reading, is designed to make it easier for the city to determine the ownership of vacant or abandoned property and notify the owners of code violations and serve them with legal notice should the city take them to court for the violations.

18. Blaylock Honored as Fellow in Memphis Bar Foundation - Thursday, November 15, 2012

David Blaylock grew up in Smalltown, America. Oxford, Miss., to be exact, on the historic square in his father’s shop, Blaylock Drug Store, the current home of Square Books.

19. Ben F. Jones Law Chapter Chooses Officers - Thursday, November 15, 2012

The Ben F. Jones chapter of the National Bar Association has tapped new officers and board members for 2013. And the group’s president-elect talks about the group’s work in a way that heralds a continuing service to the Memphis community.

20. Events - Friday, November 09, 2012

Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division will host the 14th annual Business of Service Conference Friday, Nov. 9, from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. in the MLGW training center, 4949 Raleigh LaGrange Road. The conference provides training and networking for grassroots community leaders. Cost is $5. Register at mlgw.com/serviceleaders or 528-4820.

21. Portrait Unveiling Scheduled for Longtime Judge - Thursday, November 08, 2012

George Brown, who graduated from Booker T. Washington in 1956, grew up in a Memphis that still was years away from stamping out the last vestiges of segregation.

22. Memphis Area Legal Services Relies on City’s Legal Community - Monday, November 05, 2012

The description of Memphis Area Legal Services Inc. as a law firm works in some ways.

But unlike conventional law firms, the attorneys work with clients across several institutional boundaries that might not ordinarily be part of the services offered by a conventional law firm.

23. Legal Community Seeks Access, Diversity - Monday, November 05, 2012

Diversity and access to justice are some of the watchwords often heard around Memphis legal circles these days.

Diversity, because of the continued concern that both men and women get equal shots at advancing up the ranks from law school all the way to the corner office. Access to justice, because of everything from the recession’s grinding toll to the ever-present scars of poverty in Memphis that all combine to make legal problems harder than ever to pay for.

24. Seely Sees Career at Memphis Area Legal Services as ‘Mission Work’ - Thursday, November 01, 2012

October was National Pro Bono Month in the legal profession, a time when attorneys are urged to use their knowledge for the greater good and help those in need.

The Tennessee Supreme Court has written that “a lawyer should aspire to render at least 50 hours of pro bono publico legal services per year.”

25. Bar Foundation Keeps Steering Money to Causes - Thursday, November 01, 2012

Since 2010, the Memphis Bar Foundation has provided $124,000 in grants to two dozen Memphis-area local causes.

It’s a total that’s noteworthy on a few fronts. One reason is in two of the last three years, the foundation – the charitable arm of the Memphis Bar Association – gave away the largest amount of grants in the foundation’s history.

26. Hospital Liens Escalate in Third Quarter - Monday, October 22, 2012

Circuit Court filings for the third quarter of 2012 were up from a year ago while Chancery and Probate Court filings were down.

The filings for the three civil courts, as followed by The Daily News Online, www.memphisdailynews.com, also included a spike in hospital liens filed in Circuit Court.

27. Downtown Memphis Commission Celebrates Progress - Monday, October 01, 2012

There was bicycle-powered smoothie preparation, an aerial circus-style art show, Beale Street Flippers, live music outside, a disc jockey inside, and food and drinks from Downtown restaurants and suppliers.

28. Luttrell to Reassess Local Air Quality - Friday, September 07, 2012

Shelby County Mayor Mark Luttrell is about to examine county government’s entire approach to air quality issues after the Memphis City Council voted last month to cut all city funding for vehicle inspections at the end of the current fiscal year on June 30.

29. Pro Bono Requirement Added For Law Students - Thursday, August 30, 2012

The University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law has been making some changes to the school’s curriculum that better reflect, and help prepare students for, the changing nature of the legal profession.

