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Facing It: AI, Biometric Privacy, and the Modern Entertainment Venue

by Emily Crawford

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A Governance Program: The Optimal Path to AI Success

by Barbara Bennett, AIGP

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The Legal Sculptor: How Lawyers Can Embrace Creativity in the ely for NBA Practice of Law

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Effectively Using AI

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From Nashville to Caen: My First Trip to Nashville’s Oldest International Sister City with the Nashville Bar

by Ellison Berryhill

by David Fletcher

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Generative Artificial Intelligence

by Simon Levistky & Maria Waters

DEPARTMENTS 4 From the President Bahar Azhdari

5 Hear Ye, Hear Ye

NBF Grant Applications 2025 YLD Mock Trial 2025 NBF Fellows Gala 2025 Law Day Have an Idea for a CLE?

6 Calendar of Events 28 barBites 33 CLE Schedule 44 Hearsay 47 100% Club COLUMNS 15 Background Check Bart Pickett

17 Gadget of the Month

Bill Ramsey & Phillip Hampton

25 Capitol Notes

Peggy Sue, the Beagle Hound

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From The President Bahar Azhdari

Twelve months seems like forever in theory, but, in reality, blink, and it’s done. That’s how it feels as I close out my time as President of the Nashville Bar Association. I opened the year talking about my connection to this organization and the relationships it helps us create and strengthen. Looking back over the year, I am gratified to know the reasons why I joined and renew my membership with the NBA are strong.

We had a rollercoaster of a ride this year, filled with great highs and unexpected lows. We searched for and hired a new Executive Director, and we added new staff members to supplement and support the ongoing work of our dedicated NBA staff. We brainstormed ways to provide new and better services to our members. We continued the work of the previous Board by updating our bylaws to streamline and improve how we nominated and selected Board Members. We continued to provide substantive and relevant programming, happy hours, and CLEs. We also turned to our membership for support, guidance, and assistance.

And you all showed up. You offered advice and counsel, a friendly shoulder, or a kind word.

You were also there in October when the sudden loss of our friend and longtime staff member, Vicki Shoulders, left us bereft. Vicki was the voice who greeted members when they called the NBA office, and the first person members saw when they visited. Her love and dedication to the organization were part of everything she did. She was a constant presence, and we will miss her greatly.

While this year turned out to be more a resetting and rebuilding period, I believe we have a solid foundation to support what the future holds. We have put together a Strategic Planning Committee made up of Board and NBA members, who will help us do the work of determining where we want to go and how we want to get there. And we will be counting on you to help us by providing your candid feedback and ideas. We have dynamic staff members who are excited to try new things and to help push us into new directions – without letting us forget who we are as an organization. We have fantastic and dedicated leadership at each level of the organization from our Executive Director to the Boards of the NBA, the Nashville Bar Foundation, and the Young Lawyers Division. We are about to begin a dynamic era, and I am excited to see where that leads us.

Thank you to the NBA staff for your patience, encouragement, and steadfastness.

Thank you to the Board of Directors for your engagement (I know we had some long meetings!), thoughtfulness, and service. Thank you to the Committee and Section Chairs and members who produced events, CLEs, the Nashville Bar Journal, and so much more. Finally, thank you, the members of the NBA, who have continued to show me why the NBA offers value to both attorneys and the greater Nashville community.

The opportunity to serve as President is one I won’t soon forget. I am honored and grateful to have been your President.

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Hear Ye, Hear Ye

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Calendar of Events

December

February

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17 Holiday | NBA Office Closed

Leadership Forum Program 12 NBF 11:30am | Burr & Forman

21 NBF Leadership Forum Program

Annual Meeting & Banquet 12 NBA 5:30pm-8:00pm | Music City Center

21 YLD Mock Trial Competition 22 Historic Metro Courthouse

23 Holiday | NBA Office Closed 25 31 Holiday | NBA Office Closed

January 1 Holiday | NBA Office Closed 7 Dial-A-Lawyer 6:00-8:00pm | NBA Office Committee Meeting 8 Historical 11:30am | NBA Office & Zoom

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Job Fair Reception 24 1LPolsinelli

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Facing It: AI, Biometric Privacy, and the Modern Entertainment Venue Emily Crawford is a 4L student at Nashville School of Law. She is a Senior Accountant at VUMC and has a background in human resources. Emily is also a constant reader, slow running apologist, and one carry-on travel authority.

When

Benjamin

Noren

walked

into

Madison

against MSG. It also uses facial recognition technology

Square Garden to see the band Wizkid in November

(FRT) and artificial intelligence (AI) to screen patrons

of 2023, he didn’t just make sure he had his ticket and

upon entry to its iconic venues. This way, if someone on

identification handy to gain entry. He also brought a

the list manages to get a ticket from a reseller, they can

copy of a preliminary injunction. The injunction required

be identified and turned away.2 While FRT has been

Madison Square Garden Entertainment (MSG), the

used by law enforcement for decades to create “digital

company that operates the sport and concert hall to

lineups” from photographs in government databases,

allow entry to anyone possessing a ticket and behaving

private companies are beginning to explore its uses.

or concert decisions by MSG. Potential patrons, personal

Some companies may wish to greet valued customers by name. Others will find value in turning away known shoplifters. But MSG shocked the world by refusing entry to tort lawyers working for firms the company considers enemies.

injury lawyers, and even taxpayers have reason to see

Like many places open to the public, MSG has pending

this policy as a serious problem.

personal injury lawsuits. The company has used FRT

properly. While most patrons do not require a judge’s order to attend a concert for which they have a valid ticket, Mr. Noren had landed on MSG’s “enemies list.”

