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MeMphis Lawyer the magazine of the Memphis Bar Association


MBA Communications Director Dottie B. McCallen


MBA Publications Committee Karen Campbell Dean DeCandia Nicole Grida 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


Linda Warren Seely President


Sam Blaiss Lucie Brackin Christopher Campbell Lee Chase Don Donati Charlotte Knight Griffin David Harris Tim Hayes Jana Davis Lamanna Emily Landry Bobby Martin Herman Morris Evan Nahmias


Kirk Caraway Vice President


Tomas L. Parker Treasurer


Mike Robb Abby Webb Shea Wellford Andre Wharton Lang Wiseman


Section Representatives Dean DeCandia Clint Hermes Maureen Holland Tracey Malone Anne Johnson-Mead Bryan Smith


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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


interested in submitting an article for publication or advertising in an upcoming issue, contact Dottie Mc- Callen, Communications Director, at 901.527.3573 or dmccallen@memphisbar.org.


Te MBA reserves the right to reject any advertisement or article submitted for publication.


Anne Fritz Executive Director


Lesia Beach CLE/Sections Director


Charlotte Gean


Executive Assistant/ Membership Coordinator


Mary Lynes


Advertising Sales & Events Director


Dottie B. McCallen Communications Director


Gary K. Smith Past President


2013 Board of Directors


ABA Representative Danny Van Horn


AWA Representative Frances Riley


NBA Representative Alicia Washington


Law School Representative Estelle Winsett


YLD President Annie Christoff


2013 MBA Officers


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