30. Kelsey, McManus Seek Opinion On South Cordova - Thursday, August 16, 2012

Two state legislators from Shelby County have requested a legal opinion from Tennessee Attorney General Bob Cooper on the recent annexation of South Cordova by the city of Memphis.

31. MALS History Stretches Far Back - Thursday, August 16, 2012

Context for a capital drive launched by Memphis Area Legal Services Inc. to pull the organization back from the financial brink can be found in MALS’ history, including its formation in the wake of the death of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

32. Literacy Mid-South Seeks New Volunteers - Monday, August 13, 2012

Literacy Mid-South is in dire need of volunteers to accommodate the influx of adult students who’ve responded to the organization’s outreach efforts.

The mission of the nonprofit, based at 902 S. Cooper St., is to maximize the impact of child and adult literacy and learning through advocacy, research, family literacy workshops and resource development.

33. Business Focus - Monday, August 13, 2012

Memphis’ small-business community got a shot in the arm earlier this month.

Tennessee’s three-day sales tax holiday ran from Aug. 3 through Aug. 5, and it drew shoppers to retailers that carry certain clothing items, school supplies and computers.

34. Glankler Brown’s Humphreys Carrying on Family Name - Thursday, August 09, 2012

R. Hunter Humphreys Jr. considers himself a rare breed of law student – one that didn’t want to pursue a legal career in litigation.

Now an associate at Glankler Brown PLLC, Humphreys specializes in secured lending, commercial and residential real estate and general business transactions. He occasionally makes an appearance in Probate Court, but his practice does not typically require much courtroom activity.

35. MALS Capital Drive Under Way - Thursday, August 09, 2012

Memphis Area Legal Services Inc. exists to provide crucial legal help and representation to needy Memphians.

36. Baker Donelson Lawyers Support Startup Programs - Thursday, July 26, 2012

The budding Memphis-area business accelerator programs Seed Hatchery and ZeroTo510 are continuing to pick up steam as they work to attract new investment and entrepreneurs with a knack for the hustle.

37. Former Principal Charged in Exam Scandal - Thursday, July 12, 2012

For 15 years Clarence Mumford, a one-time assistant principal in the Memphis City Schools system and later a teacher in Tunica County schools, allegedly helped unqualified teachers pass the PRAXIS teacher exams required to teach in Tennessee, Arkansas and Mississippi by getting others to take the test in their names.

38. Events - Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Attorneys from AutoZone Inc., Bass, Berry & Sims PLC and Memphis Area Legal Services will hold the fourth annual free legal clinic for Memphis-area seniors Tuesday, July 10, from 10 a.m. to noon at Orange Mound Senior Center, 2590 Park Ave. The pro bono clinic offers seniors essential legal advice and helps in the preparation of wills, advanced care plans and more. Call Linda Warren Seely of MALS at 523-8822.

39. Events - Monday, July 09, 2012

TnAchieves will hold a reception for prospective mentors for the 2012-2013 school year Monday, July 9, from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at Leadership Memphis, 365 S. Main St. Current mentors and tnAchieves staff will talk about opportunities to mentor high school seniors planning to attend community college. Visit tnachieves.org or email Kaci Murley at kaci@tnachieves.org.

40. Medical Realignment - Monday, June 04, 2012

Private practice is fast becoming a thing of the past, as physicians groups across the country scramble to align with large health care systems in a move largely driven by national health care reform.

41. Auction to Fight Funding Shortage for MALS - Thursday, May 31, 2012

Memphis Area Legal Services Inc. is known for the help it provides to people in need of legal services.

42. Safe Haven - Friday, May 11, 2012

Victims of domestic violence in need of help will now find navigating the system much easier, thanks to the new Family Safety Center of Memphis and Shelby County.

The 10,000-square-foot center combines civil, criminal, health and social services all under one roof, taking up the entire sixth floor of the Madison Professional Building at 1750 Madison Ave. in the heart of Midtown.

43. RSVP Now for Nonprofit Conference - Friday, April 27, 2012

Nonprofits are one way we come together to advocate for what we believe in, to provide services, to educate, to heal, inspire and enjoy the arts. To name just a few. At the heart is community, and with that comes communication.