His offense? Employment at one of about ninety law firms representing plaintiffs against MSG for personal injury or other matters.1 While the banned lawyers have received the most attention, other fans have been disallowed for publicly criticizing sports management

MSG, which is owned by James Dolan and also owns

to upload pictures of lawyers working on behalf of

the Beacon Theater, Radio City Music Hall, and various

the alleged victims. In most of the reported cases, the

restaurants, refuses to sell tickets to lawyers who work

lawyers who were denied entry were not working on the

for firms that advocate for plaintiffs taking legal action

particular lawsuits related to MSG.3 While tort lawyers (continued on page 10)

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Feature Article

Although not expressly forbidden in Tennessee, even fully private venues should think twice about using FRT to ban patrons they dislike. While the personal injury lawyers excluded from Madison Square Garden might not be the most

sympathetic

victims,

the

“enemies list” policy concerns the broader public. If the policy were expanded to lawyers representing plaintiffs in sexual harassment cases, banning advocates could be seen as a form of retaliation. Taxpayers, too, may have reason to disagree with the policy. Many stadiums receive have been the most vocal about

likely that a venue owner would use

their disagreement with the policy,

“a law enforcement technology to

others have been affected as well.

enforce a private grudge,” Motley

People “who are just consumers or

said.5

viewers of MSG products have been

While the nature of the MNSA

put on a banned list because they

makes an enemies list unlikely

told James Dolan to sell the team,”

at a sporting venue, there is little

Noren said. “Simply criticizing the

in local legislation banning the

owner gets you forever banned by

practice. Tennessee is not one of

these stadiums.”4

the three states ­ — Illinois, Texas,

Nashville is a mecca for big-

and

Washington

—

that

have

millions in tax breaks from the government. A taxpayer with a paid ticket who is turned away from a live show would be justifiably miffed about exclusionary practices.

Further, even those who fully support a venue’s “right to exclude” under property law may find the enforcement mechanism creepy.

While the public may accept FRT when used to catch a terrorist on the loose, or even to identify shoplifters,

name sports and entertainment

laws preventing the use of facial

many will be uncomfortable using

headliners. Could “enemies lists”

recognition

without

it to target employees of firms

enforced by FRT be coming to our

the consent of the user. More than

an owner simply does not like.

venues?

to

just window dressing, the laws have

Public alarm over privacy concerns

Jonathan Motley, an entertainment

provided cash recovery for victims

could lead to a backlash against

lawyer at Safford Motley PLC. “The

of privacy violations by companies

the

venues in Nashville are leased to the

like Google.6 New Yorkers affected

Technology journalist Jesse Baron

teams,” Motley said. “That would be

by the “enemies list” were able to

recently posited “Facial recognition

a huge hurdle to overcome.” The

find relief through the creative

could…spell[ ] the end of what was

Metro

Authority

use of a 1940s-era civil rights law

previously

(MNSA) is the landlord for most

designed to protect theater critics

human experience: being in public

professional

from retaliation, but that will not be

anonymously.”8

Unlikely,

Nashville

according

Sport

sports

venues

in

Davidson County. This makes it less

10

technology

available in most states.7

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venues

and

a

the

practice.

taken-for-granted

If this is not enough to dissuade

venue owners from adopting similar practices, a Delaware judge recently described MSG’s policy as “the stupidest thing I have ever read.”9 Nashville’s iconic venues seem safe from the petty and vindictive use of FRT and AI at this time. As the technology becomes more widely available, it may

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litigation for the venue in defending the policy.

As for Mr. Noren, he has used his status as the poster child of banned lawyers to show other attorneys how to defeat MSG’s prohibitions. “We’ve given them a road map of how to get in and how to get $500 each time,”

For $199, members may register for an unlimited number of any NBA-

Noren said. Barring that, Mr. Noren has a secret weapon,

produced* seminars,

albeit one unavailable to most patrons—an identical

both online and

twin brother. On a recent visit, “the bells rang, they

in-person throughout

pulled me aside, and I said, ‘My brother’s the piece of shit lawyer, not me!’” 10

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Footnotes Kashmir Hill, Lawyers Barred by Madison Square Garden Found

The All-Access CLE Pass is exclusive to NBA

a Way Back In, N.Y. Times, (Jan. 16, 2023), https://www.nytimes.

members only and available to

1

com/2023/01/16/technology/madison-square-garden-ban-lawyers. html.

purchase when renewing. For details and more

2

Id.

information regarding the

3

Hill, supra note 1.

4

Telephone Interview with Benjamin Noren, Davidoff Hutcher &

All-Access CLE Pass, contact our CLE

Citron (Dec. 14, 2023).

5

Department at NBA_CLE@NashvilleBar.org.

Telephone Interview with Jonathan Motley, Safford Motley (Dec. 15,

2023).

Bickerton, James. Google Class Action Lawsuit Payments Start

*Some exclusions for All-Access CLE Pass usage apply for special

Arriving, Newsweek, (Jul. 8, 2023), https://www.newsweek.com/

programming including but not limited to CLE Institutes, Master

google-class-action-lawsuit-payments-start-arriving-1811711.

Series speakers, travel-related CLEs, some YLD seminars, and

7

Hill, supra note 1.

other seminars in which we partner with outside entities.

8

Jesse Baron, The Tech That’s Radically Reimagining the Public

6

Sphere, The Atlantic (Nov. 1, 2023) https://www.theatlantic.com/ books/archive/2023/11/your-face-belongs-to-us-kashmir-hill-facialrecognition-book-review/675843.

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Alison Frankel, Madison Square Garden doubles down on plaintiffs

lawyer ban, even after it backfires, Reuters (Nov. 15, 2022) https://www. reuters.com/legal/legalindustry/madison-square-garden-doublesdown-plaintiffs-lawyer-ban-even-after-it-backfires-2022-11-15.

10

Noren, supra note 5.

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Remembering

Vicki Shoulders

Our dear colleague and friend, Vicki Shoulders passed away unexpectedly on October 31, 2024. Vicki had been a staple of the Nashville Bar Association for 24 years. She was the welcome NBA members received when they entered our offices and the kindly voice they heard when they called. She worked tirelessly to assist our members. Indeed, Vicki was instrumental in putting together our Memorial Services and had the trust and respect of our Memorial Committee. She understood the importance of honoring those who had passed and for ensuring their memories lived on. We will miss her more than words can express.

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Background Check | Jin Yoshikawa Bart Pickett

was recently appointed as the State Trial Court Administrator for the Twentieth Judicial District where he oversees the operations of the 18 State Trial Courts. Prior to that, he practiced as a trial attorney for Liberty Mutual Insurance Company.

Born in Tokyo, Japan, in 1987, Jin Yoshikawa moved to the United States at only two years old due to his father’s work. His father, a long-time Americanophile who loved rock 'n' roll and studied languages in college, worked at IBM and took an assignment in New York City.

When the assignment was over and the Yoshikawas had to return to Japan, his father found new business opportunities to keep the family in the United States.

