Good morning, Memphis! Still recovering from your turkey hangover? Get out of the house this week and enjoy the official start of the season with a range of holiday events – including Starry Nights’ Tacky Holiday Sweater Night and Choose901’s holiday pop-up shop – then get out there and cheer on your St. Jude Memphis Marathon runners. And that’s just a taste of what’s going on in The Week Ahead...

2. Events - Tuesday, February 9, 2016

Central Defense Staffing will host a recruitment event Wednesday, Feb. 10, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 6084 Apple Tree Drive, suite 10. CDS is seeking to fill positions for all shifts at various accounts in Memphis and North Mississippi. Applicants must bring two forms of ID and be able to pass drug screening and background checks. Visit centraldefensestaffing.com or call 901-473-6385, ext. 400.

3. Rieger Begins Work at Memphis Chamber - Wednesday, April 29, 2015

Tom Rieger recently joined the Greater Memphis Chamber as senior vice president of member development, a role in which he will oversee major fundraising activities, conduct membership drive campaigns and implement revenue enhancement opportunities.

4. Landers Flourishing With Own Family-Law Firm - Saturday, June 29, 2013

It all started with a request to handle the divorces of a few of the firm’s clients, Suzanne Landers recalled from her office in the Memphis Cotton Exchange building in Downtown Memphis.

5. Events - Saturday, December 8, 2012

LightWave Solar will host a lunch & learn titled “How Solar Can Work for Your Home or Business” Friday, Dec. 14, from noon to 1 p.m. in the River Tower at South Bluffs clubhouse, 655 Riverside Drive. R.S.V.P. to Grace Robertson at grobertson@lightwavesolar.com or 615-641-4050, ext. 104.

6. Events - Friday, December 7, 2012

The DeSoto County Economic Development Council will hold its annual membership luncheon Wednesday, Dec. 12, at 11:45 a.m. at Landers Center, 4560 Venture Drive. Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant will present the keynote. Cost is $25. R.S.V.P. to dmorgan@desotocounty.com by Friday, Dec. 7.

7. Orpheum Theatre Names New Board Members - Friday, March 16, 2012

The Orpheum Theatre and its parent organization, the Memphis Development Foundation, has announced 10 members joining the Orpheum board of directors. The new members are: Chuck Treadway, Thomas & Betts president and chief operating officer; Don Young, Smith and Nephew senior vice president, corporate sustainability; Andy Taylor, Gerber/Taylor Capital Advisors Inc. partner; Gary Smith, Apperson Crump PLC attorney; Alan Mullen, Crew Training International president; Scott Hennessy, True Temper Sports Inc. president; Keri Gage, SunTrust private wealth management/senior vice president; Robert Cox, Glassman, Edwards, Wyatt, Tuttle & Cox PC attorney; Bo Allen, First Tennessee executive vice president; and Sara Adams, community volunteer.

8. Patterson Strikes Right Balance Between Legal Duties - Thursday, April 14, 2011

The legal profession is often depicted by the scales of justice. That image is an appropriate one for Chris Patterson, who balances his time as a member with the Memphis firm Wiseman Bray PLLC and as town attorney for the city of Oakland, in neighboring Fayette County.

9. Family Law, Service to Profession Fuel Brackin’s Fire - Thursday, April 7, 2011

Lucie Brackin is a family lawyer at The Landers Firm PLLC, a Memphis-based law firm that focuses on family law with a strong concentration on dispute resolution as an alternative to litigation.

10. U of M’s McClurg Honored With Legal Education Award - Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Andrew McClurg has received the Excellence in Legal Education Award from the University of Memphis’ Law Alumni Board. McClurg is a professor of law and the Herbert Herff Chair of Excellence in Law at the Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law. He also is associate dean for faculty development.

11. Landers Finds Benefits of Mediation, Arbitration - Thursday, December 24, 2009

C. Suzanne Landers, a member of The Landers Firm, has been named as a Super Lawyer in Tennessee in the practice of family/divorce law. Landers also was selected as one of the Best Lawyers in America for Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) for her work as a mediator/arbitrator.

12. Caraway Named ‘Rising Star’ By Midsouth Superlawyers - Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Kirk Caraway of Allen, Summers, Simpson, Lillie & Gresham PLLC has been selected as a “Rising Star” in the field of Labor and Employment Litigation by Law & Politics Midsouth Superlawyers publication for 2008.

13. Family Law Practitioners Take Safety Precautions - Thursday, July 14, 2005

When Memphis attorney Robert Friedman was shot and killed in a Downtown parking garage three years ago, it brought home the dangers associated with being a family law practitioner.

Harold Noel, a former divorce client of Friedman's, was convicted of voluntary manslaughter in connection with the case in December. Suzanne Landers, a senior partner in the family law firm of Landers & Associates, remembers hearing the dreadful news.

14. Archived Article: Law Focus - Thursday, February 5, 1998
By SUZANNE THOMPSON Attorneys in action Many local lawyers believe community service is a civic responsibility that accompanies the practice of law By SUZANNE THOMPSON The Daily News Attorney Bill Bruces grandfather told him long ago that lawyers ow...

15. Archived Article: Law Focus - Thursday, January 29, 1998
By SUZANNE THOMPSON Facing history Lawyers work to eliminate anti-Semitism, racism and other forms of discrimination by educating junior and senior high students By SUZANNE THOMPSON The Daily News Several local attorneys are stepping into the role o...

16. Archived Article: Focus2 - Thursday, October 30, 1997
Bar association committee announces nominees Bar association committee announces nominees Prince C. Chambliss Jr., president of the Memphis Bar Association, has released the report of its nominations and elections committee chaired by Max Shelton. T...

17. Archived Article: Law Briefs - Thursday, November 14, 1996
Attorney Marvin Posner was publicly censured by the Board of Professional Responsibility on Oct Attorney Marvin Posner was publicly censured by the Board of Professional Responsibility on Oct. 31. The censure was issued pursuant to Rule 9, Rules of ...