44. Family Ties Inspired Baptist to Pursue Law - Thursday, April 26, 2012

Ahsaki Baptist, an associate in the Memphis office of Wyatt Tarrant & Combs LLP who’s been with the firm for five years, was surrounded by the law growing up.

45. ‘Speaking up for Others’ Brought Bellamy to Law - Thursday, April 12, 2012

Raquel Bellamy is bilingual, loves to travel and even lived overseas for a year, so all that no doubt helped solidify the practice area that’s today a big part of the boutique law firm she founded in Memphis.

46. Work Continues At Community Legal Center - Thursday, April 12, 2012

Founded in 1994, the Community Legal Center – an integral part of the Memphis law community that provides legal services to the poor – is fast approaching its 20th birthday.

Meg Jones, executive director of the CLC, said there will be some special activities planned around that anniversary. In the meantime, work continues at the center representing not the people in poverty served by Memphis Area Legal Services Inc., but the people classified as low income who can’t afford an attorney.

47. Wyatt Tarrant Law Firm Launches Mobile Site - Wednesday, April 11, 2012

The law firm of Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs LLP has launched a mobile website – one of the first firms in the Memphis area to do so.

48. Bee Raises Funds for Literacy - Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Literacy Mid-South Thursday, April 12, will host its 2012 Corporate Spelling Bee from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the Goldsmith Room at Memphis Botanic Garden, 750 Cherry Road.

49. Humane Soc. Names Walker Development, Marketing Mgr. - Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Leah Walker has joined the Humane Society of Memphis & Shelby County as development and marketing manager. Walker represented her home state as Miss Georgia in 2008 before joining the Greater Memphis Chamber as a development consultant.

50. Speaking Out - Thursday, March 08, 2012

For its 15th annual benefit luncheon Wednesday, March 7, the YWCA of Greater Memphis hosted its first ever male speaker – actor-turned-activist and best-selling author Victor Rivas Rivers – who traveled to the Bluff City to speak out against domestic violence.

51. Org Asks What Memphis is Reading - Friday, February 17, 2012

Literacy Mid-South has kicked off a Twitter campaign to get Memphians talking about their favorite books.

“What are you reading, Memphis?” encourages people to tweet about books they’re reading, using the hashtag #ReadMemphis.

52. UPDATE: City Preps to Annex Bridgewater Area - Friday, February 10, 2012

UPDATE: State Senate Republican Leader Mark Norris of Collierville withdrew Thursday, Feb. 9, two bills dealing with annexation that prompted the Memphis City Council's consideration of the Grays Creek annexation. Norris withdrew the bills based on a legal opinion from the Tennessee Attorney General that concludes the bills are constitutionally suspect.

53. Grays Creek Annexation on City’s Agenda - Tuesday, February 07, 2012

Memphis City Council members take up the first of three readings Tuesday, Feb. 7, of an ordinance to annex the Grays Creek area that is in the city’s annexation reserve area.

The ordinance is a reaction to pending state legislation in Nashville that would remove part of the area from the Memphis annexation reserve.

54. Suburban Schools Reports Conclude No Cost To Get Buildings - Wednesday, January 18, 2012
The local discussion about changes to Shelby County’s two public schools systems has shifted this week to efforts by leaders of the county’s six suburban towns and cities to form their own school system or systems.

55. Report: No Cost for Bartlett Schools Transfer - Monday, January 16, 2012

The local discussion about changes to Shelby County’s two public schools systems shifts this week to efforts by leaders of the county’s six suburban towns and cities to form their own school system or systems.

56. Hamm Drawn to Burch Porter For Firm’s Public Service - Thursday, January 12, 2012

Mary Hamm was probably destined to end up at Burch, Porter & Johnson PLLC, a Memphis law firm with a storied past, a roster of well-known legal talent and a history of social justice work.