During the extended stay, his father was blessed with the chance to frequently visit Music City in the late 90s for his Japanese client Bridgestone.

The Yoshikawa family did end up moving back to Japan in 2002. Yoshikawa finished high school at the American School in Japan, a school in Tokyo that mostly catered to kids of ex-pats. His parents wanted him to have the choice to return to America for college.

When Yoshikawa graduated in 2005, he went back to New York to attend Columbia University. “I was and still am a huge geek,” says the self-described video game lover. Wanting to be a video game designer, Yoshikawa majored in Computer Science and was on the Artificial Intelligence track.

Despite his initial desire to work on video games, Yoshikawa’s first job out of college was at a management consulting firm where he advised a Tennessee tech company entering the Japanese market. While he enjoyed the technical and storyingtelling aspects of the job, after a couple years of a wearing a suit, he thought he would take a shot at the entertainment industry while he was still young. He got a job as a production manager for a Japanese media production company based out of New York working on TV shows and commercials for Japan. He found this job to be the wildest and most fun one he’s had but found it was difficult to be a family man. So, at the age of 30, Yoshikawa decided to try law school next .

When it came time to choose where to go for law school, Yoshikawa recalled back to his father’s fond memories of Nashville. A trip to visit the city in 2017

confirmed his belief that this is a special city with its own unique identity that serves to fulfill many people’s dreams. While at Vanderbilt University Law School, Yoshikawa found himself again drawn to AI. He took an AI law class and even wrote his law journal note on AI. He served as the editor-in-chief of Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment and Technology Law. Yoshikawa and his family chose to remain in Nashville after law school. Part of that decision he credits to the NBA Minority Job Fair which provides access to opportunities that minority students might not otherwise have. Yoshikawa now has the honor of giving back to that program as he proudly serves as the co-chair of the Diversity Committee of the NBA. The committee is very active and he encourages all (continued on page 16)

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Background Check (cont.)

interested to join.

As a result of the job fair, Yoshikawa spent both summers working at

active member of the U.S.-Japan

a non-profit for writers. The family

Council

lives in the Inglewood neighborhood

and

the

Japan-America

Society of Tennessee.

where Yoshikawa is passing along

Butler Snow and it is where he started

Yoshikawa met his wife Yurina

his video game love to his sons as

his legal career as an associate. After

while in college in New York. It turns

they play Nintendo Switch. When

a few years, he left to join Adams

out they had both also gone to the

his boys are not occupying his time,

and Reese where he currently works

same high school but did not know

Yoshikawa can be found reading

doing mostly IP and commercial

each other as they are a few years

a book from the stack of science

litigation.

apart. The couple married in 2014

fiction,

and have two sons (6 and 4). Yurina

assigned to him by his wife.

Yoshikawa also prioritizes activities strengthen

is a fiction writer and currently the

the U.S-Japan relationship. He is an

director of education at The Porch,

which

highlight

and

biographies,

and

novels

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As most of you know, journaling is writing down your thoughts and feelings daily so you can understand them more clearly.

Research consistently shows that journaling is good for you in many ways. If you struggle with stress, depression, or anxiety, keeping a journal can be a great idea.

It can help you gain control of your emotions and improve your mental health.

However, AI has added a new twist to journaling. Voice recognition and automated transcription are now available everywhere and the prices are reasonable. Consequently, there are now personal recording devices and similar gadgets and apps that can record everything you do every day. Yes, everything!

After recording all of your activities each day, these devices can provide you with a transcript and

Limitless Pendant (Limitless.ai) This device is causing quite a stir. The device is a little round thingamajig that you can clip to your shirt or hang around your neck. It costs $99. You turn it on and it records everything you hear. You then can use AI to transcribe the conversation and get a summary. It can also prepare a to-do list based on the content of the meeting. In a tip of the hat to privacy, you can require it to get consent from other persons in the meeting before it will record their part of the conversation. It has unlimited storage in the cloud (so they say) and for $19 a month you get unlimited transcriptions.

Here is how it works. You first have to sign up for the Limitless app on iOS or Android (Limitless recommends that you use the Mac or Windows app, if you are not using the Pendant). Then, when you are in a meeting, it will record your meeting. While using the app, you will see a real time transcript. After you have stopped the recording, you can click on a word in the transcript and it will play the audio back for you. There is even a “Notes” section in the app that will automatically appear in that section.

In addition to the Mac and Windows companion applications, there is a web app as well. So you

should be able to access your transcripts and summaries from anywhere. Limitless also claims you can use the device and its features with Zoom, Google Meet, Teams, Slack, etc.

Now Limitless has released the Pendant which is designed to use the Limitless app and record everything that you do every day.

The Pendant uses either Bluetooth or Wi-Fi to sync with the app on your phone.

A disclaimer: I have ordered the Pendant, but I do not have it yet.

However, I do have the Windows app, and it really works well. I have used it to record video meetings, and the transcripts are spot-on.

Plaud Note (plaud.ai) Previously I have tried using the recording apps that are now available on the iPhone and Android phones. They work great!

(More on this below) But now we have the Plaud Note. Unlike the Limitless Pendant, it is available now. (There will be a Limitless Pendant-like device, called the Plaud NotePin that will give you 20 hours of non-stop recording. It will start shipping soon. The cost is $169, with unlimited cloud storage.)

The Plaud Note is a metal device about the size of a thick credit card. There are three colors: black, silver, and starlight. It can stick on the back of any phone that has wireless charging. (continued on page 18)

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Gadget of the Month (cont.)

will provide summaries as well.

All thanks to AI. Most interface with Zoom, Teams, and most video conference apps as well. They have a lot of errors, but these apps are fast and are on your device. You can access your transcripts and recordings online. For example, you can turn on these apps on your phone in a deposition, and, at the end of the deposition, you can get a transcript and a summary.

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A Governance Program: The Optimal Path to AI Success

Barbara Bennett, AIGP is a nationally recognized health care attorney who

has been involved since the beginning at the intersection of Internet technology and health care, including artificial intelligence (AI). She has earned the Artificial Intelligence Governance Professional (AIGP) certification from IAPP. Noted for her M&A, data privacy and governance, and strategic business advice, Barbara has led transactions and provided counsel for sophisticated and complex health care and health care service businesses that have included numerous multinational Fortune 50 companies.

