Bar announces election nominees

David Wade, Memphis Bar Association president, has released the report of the nominations and elections committee.

The 2003 president is Irma W. Merrill. The vice president is John J. Heflin III. Both automatically succeed to those positions under MBA bylaws.

Voting members of the MBA will vote on the other officers. Nominees for those positions are: Susan M. Clark, treasurer; and George T. Buck Lewis III and Barbara Morris Zoccola, secretary.

In addition, MBA voting members will elect eight individuals to two-year terms on the board of directors. Terms begin Jan. 1.

The nominees for those positions are: Allen Blair, Lara Butler, Elizabeth Chance, Veronica Coleman-Davis, Molly Glover Crain, Donna M. Fields, Susan A. Hinsley, Jason P. Hood, Joedae L. Jenkins, Lisa A. Krupicka, Elijah Noel Jr., Richard A. Roberts, Jill M. Steinberg, Michael J. Stengel, Ellen B. Vergos and Donnie E. Wilson.

Under MBA bylaws, three section representatives are elected to one-year terms, beginning Jan. 1, on the board of directors.

The following individuals were nominated by the MBA sections to vie for those three seats: Douglas M. Alrutz, bankruptcy section; James P. Barry, corporate section; Teresa M. Bernhardt, real estate section; Beth Weems Bradley, wills and probate section; Michael A. Brady, securities section; Carolyn Howard; labor and employment law section; Hayden D. Lait; alternative dispute resolution section; and S. Denise McCrary, divorce and family law section.

According to MBA bylaws, any five voting members of the association can nominate any other voting member for treasurer, secretary or the board of directors (except section representative) not later than seven days after publication of the Nominations Committee report.

Such nominations should be addressed to MBA executive director Anne Fritz, 1050 One Commerce Square, Memphis, TN 38103, and should specify the nominees name, the nominated position, and confirmation that the nominee agrees to serve if elected. Each of the five voting members must sign the nomination, which will be deemed filed upon its receipt at the MBA office.