57. That's a Wrap - Monday, January 02, 2012

If the grand sweep of 2011 could be captured on celluloid and presented to an audience on the big screen, all the components of a great film would be readily apparent.

There was drama, in the form of a deluge and historic flooding that led the Mississippi River to crest at nearly 48 feet early in the year. One of the year’s big surprises saw President Barack Obama give the commencement address for the Booker T. Washington High School class of 2011 at the Memphis Cook Convention Center.

58. SCO’s Steele Receives Optometry Recognition - Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Dr. Glen T. Steele, a professor at the Southern College of Optometry, has received the prestigious William Feinbloom Award from the American Academy of Optometry for his work with InfantSEE.

59. Love of Horses Impacts Dunlap’s Law Practice - Thursday, December 22, 2011

Melanie Dunlap, an attorney with Harris Shelton Hanover Walsh PLLC, is a lifelong horsewoman whose love of horses does not end at the doors of her law office.

60. Supreme Court Website Provides Civil Legal Help - Thursday, December 22, 2011

The Tennessee Supreme Court has created a website targeted especially for people who can’t afford a lawyer and need help with civil legal matters.

JusticeForAllTN.com includes court forms, resource pages for individual counties, court alternatives, help with finding a lawyer and more. In essence, it seeks to be a one-stop-shop for anyone who needs a lawyer to help with all or part of a case, who needs to find an agency to help with a legal problem or who wants more information about representing themselves.

61. MALS Expands Fundraising Amidst Cuts - Friday, December 16, 2011

Memphis Area Legal Services Inc. is expanding its annual fundraising drive in both its amount and who the nonprofit is seeking donations from.

62. Farris Bobango Targets Expansion - Thursday, December 15, 2011

The law firm of Farris Bobango PLC has a proverbial “help wanted” sign outside its office doors in Memphis and Nashville.

Firm partner John Bobango said the firm, which was founded in the 1950s, is looking to expand its offices in both cities in specific practice areas.

63. Laughter Laizure Furthers Mission of Community Legal Ctr. - Thursday, December 01, 2011

Kathy Laughter Laizure began volunteering with the Community Legal Center in Memphis relatively early in her career. In an effort to help people who couldn’t afford legal representation, she would accept as many pro bono assignments from the organization as possible.

64. Memphis Bar Foundation Issues $50K in Grants - Thursday, November 03, 2011

Last year, the Memphis Bar Foundation awarded grants totaling almost $44,000 to seven local causes – the largest grant amount in the foundation’s history.

And this year, the charitable foundation affiliated with the Memphis Bar Association surpassed that amount to yet again give away the largest amount of grants in the foundation’s history.

65. Celebrities to Sling Cocktails for CLC - Thursday, October 27, 2011

Memphis Mayor A C Wharton Jr., television personality and former professional wrestler Jerry Lawler, and longtime Fox 13 news anchor Mearl Purvis are among the celebrity bartenders who’ll serve up cocktails Thursday, Oct. 27, at Strut Memphis, a benefit for the Community Legal Center.

66. Eason Joins Obsidian As Account Executive - Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Kelli Eason has joined Obsidian Public Relations as an account executive.

Hometown: Lake Charles, La.

67. Bar Foundation Chairman Key Oversees Grant Program - Thursday, October 06, 2011

Memphis attorney Charles Key of Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs LLP recently was elected chairman of the Tennessee Bar Foundation.

68. Field Helps Businesses Guard Intellectual Property - Thursday, September 29, 2011

Attorney R. Mark Field is in the business of assisting clients with their information management needs. Many of these clients are corporations and business owners that use his expertise in guarding trade secrets – secrets that, if exposed, could remove any competitive advantage that may have been in place beforehand.

69. Bernstein Provides CRE Services as Half of Firm - Thursday, September 22, 2011

When Michelle Bernstein tells people that her law practice is headquartered in her East Memphis home, the usual response is an envious one that she gets to work in her pajamas.