Futurist and author, Ray Kurzwell, predicts AI will reach human level intelligence by 2029, and that by 2045 we will attain “singularity.” 1 Singularity is predicted to include the capability for our brains to interface (i.e., merge) with the cloud and expand intelligence beyond our wildest dreams. Meanwhile, lawyers may already feel overwhelmed with the pace of technological development and its legal and ethical challenges.

Our use of AI as lawyers, as well as our clients’ use of AI in their businesses, are predicted to yield enormous benefits if done right, and catastrophic risks if not. High risk, high reward activities and choices are not new.

Fortunately, our society has developed a statistically reliable way to manage high risk endeavors with our eyes on the prize.

In life we can handle risks along a spectrum from “No Guts, No Glory” to “Better Safe than Sorry.” Either end of that spectrum requires little thought or effort. We close our eyes and just take the leap, or we hide in a corner. It is the effort to stay somewhere in the middle—allowing for the opportunity while working to minimize the worst collateral damage—that requires thought and vigilance.

This effort to stay somewhere between the extremes of recklessness and avoidance is the stuff of Governance.

Governance is simply risk management that begins with the company’s governing board. It does not guarantee success, but it can improve our chances.

Risk management is a well-established science that requires some artful judgment, and we as lawyers are trained to do it. The classic risk management steps are to (i) identify the risks, (2) evaluate and rank the severity and likelihood of occurrence, (3) choose tools for managing each top-level risk, and (4) implement and monitor the

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tools. These also are the basic steps for an AI Governance Program. Of course, the devil is in the details and the risks of AI are very numerous, many of them quite technical.

Available risk management tools are not all perfect or reliable. And everything costs time and money.

Nevertheless, we basically have the steps already laid out. The laws—and perhaps our survival—require that we use what we have and begin immediately.

Identifying AI risks may seem overwhelming at first.

MIT has accumulated an AI Risk Repository of more than 700 risks,2 and these include legal, operational, social and ethical risks. The type of AI model, the intended uses by the business, the data on which the model was trained or tested, the model architecture and intended purpose, and any tests performed to ensure quality, accuracy and non-discrimination, are among the information necessary to narrow down the number of risks.

Using this information, companies can be ready to select the most important risks for that model and use case. With a cross-functional team, priority risks initially can be narrowed typically to fewer than 25 for any model and use case. And among those, a business can usually target a handful for initial management. AI governance is a dynamic work in progress and can be implemented in steps and scaled to a company’s resources.

Evaluating the risks and ranking them as High, Medium or Low (or gradations in between) provides the order in which a business can address those most important risks. Risk assessment matrices and principles (e.g., any use of sensitive personal data merits a higher ranking) can provide guidance for this evaluation process.

The selection of risk management tools to use to minimize risks is the next step. Avoidance is still

a risk management choice, as is wholesale acceptance of the risk, but for most risks, we select from among a variety of other management tools. These include insurance, policies and procedures for the use of the AI model, training, notices and disclaimers, human-inthe-loop monitoring and testing, and contractual assurances or disclaimers.

The scale and scope of AI has led to an ongoing development of risk management initiatives that include quantitative governance, AI tools for testing and monitoring, privacy-enhancing technologies like synthetic data, and other technologies. This collision of technical and legal considerations makes AI the challenging puzzle it is and also is what requires that the effort be a team effort with all stakeholders participating.

"Evaluating the risks and ranking them as High, Medium or Low (or gradations in between) provides the order in which a business can address those most important risks."

Existing and developing AI laws, frameworks, and guidance nearly all include governance or risk management as a legal requirement. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development reports that by May 2023, governments reported more than 930 policy initiatives across 71 jurisdictions for trustworthy AI.3 The U.S. thus far has taken a sectoral approach, and every federal agency and many states have issued

guidance, passed or proposed laws, and/or used existing laws to enforce AI governance standards.

For example, many Federal Trade Commission enforcement actions under the FTC Act involving AI have resulted in consent orders that impose liability for the precise reason that a business had no AI risk management program.4 The Colorado Anti-Discrimination in AI Law requires risk management programs for high-risk AI use cases.5 The Department of Justice’s recent updated guidance on evaluation of corporate compliance programs makes clear that among the priorities for prosecutors is how a business is navigating risks related to new technologies like AI.6 These are only a few examples emphasizing the importance of a robust AI governance program for minimizing risks and liability.

Resources for AI governance frameworks are available, such as the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) AI Risk Management Framework7 and the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) Standards 238948 and 42001.9 These frameworks are helpful, but they are not enough by themselves. Legal and compliance participation, along with input from other stakeholders, is needed to appropriately identify and manage AI legal risks.

Creating and implementing an AI governance program will promote AI success and minimize AI risk. Does this description of AI governance simplify a very complicated endeavor? Of course.

But it also allows a business, a law firm or a legal office to be able to act to protect itself and move forward with some control within available resources. And as applicable legal requirements and uncertain consequences rapidly accumulate, a governance program will provide grounding, a framework for managing that increasing risk, a defense to liability, and a pathway for continuous evolution.

Footnotes 1

Ray Kurzwell, The Singularity is Nearer

When We Merge with AI (2024).

2

The AI Risk Repository

3

How countries are implementing the OECD

Principles for Trustworthy AI - OECD.AI 4

See, e.g., Rite Aid Corporation, FTC v.,

Federal Trade Commission 5 6

2024a_205_signed.pdf Evaluation

of

Corporate

Compliance

Programs, U.S. Department of Justice Criminal Division 7

Artificial Intelligence Risk Management

Framework (AI RMF 1.0), National Institute of Standards and Technology 8

ISO/IEC 23894:2023 - AI - Guidance on risk

management 9

ISO/IEC 42001:2023 - AI management

system

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The Legal Sculptor:

How Lawyers Can Embrace Creativity in the Practice of Law Brad T. Bald is a commercial real estate attorney in Nashville, Tennessee here he serves as Associate General Counsel for Lifestyle Communities. Lifestyle Communities is a national multifamily developer, investor, and operator with a portfolio of owned and under-construction assets totaling approximately 8,000 rental units. Primary markets currently include Columbus, Nashville, Austin, Raleigh, and Charleston. He is also a member of Tennessee’s Attorney WellBeing Committee and volunteers for the Tennessee Lawyers Assistance Program.

