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MEMPHIS LAWYER the magazine of the Memphis Bar Association


MBA Communications Director Kristen Stewart


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


Kirk Caraway President


Lucie Brackin Betsy Chance Dean DeCandia Asia Diggs Don Donati David Harris Tim Hayes Maureen Holland Carrie Kerley Jana Davis Lamanna Emily Landry Bobby Martin Andre Mathis


Tomas L. Parker Vice President


Shea Wellford Secretary/Treasurer


Mike Robb Abby Webb Andre Wharton Lang Wiseman


Section Representatives Bill Bomar Lisa Leach Marcy Magee Scott Peatross Claire Reno Leigh-Taylor White


MBA STAFF


Cover Photo by Kristen Stewart


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 Kristen Stewart, Communications Director, at 901.527.3573 or kstewart@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


Kristen Stewart Communications Director


Linda Warren Seely Past President


2014 Board of Directors


ABA Representative Danny Van Horn


AWA Representative Lisa Gill


NBA Representative David McKinney


Law School Representative Estelle Winsett


YLD President Jake Dickerson


2014 MBA Officers


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