70. Homeless Reduction - Tuesday, September 20, 2011

The end of this month will mark the first three months of the new local effort with a goal of ending homelessness in the next 10 years.

The Community Alliance for the Homeless Inc., a private nonprofit organization, has written several grant proposals in pursuit of an action plan that would reduce transitional housing for the homeless by 300 units and replace it with more than 300 units of permanent supportive or other long-term housing.

71. Judge Donald Gets Week Off to Busy Start - Thursday, September 08, 2011

U.S. District Judge Bernice Donald came back from the Labor Day holiday to a busy Tuesday.

Donald issued a ruling Tuesday, Sept. 6, in favor of Shelby County in a lawsuit filed by local strip clubs over a more restrictive regulatory setup that will govern adult-oriented businesses.

72. Criminal Appeals Court Judge McLin Dies - Tuesday, September 06, 2011

A memorial service has been set Friday, Sept. 9, for State Court of Criminal Appeals Judge J.C. McLin of Memphis.

McLin died Saturday of pancreatic cancer. He was 64.

McLin was an attorney for 25 years before beginning his judicial career in 2000 as a Shelby County criminal court judge. From that position, he was appointed in 2004 by Gov. Phil Bredesen to the criminal appeals court.

73. TDN Core Enhanced By Added Biz Interests - Wednesday, August 24, 2011

2011 marks a big milestone in the story of The Daily News, which first began printing the legal notices and business listings that mark the ebb and flow of commerce in Memphis in 1886.

Not surprisingly, the family-owned newspaper has evolved significantly during that period. The five-days-a-week publication has evolved into a dynamic business-centric newspaper, regularly winning awards for its coverage of business, financial and political affairs.

74. Literacy Mid-South Aims to Combat Local Illiteracy - Monday, August 15, 2011

Literacy Mid-South executive director Kevin Dean and his staff stay busy spreading the word about the identity and mission of the nonprofit organization, the result of a merger last year between Memphis Literacy Council and Mid-South Reads.

75. Coverage Expansion Critical To TDN Legacy - Monday, August 15, 2011

Since its founding in 1886, The Daily News has been identified as the city’s paper of record, featuring legal notices and business listings that many companies, professionals and citizens have long relied on.

76. U of M Event Honors City’s Legal Pillars - Thursday, July 28, 2011

They’ve argued landmark cases in Memphis courtrooms in addition to representing everyday clients. They’ve grown into lions of the local legal profession. And they’ve helped tilt the course of history in the city.

77. Latta Ready for Second Term as Bankruptcy Judge - Thursday, June 02, 2011

Talk about a major pat on the back. Jennie Latta, a federal judge for the U.S. Bankruptcy Court’s Western District of Tennessee, has been reappointed by the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals to another 14-year term on the bench.

78. Special Coverage: Mid-South Flooding - Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Coverage of the rising waters in the Memphis area

Police Manually Checking Memphis River Gauge

The gauge that is the official measurement of the Mississippi River at Memphis has been on the blink since last week as the river has approached historic levels.

79. Foreclosure Notice Bill Heads to State Senate - Monday, May 09, 2011

The Tennessee General Assembly is moving closer toward reducing the number of newspaper notices lenders are required to run before foreclosing on a home.

State Sen. Jack Johnson, R-Franklin, and State Rep. Jimmy Matlock, R-Lenoir, filed companion bills that originally sought to reduce the required number of newspaper notices from three to one. Along with that reduction would come less of a description of the property.

80. Opinion: Foreclosure Bill Unjust To Homeowners, Community - Tuesday, May 03, 2011

As an attorney that has spent a great deal of my time over the last decade assisting consumers with mortgage lending and foreclosure problems, I cannot think of a worse idea for the Tennessee General Assembly to consider than further streamlining the foreclosure process in Tennessee. This is precisely what is currently contemplated in the bills that will be considered by the Judiciary Committees in the coming week.

