from a private insurance defense firm into a position as an in- house attorney for an insurance company, and he made sure to ask me how I was enjoying my new position. Tat’s just the type of guy that I have always known Kirk to be. I remember meeting Kirk at a Young Lawyers Division
MEET KIRK CARAWAY W
by NICOLE M. GRIDA
hen I contacted Kirk Caraway to interview him for this piece, he insisted that we meet for lunch at a downtown restaurant. I had recently transitioned
several years.
Happy Hour shortly after I had moved to Memphis, and his telling me that one of the best things he had ever done was to become actively involved in the Memphis Bar Association. In his words, “It is the best way to meet other lawyers in Memphis and you will never regret building those relationships.”
I
heeded his advice and am happy to say that I have made some of my closest friends and earned the trust of countless colleagues through my involvement with the Memphis Bar Association. Since
graduating from Te University of Memphis
School of Law in 1997, Kirk Caraway has been a member of the Memphis Bar Association.
Kirk recalled not being
too involved his first year of practice as he was just getting acclimated to being a young associate at a law firm and his firm was located out East. Te following year, however, Kirk became more actively involved with the MBA and has not looked back since. He served as President of the Young Lawyers Division in 2006 after having been a member of its Board of Directors for
In 2007 and 2008, he served on the Memphis
Bar Association Board of Directors. After his first stint on the MBA Board of Directors, Kirk was awarded the Sam A. Myar, Jr. Award for outstanding service to the legal profession and the community in 2008. In 2009, Kirk was also selected as a Fellow of the Memphis Bar Association. He was then elected to the position of Secretary of the Memphis Bar Association in 2010 and has ascended to the position of President after terms as Treasurer and Vice-President. Additionally, he has served on the Bench Bar Committee for many years and has manned the Hospitality Suite for the past several years. Despite his countless achievements both in his career and
as a member of the MBA, Kirk has always been focused on giving back to young lawyers and the legal community as a whole. As a testament to that commitment, Kirk’s goal for 2014 is to ensure that the MBA provides quality CLE and professional programming to its members. Several years ago, he co-chaired the MBA Trial Academy which enabled younger attorneys to learn from some of the best litigators in our area, and he noted that this was a worthwhile program that he would like to see be offered every few years. He also would like to increase membership and get more members involved with the exciting things the MBA has planned for the coming year.
Tis past year Kirk served on a committee with numerous attorneys to help launch Esq. Build, which is an incubator for new attorneys to learn how to open and run a law practice. Esq. Build is a partnership between the MBA, MBA Small Firm and Solo Practitioner Section, Memphis Area Legal
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