Creativity has been defined as the ability to generate ideas, alternatives, or possibilities that may be useful in solving problems, entertaining, and communicating with others.1 The notion of recognizing alternatives and possibilities to solve problems may align with the role of a lawyer, however creativity is associated with rule breaking and the law has been, of course, about rule following.2 Historically, the legal profession has an aversion to risk and a need for certainty – many features that do not bode well with creativity.3 After all, lawyers are left brain thinkers: logical, rigid, and analytical. The concept of thinking outside of the box can be discomforting to lawyers as they are trained to believe that one should not go beyond the framework of the law.4 While skillful legal analysis is essential for effective advocacy, advocacy requires more than just the ability to associate facts with legal elements.5 Lawyers need to be able to perceive and interpret reality, and then use all the tools available to achieve their goals through conventional and unconventional methods.6 While a painter is limited by the physical framework of a canvas, they still see endless possibilities with a palette of many colors.7 Imagination and creativity are core aspects of human development. We are taught to assess, process, reflect, and imagine from an early age. Often presumed to be a magical superpower, creativity can be anything that allows the mind to expand to new ideas and alternatives with focus and concentration. Sculptures, in particular, are works made with great intentionality as any slip in concentration can cause the work product to falter.8 A sculptor’s lack of rigidity opens the door to a form of mystery and aesthetic pleasure.9 Lawyers, sculptors

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of their own craft, chip away at the written form by chopping off fat and insignificant language. Similar to a painter, lawyers advocate by taking on the artist’s mantel and becoming verbal and written painters of significant moments in their client’s dramas.10 After all, lawyers are storytellers and narrators of their client’s tales of conflict.11 By reframing an unfavorable fact, drafting a persuasive argument, or interpreting precedent in a novel way, the legal craftsperson allows the law to serve as an effective guidepost for creative flexibility.12

"Often presumed to be a magical superpower, creativity can be anything that allows the mind to expand to new ideas and alternatives with focus and concentration."

Legal drafting becomes art when it succinctly meets the client’s needs yet remains faithful to the established framework.13 In songwriting, a blues songwriter understands the typical conventions of a 12-bar measure, yet has the flexibility to intertwine their unique message into a traditional musical structure.14 Moreover, a business attorney’s overall goal may be to form a limited liability company and draft an operating agreement. While the operating agreement has a foundation built by state law, the attorney can incorporate the client’s needs in a cohesive manner that’s easily digestible to the business owner.15 The organization of the in-house legal department also lends an arm to creativity from interactions with other departments, mediating inner company conflicts,

invent itself over time, the legal profession has the ability to evolve.

Instead of considering the role as immutable, the practice of law can be easily explored through creativity without falling victim to conformity or the need to change career paths. n

Footnotes management of outside counsel, and mastering communication channels that may be atypical from conventional practice. At the end of the day, the best lawyer artisan allows the law to serve as a landmark for opportunity and value creation.16 Lawyers need to be able to reflect on the why of their work and how they are adding value to better utilize their skills in daily practice.

Similar to an artist, lawyers have to pay close attention to detail and remember that part what they are doing is not merely interpreting the world, but re-interpreting it to further the interests of the client.17 As sculpture has the ability to re-

1

Robert E. Franken, Human Motivation

the-hepworth-wakef ield-the-importanceof-sculpture.

9

Id.

10

James Parry Eyster, Lawyer as Artist: Using

Significant Moments and Obtuse Objects to Enhance Advocacy, The Journal of the Legal Writing Institute, Vol. 14, p. 87 (2008).

11

Id.

12

Kathleen Elliott Vinson, Samantha Alexis

Moppett, and Shailini George, Mindful Lawyering: The Key to Creative Problem

(1994).

2

artanddesign/2016/oct/22/object-lessons-at-

Alexander Carter, Creativity in the Law,

Solving (2018); Brian Grossman, Legally

(June

Creative: Why Being a Lawyer Requires

16, 2020), https://careerdesignstudio.buffalo.

Abstract Thought, Above the Law (January

edu/blog/2022/09/06/

11, 2019), https://abovethelaw.com/2019/01/

Creativity-in-the-law/.

l e g a l l y- c rea t i ve -w hy- b e i n g - a - l awye r-

CareerDesignStudio.Buffalo.Edu

3

Christophe Collard & Mark Raison, Facets

requires-abstract-thought/; see also James

of Legal Creativity: Innovation in Law and

Parry Eyster, supra note x.

Creativity Within the Legal Profession (2021).

13

4

Roger I. Abrams, The Lawyer as an Artist,

Elizabeth Whitman, The Art of Legal

Drafting, JD Supra (January 21, 2019), https://

14 Nova L. Rev. 2 (1990).

www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/the-art-of-

5

Id.

legal-drafting-63090/.

6

Id.

14

Id.

7

Id.

15

Id.

16

Roger I. Abrams, supra note iv.

17

Rachel Reed, The Art of Being a Lawyer,

8

Simon Wallis, Object Lessons at the

Hepworth

Wakefield:

of

sculpture,

22,

2016),

The

the

importance

Guardian

(October

https://www.theguardian.com/

Harvard (May 5, 2021), https://hls.harvard. edu/today/the-art-of-being-a-lawyer/.

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Capitol Notes Peggy Sue, the Beagle Hound

is fond of the classic 1957 Buddy Holly song. When hunting legislative news or biscuits, she is hard to contact.

“Put out the fire and call the dogs in; the hunt is over.”

November General Election Update. After the dust settled from the November general election, the partisan divides in the Tennessee General Assembly stayed exactly where they were. In the State Senate, Republicans continue to hold a 27-6 majority over the Democrats, and the House Republicans continue to hold a 75-24 majority over the Democrats. The leadership structure in each house will remain the same as Randy McNally of Oak Ridge will serve another two year term as Senate Speaker and Lieutenant Governor.

Jack Johnson of Franklin will be the Republican Leader and Raumesh Akbari of Memphis will be the Democratic Leader. In the House, Cameron Sexton of Crossville will serve another two year term as Speaker.

William Lamberth of Portland will serve as Republican Leader and Karen Camper of Memphis will serve as Democratic Leader. In the Senate, new members are: Tom Hatcher (R) of Maryville for District 2, Bobby Harshbarger (R) of Kingsport for District 4, and Jessie Seal (R) of New Tazewell for District 8.