81. Bill Would Alter Foreclosure Notices - Tuesday, May 03, 2011

The judiciary committees in the House and Senate of the Tennessee General Assembly are scheduled to vote on companion bills Tuesday that would give homeowners less advance warning before their homes are foreclosed.

82. Opinion: Foreclosure Bill Unjust To Homeowners, Community - Monday, May 02, 2011

As an attorney that has spent a great deal of my time over the last decade assisting consumers with mortgage lending and foreclosure problems, I cannot think of a worse idea for the Tennessee General Assembly to consider than further streamlining the foreclosure process in Tennessee. This is precisely what is currently contemplated in the bills that will be considered by the Judiciary Committees in the coming week.

83. Tenn. Bill Would Reduce Foreclosure Notices - Monday, May 02, 2011

The judiciary committees in the House and Senate of the Tennessee General Assembly are scheduled to vote on companion bills Tuesday that would give homeowners less advance warning before their homes are foreclosed.

84. Memphis Area Legal Services Elects Board Officers - Thursday, April 07, 2011

The Memphis Area Legal Services Inc. has elected its 2011 board officers.

Sean A. Hunt of The Hunt Law Firm has been elected the new board president. He succeeds Center City Commission President Paul H. Morris, who will continue on the board as immediate past president.

85. Brown Takes Road Less Traveled to Successful Career - Thursday, March 31, 2011

Helen Brown has plenty in common with her fellow members of Bass, Berry & Sims PLC, where she has worked in the firm’s corporate and securities practice area since September 2002.

86. Bank On Memphis Aims to Aid Unbanked, Underbanked - Friday, March 25, 2011

The everyday financial transactions of 45,000 Memphis households are done in cash, car title loans, money orders, third-party check cashing and payday loans.

And those “unbanked” transactions mean lost savings opportunities estimated by Federal Reserve Bank officials at $45 million locally.

87. Gaining Momentum - Monday, March 07, 2011

The office leasing market in Memphis is gaining momentum in the first few months of this year, following a slow but steady 2010.

Last year, smaller users kept the market afloat. But in the past month, an influx of interest from large users has been a welcome – and pleasant – surprise for the market.

88. Nichols Navigates Way to Firm’s Memphis Business Tax Group - Thursday, March 03, 2011

The key to any good planning might be plenty of quiet time to think and ponder through obstacles and challenges before arriving at a clear course of action.

For tax attorney Jack Nichols, 32, that time begins with the daily hour-plus commute from Oxford, Miss., to the offices of Butler, Snow, O’Mara, Stevens & Cannada PLLC at the Crescent Center in East Memphis.

89. Clark Reaches Pinnacle as State’s Top Judge - Thursday, February 17, 2011

When Bill Haslam took the oath of office as governor last month, Tennessee Supreme Court Chief Justice Cornelia Clark administered the oath.

It is one of the more public parts of a critical job that has many sides and calls on many talents.

90. Medical Interpretation Field Small but Growing - Friday, February 11, 2011

In his 50s, Julio Cepeda left his career as a chemical engineer to embark on a new one using his increasingly valuable interpreting skills to help bridge communication gaps for the Memphis area’s growing Spanish-speaking community.

91. SCOTN Chief Justice Clark to Speak in Memphis Wed. - Tuesday, February 08, 2011

Tennessee Supreme Court Chief Justice Cornelia Clark will be in Memphis Wednesday as the keynote speaker for the kickoff luncheon for the Memphis Area Legal Services Campaign for Equal Justice.

The luncheon at Calvary Episcopal Church, 102 N. Second St., begins at noon.

92. Thornton Finds Balance Between Practice, Pro Bono Work - Thursday, January 13, 2011

Laurie Thornton says it was her own experience with paralyzing fear and a sense of helplessness that led her into the pro bono work she does with her law firm, Glankler Brown PLLC, and with Memphis Area Legal Services.

93. Bar Prez Plans Year of Service - Thursday, December 30, 2010

During this month’s annual meeting of the Memphis Bar Association, the gavel was passed to a new president who pushed for his colleagues to take summer interns at their firms.

