Fran Riley was named president of the Association for Women Attorneys at the organization’s 33rd annual banquet and silent auction last month.

Riley is a law clerk to the five judges of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Tennessee.

2. Phillips Joins Spirco as Manager, Vice President - Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Mike Phillips has joined Spirco Manufacturing as general manager and vice president of operations. In his new role, Phillips will oversee all divisions of the metal-building manufacturer and direct its organizational needs.

3. Association for Women Attorneys to Hold Annual Banquet - Thursday, December 13, 2012

The Association for Women Attorneys is holding its annual banquet next month, and it will include a silent auction, cocktail reception, dinner and program as well as an honor presented to a Memphis judge.

4. Events - Friday, July 31, 2009

The Memphis Bar Association will hold a continuing legal education seminar today from noon to 1 p.m. at 200 Jefferson Ave., sixth floor. Judges David Kennedy, Jennie Latta, George Emerson and Paulette Delk will speak about reaffirmation agreements. To register, visit www.memphisbar.org/cle.

5. Events - Thursday, July 30, 2009

The Shelby County Commission’s EOC Appeal Board will meet today at 9:30 a.m. in the fourth floor committee room of the Shelby County Administration Building, 160 N. Main St. The Rules Subcommittee of the Shelby County Ethics Commission will meet at 4 p.m. in Suite 660. For more information, call Steve Summerall at 545-4301.

6. Events - Wednesday, July 29, 2009

The Shelby County Commission will hold committee meetings today beginning at 8:30 a.m. in the fourth floor committee room of the Shelby County Administration Building, 160 N. Main St. For more information, call Steve Summerall at 545-4301.

7. New Group Takes Over Captain D’s Eateries - Wednesday, March 18, 2009

U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Paulette Delk this week approved the sale of 20 Captain D’s restaurants – including 13 in the Memphis area – to a new owner following the 2007 bankruptcy of the restaurant’s previous local ownership.

8. Bar Internship Introduces Law To Students - Thursday, June 12, 2008

The courtroom where the Tennessee Supreme Court convenes when it is in Memphis was packed earlier this month. And to some on that warm late spring morning, the crowd seemed a bit young.

Shelby County Mayor A C Wharton Jr. even mistook a few practicing attorneys as part of the group of 100 teenagers who are part of the Memphis Bar Association’s 2008 Summer Law Intern Program. The MBA’s Diversity Committee started the initiative a year ago to interest minority students in exploring careers in the law.

9. Open Trustee Position Causes Speculation in Bankruptcy Circles - Friday, July 28, 2006

Two new judges recently have donned black robes and begun hearing bankruptcy cases in West Tennessee, though one important position in the local bankruptcy establishment remains to be filled.

It's the Chapter 13 trustee job that was vacated in June when George Emerson Jr. left the post to fill one of those two spots on the bankruptcy court bench.

10. Bankruptcy Court'sNew Judges Sworn In - Thursday, July 06, 2006
    The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit July 1 swore in Paulette J. Delk and George W. Emerson Jr. as U.S. bankruptcy judges for the Western District of Tennessee at Memphis.
    Judge Delk assu

11. New Law Is Learning Experience For Bankruptcy Courts - Wednesday, April 05, 2006

Change isn't always easy, especially when it comes in the form of a 500-plus page bankruptcy act that took five different Congresses nearly 10 years to pass.

The Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 is the largest overhaul of the nation's bankruptcy laws since 1978. The sweeping changes affect everything from case filing fees to credit counseling and pension plans to corporate bailouts. So how is the local bankruptcy court handling all the changes?

12. Changes to Bankruptcy Court Include New Faces - Monday, March 27, 2006

Back in early 2005, a bill was floating through Congress for which credit card companies and banks had lobbied for almost a decade.

The legislation had one purpose: to make it harder and more expensive for anyone to get out of debt by filing bankruptcy. With about 1.5 million personal bankruptcies filed each year in the United States, the bill's sponsor, Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, scorned the then-current bankruptcy system as a way for "deadbeats to get out of paying their debts scott-free."

13. Changes Underway In Bankruptcy Court - Tuesday, March 14, 2006
Chapter 13 trustee George Emerson Jr. and University of Memphis law professor Paulette Delk have been chosen to replace retiring bankruptcy judge William Houston Brown and to fill a newly created judgeship in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western

14. Local Lawyers VieFor Bankruptcy Judgeships   - Thursday, February 09, 2006
The Merit Selection Panel in Memphis, comprised of five attorneys appointed by Chief Circuit Judge Danny Boggs of the U.S. Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit in Cincinnati, has recommended seven people be considered for two bankruptcy judge vacancies in

15. Archived Article: Calendar - Monday, May 21, 2001
Calendar of events: June 5 11 Calendar of events: May 21-May 27 May 21 Consumer Credit Counseling Service hosts a free money management workshop from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Monday at the CCCS office, 2158 Union Ave., fourth floor. Participants will lea...

16. Archived Article: Law Briefs - Thursday, May 17, 2001
David F Weintraub, Stock, Bennett & Grisham PC has relocated its office to the Renaissance Center, 1715 Aaron Brenner Drive, Suite 512. The firm concentrates its practice on representing employees in labor and employment matters. John Sandford w...

17. Archived Article: Calendar - Monday, May 14, 2001
Calendar of events: June 5 11 Calendar of events: May 14-May 20 May 14 The International Association for Administrative Professionals will have its monthly meeting at 6 p.m. at the Holiday Inn-Memphis East. Anne Jones of Dress for Success, Memphis C...

18. Archived Article: Law Briefs - Thursday, May 10, 2001
David F David F. Leake, a senior partner with the Winchester Law Firm, was elected to the board of directors of American National Lawyers Insurance Reciprocal. Leake will represent about 4,300 Tennessee lawyers insured by the ANLIR. Leake returned t...

19. Archived Article: Law Briefs - Thursday, May 03, 2001
The annual spring Employee Benefits Law and Practice Update will be shown at noon May 18 at the Memphis Bar Association, One The Memphis Bar Association hosts a seminar on the new Article 9 from 1:30 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. May 22 in the MBA Conference Ce...

20. Archived Article: Law Briefs - Thursday, May 30, 1996
The Memphis Bar Association will present a seminar on Social Security disability/SSI on Wednesday at noon at the Peabody Hotel The Memphis Bar Association will present a seminar on Social Security disability/SSI on Wednesday at noon at the Peabody H...

21. Archived Article: Law Briefs - Thursday, May 23, 1996
05-23 Law briefs Baker, Donelson, Bearman & Caldwell has announced that Charles W. Ferguson, Eugenia R. Gaerig and J. Randall Patterson have joined the firm in its Jackson, Miss., offices. Ferguson concentrates his practice in the areas of tax a...