In the House, new members are: Renea Jones (R) of Unicoi for District 4, Fred Atchley (R) of Sevierville for District 12, Tom Stinnett (R) of Alcoa for District 20, Michele Reneau (R) of Chattanooga for District 27, Rick Scarbrough (R) of Oak Ridge for District 33, Shaundelle Brooks (D) of Nashville for District 60, Lee Reeves (R) of Franklin for District 65, Aron Maberry (R) of Clarksville for District 68, and Gabby Salinas (D) of Memphis for District 96.

Closer to Home. Here in Davidson County, State Representative Darren Jernigan decided to call in the dogs and go to work for Mayor Freddie O’Connell as the Mayor’s legislative liaison. The new State Representative

for District 60 covering the Hermitage area of Davidson County is Ms. Shaundelle Brooks. Ms. Brooks won both a hotly contested Democratic primary election as well as the general election where she defeated a well-funded Chad Bobo, the winner of the Republican primary. Ms. Brooks used her catchy slogan of “Fight Like a Mom” to good effect. She was raised in Brooklyn, NY, and is a retired parole officer. Tragically, one of her sons was murdered in the Nashville Waffle House mass shooting in 2018. Using her advocacy efforts after that terrible loss, she transitioned to campaign mode and worked hard to achieve her victories in her two elections this year.

Calendar Notes.

December 24 & 25 - Christmas holidays for government offices December 31 & - New Year’s Day holidays for January 1 government offices January 14 - Opening day for the 114th General Assembly January 20 - Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday and Inauguration Day Early February - Bill filing deadline for the 2025 legislative session February 16 - Presidents Day holiday for government offices n

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Effectively Using AI Ellison Berryhill is an Appellate Attorney with the Nashville Public Defender's Office. His writing has been published in the Louisville Law Review, Virginia Journal of Criminal Law, and Michigan Journal of Law Reform. All work done for the Nashville Bar Association is in his personal capacity and does not represent the views of his employer.

If you are reading this issue, then you’re no doubt aware of the explosion of artificial intelligence in the professional world. You’re likely seeing advertisements for AI products promising to make your life better and easier. However, many lawyers are afraid of AI. We have probably heard the horror stories of lawyers submitting documents drafted using ChatGPT that ended up containing fake cases. We may have played around a little bit with AI products, but we feel hesitant to use the products in our practice.

I’m right there with you, but I don’t want to be left behind. So, I turned to some experts: Caitlin Moon is a Professor of the Practice at Vanderbilt Law School, and the Founding Co-Director of the Vanderbilt AI Law Lab and Greg Siskind is the founding partner at Siskind Susser, a Memphis immigration firm, and he has been at the forefront in developing AI programs for lawyers at Visalaw.ai, a company he co-founded.

Moon says that people who are afraid of AI need to replace that fear with curiosity. Many of the legal tools that we use currently have AI embedded. Additionally, technology companies are working to figure out how generative AI will make their tools better. Moon says, “we are in a moment now that we’ve never been in before and we can decide to be proactive and curious and chart our own course here or we can sit back and be reactive and let somebody else make these decisions for us.” Moon describes three tips that can help with this: First, learn how the AI products work. When lawyers get in trouble using AI, it is often because they are unaware of how the tools work. If you know how the tools work, then you can understand how they are useful and how they can be hurtful. It will help you be efficient and avoid major problems that come when you don’t know

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what you’re using.

For example, Siskind describes a feature of ChatGPT that makes it improper for much of lawyer work: when you load information into ChatGPT, it is used to train their AI and is incorporated into their models. This causes confidentiality issues because your client’s confidential information is now inside of ChatGPT. Also, occasionally documents or prompts get flagged as inappropriate and are sent to human content evaluators. The last thing you want is to have some anonymous person looking at your confidential information, and we know that the content matter we deal with as lawyers is often exactly the kind of content that would be flagged.

Siskind has developed a program that works better for legal work than ChatGPT. His program is different because instead of pulling from everything on the internet, it allows you to build a library of sources, and the AI will pull from only those sources when answering questions or generating documents. Your inputs are not shared with the World Wide Web but instead just stay on the platform. Siskind has also created programs that allow you to load the foundational documents in your practice area and have the AI use those to perform tasks and answer questions.

Second, Moon suggests that law firms create a sandbox for their lawyers to practice and use these tools without any consequences. She warns against firms prohibiting their attorneys from using AI. She says that people are going to be using these tools no matter what, and if you have a blanket prohibition, then you can guarantee that there will be rogue use. In that circumstance, the likelihood of a bad outcome can be higher than if you trained people. Like with anything, you should be able to practice with no stakes before

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"Moon suggests that law firms create a sandbox for their lawyers to practice and use these tools without any consequences. She warns against firms prohibiting their attorneys from using AI." Third, follow your ethical obligations. There is a lot of fear about AI and how to use it ethically, but Moon says that your obligations while using AI are exactly the same as your ethical obligations using any other technology. You have an obligation to check your work and ensure confidentiality no matter what tool you are using. That does not change with the introduction of AI. Siskind suggests that you treat work product created by AI the same as you treat work product

created by anyone other than you.

These programs may create a basic draft of something, but “from an ethics point of view you still have to be the lawyer. You still have to exercise diligence, you still have to check citations, you have to actually read the documents. The AI is good, but it’s not perfect. So, it will get the answer right most of the time, but it will occasionally have something in the answer that isn’t perfect.”

When you are looking at the landscape of AI in the legal profession, think about these three tips. Learn how the products work, practice with the products before using them for clients, and keep on top of your ethical obligations.

Following those tips will allow you to be curious about AI and make your practice better.

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barBites | Santa Fe Soup or Stew Chili Kaitlin White is an attorney at Buchalter and a member of the litigation

practice group. White has a broad-based litigation practice with a primary focus on business and commercial disputes. She has experience representing corporate and individual clients in both state and federal court in a variety of subject matters, including breach of contract, business torts, and product liability.

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Ingredients 2 lbs Ground Chuck 1 Can Rotel 1 Can Petite Diced Tomatoes 2 Cups of Water 1 Small Onion 1 Can Dark Red Kidney Beans

1 Can Black Beans 1 Can White or Navy Beans 1 Can Shoepeg Corn 2 Packages Taco Seasoning 2 Packages Dry Ranch Dressing

Directions Begin by combining all the cans of beans in a colander and letting them drain.

