Day on Torts
The new members of the Tennessee Judicial Selection Commission have been announced.
Lt. Governor Ron Ramsey appointed the following people:
- Miles Burdine, President and CEO of the Kingsport Area Chamber of Commerce
- Christopher Campbell, a Memphis attorney
- Christopher Clem, a Chattanooga attorney
- William Jenkins, Jr., a Dyersburg attorney
- Teresa Lee, Senior VP and CLO for Eastman Chemical in Kingsport
- Thomas Lawless, a Nashville lawyer
- Jack Lowery, a Lebanon lawyer
- William Young, GC of BCBS in Chattanooga
Speaker Williams appointed the following people:
- David Bautista, an attorney and ETSU professor
- Mary Helen Beard, a lawyer with Fed Ex in Memphis
- Ana Escobar, a Nashville attorney
- Russell Johnson, DA in Loudon County
- Ed Martindale, a Jackson attorney
- Scott Sims, a Nashville attorney
- Denise Stapleton, a Morristown attorney
- Barry Ward, a Memphis attorney
The speakers jointly appointed Verna Anne Wyatt of Nashville, the ED of the group You Have the Power, a crime victims advocacy group.