MEMPHIS LAWYER the magazine of the Memphis Bar Association
MBA Publications Committee Chair Liz Keough
MBA Communications Director Dottie B. McCallen
MBA Publications Committee Kenneth Besser
Susan Bjorklund Karen Campbell Dean DeCandia Mark Geller Nicole Grida
Jennifer Himes Tanya Holmes
Sean Antone Hunt Liz Keough Katharine Kores Stephen Leffler Laura Martin
Harrison D. McIver III Adam Simpson Mary Wagner
Christy Washington Mason Wilson Patricia Woods
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Te Memphis Lawyer is a publication of the Memphis Bar Association, Inc. that publishes six times each year. Te publication has a circulation of 2,200. If you are
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Te MBA reserves the right to reject any advertisement or article submitted for publication.
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Dottie B. McCallen Communications Director
Gary K. Smith President
Linda Warren Seely Vice President
Kirk Caraway Treasurer
Tomas L. Parket Secretary
2012 Board of Directors
Sam Blaiss Lucie Brackin Sherry Brooks Chris Campbell Lee Chase Elizabeth Collins Don Donati Michael Fletcher Charlotte Knight Griffin Tim Hayes Odell Horton, Jr. Lisa LaVigne Bobby Martin Herman Morris
Evan Nahmias Van Turner Andre Wharton Lang Wiseman
Section Representatives Megan Arthur Dean DeCandia Rachel Hotze Wright Scott Peatross Bryan Smith Paul Tuberville
ABA Representative Al Harvey
MBA STAFF
AWA Representative Jennifer Himes
NBA Representative Imad Abdullah
Law School Representative Estelle Winsett
YLD President Abby Webb
Past President John Cannon
2012 MBA Officers
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