While the beans are draining, add the ground chuck to a pot or dutch oven and cook, breaking it up into small crumbles, until it's browned and fully cooked. Once browned, drain off any excess fat.

Add finely chopped onion and sauté until the onions softens and becomes translucent.

Stir in the four packages of seasoning mix (taco seasoning and dry ranch). Add water and stir to combine. Then add the can of Rotel, diced tomatoes, and corn directly to the pot. Stir well. Finally, add the drained beans.

Allow the pot to come to a boil and then reduce the heat to bring the pot to a simmer.

Cover and let simmer for a couple of hours, stirring occasionally.

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Makes about 4 servings Ingredients Frozen Coconut Milk Cubes* Pineapple Juice Cranberry Juice Cream of Coconut Cranberries to garnish Ice to desired texture *Tip: Freeze coconut milk in an ice cube tray

Directions In a blender, add the f rozen coconut milk cubes, 1/4 cup pineapple juice, 1/2 cup cranberry juice. If you want the drink to be on the sweeter side, add a generous amount of Cream of Coconut, and blend.

Adjust mixture to taste and add ice depending on the preferred texture.

Kitchen Notes:

When I was growing up, my grandfather always made Piña Coladas for our (otherwise) very Swedish Christmas Eve dinner.

All the adults would get to walk around the party with their frosty glasses sipping what I now think of as a very out of season cocktail but a good memory. Enjoy this semiseasonal take on a summer treat. n

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From Nashville to Caen:

My First Trip to Nashville’s Oldest International Sister City with the Nashville Bar David Fletcher is an Assistant Federal Public Defender for the Middle District of Tennessee where he defends indigent persons charged with an array of federal crimes. He is a member of the NBA, Napier Looby Bar Association, Tennessee Bar Association, and the National Association for Public Defense.

Caen, France is one of Nashville’s ten international sister cities and holds the distinction of being named as the first sister city with the relationship originating over thirty years ago. Charly Badache was the founder on the Caen side and former NBA president, Steve Cobb represented Nashville. Thanks to their efforts, a relationship between the two cities was solidified and Caen is the only sister city specifically attached to the NBA. Thus, the program is designed for lawyers from both cities who exchange ideas and perspectives each year – odd-numbered years in Nashville and evennumbered years in Caen. After Mr. Badache’s death in 2017, a scholarship was setup in his honor to assist young Nashville lawyers in attending the trip. In August, I was selected as the 2024 recipient.

In early September, a delegation of ten Nashville lawyers and friends convened in Paris one night before a two-hour train ride to Caen. Paris had just hosted the 2024 Summer Olympic Games. The city was still full of tourists and bursting with energy as the paralympic games ended the day before our arrival.

Taking the train from Paris to Caen was a breeze.

Traversing through the Normandy hillside is something I will never forget. Upon arrival, we were warmly greeted by our French counterparts. We immediately began a tour of Caen, which to my surprise, was a very modern yet small city full of character and charm. It was clean, and the smell of freshly baked bread filled the air. There was live music on every corner. And not just guitarists cranking out American country classics. But there were flutists, violinists, and one of the most amazing accordionists I’d ever heard.

After checking into our hotel, we attended a CLE

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where presenters discussed the differences in French and American election laws. After the CLE ended, we mingled with lawyers of the Caen Bar Association. For

me, this was a highlight. One of life’s simplest pleasures is meeting new people and learning about their culture and background. We spent hours learning about each other all while drinking the best French wine and bread.

The best part of the trip though, was a visit to the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial on Ohama Beach. For readers who may be unaware, Omaha Beach is the site of World War II’s famous D-Day (otherwise known as Operation Overlord). This operation was a turning point in the Allied Force’s liberation of France from Nazi Germany. The cemetery lies on a bluff above the famous beach overlooking the French coast on the English Channel. Over 9,388 American troops are buried in the cemetery and our group had the opportunity to perform a wreath-laying ceremony honoring the fallen soldiers, while also celebrating the long-standing friendship between the United States and France. The experience was unforgettable. The next morning, most of our delegation took the train back to Paris to head back to America.

I would sum up the four-day trip in three words: enlightening, transformative, and emotional. Paris is beautiful, worldly, and trendy, but it is very different many other parts of France. Caen, while much smaller than other more well-known French cities, exuded more culture and character that one could absorb in three days. It was modern, but you could feel its rich history in the still war-torn buildings, warm residents, and incredible cuisine. I would encourage all members of the bar to become involved with the Sister Cities organization and if at all possible, take the biennial trip to Caen. You won’t regret it!

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confidential information entered into ChatGPT becomes publicly available. Lawyers have an ethical duty to maintain clients’ privileged and confidential information and take steps to ensure sensitive data is not inadvertently exposed.

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Hearsay | Honors & Awards, On the Move, Firm News Honors & Awards GSRM Law is pleased to announce that M. Clark Spoden was appointed by the Tennessee Supreme Court to the position of Reporter for the Tennessee Advisory Commission on the Rules of Practice and Procedure, effective September 1, 2024. Clark is a trial lawyer who practices in the Litigation Section at GSRM Law. He has represented companies in contract, employment, healthcare, environmental, administrative law, construction, business tort, noncompetition, intellectual property, wrongful death, and personal injury cases. He regularly advises clients on HR issues and Tennessee Certificate of Need matters.

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP is pleased to announce that Alé Dalton, a partner in the firm’s Nashville office, is the recipient of Bradley’s 2024 Diversity Leadership Award. Established in 2015, the annual Diversity Leadership Award recognizes a Bradley partner who demonstrates an exceptional commitment to promoting and advancing the firm’s goal of being a diverse and mutually supportive community.

Chambers High Net Worth selected Stites & Harbison, PLLC attorney Gregory D. Smith for inclusion in its 2024 guide in the category of Family/ Matrimonial for USA: Tennessee. He is one of only three attorneys honored for Tennessee. Chambers High Net Worth ranks top lawyers and law firms in the international private wealth market.

This is Smith’s fourth time earning the honor. Smith is Chair of the firm’s Domestic Service Group and a Member (Partner) of Stites & Harbison based in the Nashville. He is a family law lawyer whose practice focuses on complex, difficult disputes between spouses

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and former spouses. His practice includes sophisticated financial issues such as valuation and distribution of businesses, business assets, real estate, retirement accounts and more; divorce and post-divorce matters involving children; and alimony and other forms of spousal support.