It’s part of a community-minded spirit that private attorney Ricky Wilkins made a theme of his just-ended tenure as the MBA president. And Shuttleworth Williams PLLC partner John Cannon, the MBA’s new president, is picking up right where Wilkins left off.

94. Memphis Bar Names Annual Award Winners - Friday, December 03, 2010

Attorney John Cannon took the gavel Thursday as the incoming president of the Memphis Bar Association at Thursday’s MBA annual meeting at The Racquet Club.

95. Bar Association Meeting Moves East - Thursday, December 02, 2010

The Memphis Bar Association will announce the election of new officers at its annual meeting Thursday at The Racquet Club of Memphis in addition to handing out awards to hard-working attorneys whose professionalism, volunteer spirit and service to the profession have earned them distinction.

96. Bar Foundation Sets Grant Record - Thursday, November 18, 2010

For the Memphis Bar Association and the charitable foundation affiliated with it, 2010 has been a year characterized by service and giving.

That giving has included gifts already extended, such as the Memphis Bar Foundation less than a month ago awarding grants that totaled almost $44,000 to seven local causes – the largest grant amount in the foundation’s history.

97. Schlimmer Joins CBU - Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Jim Schlimmer has joined Christian Brothers University as vice president of enrollment.

Hometown: High Point, N.C.
Education: Bachelor of arts degree, Luther College in Decorah, Iowa; Master of science in Education degree, Higher Education Administration, University of North Carolina, Greensboro
Work Experience: Francis Marion University, director of admissions, 2008 to 2010; Louisburg College, vice president for enrollment, 2007 to 2008; Luther College, vice president for enrollment, 2006 to 2007; High Point University, dean of enrollment management, 1982 to 2006.
Family: Dr. Alexa Schlimmer, associate professor of fine arts, High Point University; Philip Schlimmer, son, second-year law student at Ohio Northern University; Kathryn Schlimmer, senior, Roanoke College, Salem, Va.
Last book read: “The World is Flat”
Favorite music: Rock ‘n’ roll
Sports team: Carolina Panthers
Activities you enjoy outside of work: I run a lawn service with our two children – A&J Lawn Service
What talent do you wish you had? I wish I could sing.
Who has had the greatest influence on you? Enrollment mentor John Klockentager
What drew you to CBU? The opportunity to be on an active enrollment management team. I was impressed with the commitments the school had made in the enrollment area. Most of all, I was pleased to return to a church-related university.
What will your role as vice president of enrollment management entail? I am responsible for leading enrollment management initiatives and overseeing the undergraduate enrollment office, the office of financial aid and the career services office.
What do you consider your greatest professional accomplishments? Creating an atmosphere for successful recruitment at High Point University that also attracted students to on-campus living.
What do you most enjoy about your work? I enjoy the opportunity to set up enrollment systems that engage students with the university. I also enjoy monitoring the success of the admissions recruitment cycle from the initial contact to the student’s first day on campus.

98. 50-Year Niche - Monday, November 08, 2010

Despite the sluggish economy, one Memphis-based, family-owned business continues to thrive.

While many competitors have either sold or liquidated their businesses, Delta Materials Handling Inc. is celebrating 50 years in existence.

99. Clark Bros. Stymied By Housing Woes - Tuesday, November 02, 2010

Partners with a renowned Memphis-based real estate development firm are experiencing the foreclosure crisis first-hand.

Brothers Benjamin G. Clark and Nicholas G. Clark are the subjects of five pending foreclosure lawsuits with Tupelo, Miss.-based BancorpSouth Bank, according to suits filed in Shelby County Chancery Court. BancorpSouth’s appraisals for the properties in question are valued at approximately $20.5 million, with loan balances of $17.5 million.

100. Business Sense - Monday, November 01, 2010

Mark Luttrell has a little more than eight weeks under his belt as Shelby County mayor, and he’s spent much of that time on things that shouldn’t come as a surprise.