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP is pleased to announce that Christopher C. Puri, counsel in the firm’s Nashville office, has received the Elizabeth Jacobs Distinguished Service Award from AgeWell Middle Tennessee (AgeWell), an organization that champions informed and positive aging and serves as the Middle Tennessee area’s catalyst for collaborative solutions for the elderly. Puri was honored at the 32nd Annual Sage Awards Ceremony & Fundraiser that was held on October 21, 2024.

On the Move The law f irm of Gullett Sanford Robinson & Martin PLLC (GSRM Law) is pleased to announce the addition of Spencer F. Kaul to the firm as an associate attorney. Kaul joins the litigation section where he will concentrate his practice in civil litigation defense. Prior to joining GSRM Law, he served as a judicial law clerk to the late John Everett Williams on the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals after earning his law degree f rom the University of Memphis, Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law and a B.A. from the University of Tennessee. During law school, Kaul served as a Senior Staff Member for the Memphis Law Review and completed externships with U.S. District Judge Mark S. Norris of the Western District of Tennessee and the Shelby County District Attorney’s Office.

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pleased to announce that James L. Catanzaro (Trey) has joined the firm as an associate in its Corporate and Real Estate and Commercial Lending practices. A native of Chattanooga, Catanzaro has returned to Tennessee from Irvine, California, where he practiced at Jones Day in their Real Estate practice group. He earned his law degree from the Ohio State University College of Law, where he graduated magna cum laude, was a member of the Order of the Coif, and Senior Associate Editor of the Ohio State Journal of Criminal Law. He graduated with his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, cum laude, from the College of Charleston.

Memphis based attorney Andrew Graham, who s p e c i a l i ze s i n fa m i l y law services, is proud to announce the relocation of his services to Hamer & Taylor in Nashville, Tennessee. Hamer & Taylor is located at 222 2nd Ave S, Suite 1700, Nashville, Tennessee 37201. Graham focuses his law practice exclusively on family law matters, including divorce, custody, alimony, child support, parental relocation and Juvenile Court matters.

He was admitted to the Tennessee Bar in 2018 and has practiced exclusively at Taylor, Bean & Hamer since.

The Nashville law firm of Dodson Parker Behm & Capparella, PC, has hired Maddin M. Nelson as an associate attorney. She joins the firm’s employment and litigation practice groups. Prior to joining Dodson Parker Behm & Capparella, Nelson practiced law in Denver, Colorado, where she gained wide-ranging experience in business law and commercial litigation. She regularly prosecuted and defended cases involving securities f raud, oil and gas ventures, trade secrets, and contract disputes. Nelson also worked in insurance defense,

where she represented clients in various state and federal court matters and conducted large-scale, multiparty, pre-litigation investigations.

Satchel Fowler has joined Neal & Harwell, PLC as an associate in the firm's litigation group. Fowler earned his J.D. summa cum laude from University of Kentucky College of Law where he received the CALI Awards for Criminal Law, Law and Economics, Evidence, and Copyright.

Prior to joining Neal & Harwell, Fowler served as judicial law clerk for Judge Greg Stivers of the United States Court for the Western District of Kentucky in Bowling Green, Kentucky and Judge Thomas Brothers of the Davidson County Circuit Court in Nashville, Tennessee.

Burr & Forman is pleased to announce attorney Kat Carrington has joined its Nashville off ice as a Partner in the Transportation, Insurance, and Product Liability Practice Group. Carrington is a trial lawyer with experience in both state and federal courts across the southern U.S. Her practice focuses primarily on product liability litigation, with an emphasis on defending recreational vehicle manufacturers and distributors against claims of complex defect allegations, including those involving recalled products.

She manages a diverse array of product liability, personal injury, and commercial litigation cases involving motorcycles, off-road vehicles, motorhomes, automobiles, agricultural equipment, industrial machinery, and medical devices.

Additionally, Carrington clerked for the Honorable Rhesa Hawkins Barksdale on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and routinely handles appellate matters.

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP is pleased to announce that Brian R. Browder has joined as a partner in the

firm’s Healthcare Practice Group in Nashville. For more than 30 years, Browder has served as lead counsel on complex healthcare mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, and private equity investments. He works with a variety of healthcare service providers and has created joint ventures between tax-exempt and investor-owned companies to combine their services and help deliver better care to their patients. His experience has included several high-profile, transformative hospital transactions totaling more than $4.5 billion throughout his career.

Firm News The law f irm of Gullett Sanford Robinson & Martin PLLC (GSRM Law) announced that the firm’s Family Law Section has relocated from 205 23rd Avenue N to the 17th floor of The Pinnacle at Symphony Place at 150 3rd Avenue S in downtown Nashville.

When MTR Family Law merged with GSRM Law in January of 2022, the firm made the decision that the Family Law Section stay in its Midtown office until GSRM Law’s lease ended at The Pinnacle at Symphony Place in January of 2025. GSRM Law recently signed a lease extension through January 2027 and believe having all attorneys, employees, and resources in one location will benefit the firm and clients.

Spicer Rudstrom, PLLC is excited to announce the relocation of its Nashville office to a new address. The firm is now welcoming clients, staff, attorneys and other guests to their new offices located at 220 Athens Way, Suite 405, Nashville, Tennessee 37228. A ribbon cutting ceremony was held with the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce and was followed by a reception where guests, staff and attorneys mingled over brunch refreshments.

Belcher Sykes Harrington, PLLC is pleased to announce that Lindsay R. Chrise has joined the firm, joining associates Katie Garro McCain (who joined the firm in 2021), Joel S. Stampley (who joined the firm in 2022), and Ryan A. T. Mercurio (who joined the firm in 2023). Belcher Sykes Harrington, PLLC primarily represents individuals and small businesses throughout Tennessee in the areas of civil litigation and dispute resolution, business formation and transactions, real estate and timeshare disputes, alcoholic beverage/hospitality and cannabis regulatory law and licensing, and estate planning and probate.

Sherrard Roe Voigt & Harbison, PLC is pleased to announce that Erica S. Gray and John (Jack) C. Webber have joined the f irm as associates.

Erica Gray joins the firm’s corporate and healthcare law practice groups, focusing on business transactions, corporate governance and operations, and healthcare regulatory and compliance matters. Jack Webber joins the firm’s litigation, construction, and corporate practice groups.

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