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FEATURE

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Coming This Fall: Football… Stadium Financing

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DEPA R TM E N TS

From the President Martesha L. Johnson

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Calendar of Events

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Hear Ye, Hear Ye

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Board Election Membership Renewals Tune Award Nominations Annual Member Picnic Events-At-A-Glance

CLE Schedule

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Bob Mendes

C O L UMNS

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Coming This Fall: Football… Stadium Financing

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Background Check

Bart Pickett

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Bill Ramsey & Phillip Hampton

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FROM THE PRESIDENT

August 2022 | Martesha L. Johnson

I love Nashville! Not in the love embodied by guests to our beloved city celebrating their bachelorCAROLINE SAPP, Managing Editor ette party or hanging out on Broadway. That love for LAUREN POOLE, Managing Editor Nashville is great, but it pales in comparison to the love held by a Nashville native. I have that born-and-raised ADRIENNE BENNETT CLUFF, Layout/Design/ Production in Nashville kinda love and it runs deep in my soul.

Born at Vanderbilt Medical Center. North, East and South Nashville raised. A proud Metro Nashville EDITORIAL COMMITTEE Public Schools graduate (go Whites Creek Cobras!). A RAMONA DESALVO Tennessee State University Tiger. And now Nashville’s TIM ISHII Chief Public Defender.

KELLY FREY I have spent my life in this city and my deSUMMER MELTON votion to its legacy means more now to me than ever before! Long gone ROB MARTIN are the days I spent at Fountain Square, hanging with Mom at Summer BART PICKETT Lights, or having pizza with my friends at Pizza Hut on Clarksville Highway.

KATLIN RYAN Now my childhood neighborhoods are graced with million-dollar homes.

KRISTIN THOMAS Now Nashville is the “IT” city, with a beautiful cityscape attractive to tourists, corporaJONATHAN WARDLE tions and major sporting events.

This same Nashville is experiencing a widening wealth divide along with: NASHVILLE BAR JOURNAL (ISSN1548-7113) (USPS 021-962) is published bi-monthly by the Nashville Bar • an affordable housing crisis Association, 150 4th Ave N, Ste 1350, Nashville, TN • increasing education disparities for public school students 37219. Periodicals Postage Paid at Nashville TN. • a lack of resources for our neighbors experiencing homelessness, and POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Nashville • disproportionate arrest and incarnation rates for members of our Black & Bar Journal, 150 4th Ave N, Ste 1350, Nashville, TN Brown communities.

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I have spent many days wondering what Nashville is becoming. And what is our No part of this publication may be reprinted without responsibility as the Nashville Bar Association in writing Nashville’s next chapter? written permission of the Nashville Bar Journal Editorial All my columns to date have had a recurring theme… a plea to you, my colleagues Committee. All articles, letters, and editorials contained and friends, to use our incredible responsibility as lawyers to lead our community into in this publication represent the views of the authors anddonotnecessarilyreflecttheopinions theera.

Nash the ofnext We should be partnering to make sure that while Nashville claims the ville Bar Association. For more information, visit Nashthrone as the “IT” city, it becomes the “IT” city for everyone desiring to make a home villeBar.org/NashvilleBarJournal. in Nashville and not just a few. Now is an important time for pro bono partnerships with agencies on the frontlines of equity, education and housing. The time is ripe for The Nashville Bar Journal welcomes discourse. You may submit counterpoint editorials to Adrienne.BennettCluff@ lawyers to seek non-traditional leadership roles, engage in policy making and run for nashvillebar.org to be considered by the editorial comoffice.OurNashvilleneighborsneedus! mittee for publication in a future print or online content.

In closing, I recall the late Rep. John Lewis’ remarks when he accepted the ABA’s Thurgood Marshall award in August 2019, “We need the law to be on the side of the NASHVILLE BAR ASSOCIATION 150 4th Ave N, Ste 1350 people. We need members of the bar more than ever before to find a w Nashville, TN 37219 the way, to get in good trouble, necessary trouble. When you see something that’s 615-242-9272 | NashvilleBar.org not right, not fair, not just, you have to say something, you have to do something.” He continued, “We need your leadership. We need your vision. We need your dedication The Nashville Bar Association, established in 1831, is a now more than ever before to help save our country, to help save democracy and professional organization serving the legal community ofNashville,Tennessee.Ourmissionistocontinue improveto the build what Dr. King and many of us call ‘the beloved community,’ to help practice of law through education, service, and fellowredeem the soul of America.” I keep Rep. Lewis’ Nashville mugshot as a reminder of ship. The NBA—with 2,500+ members—is the largest metropolitan bar association in Tennessee. my responsibility to get in the way.

I love Nashville and am honored to serve.

In solidarity, MARTESHA L. JOHNSON, Publisher WILLIAM T. RAMSEY, Editor-in-Chief

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NashvilleBar.org Calendar of Events | Full calendar online at NashvilleBar.org

AUGUST 2022 MONDAY

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JOURNAL JOURNAL Journal Journal

2022 NBA BOARD OF DIRECTORS MARTESHA L. JOHNSON, President GULAM ZADE, President-Elect

HON. MELISSA BLACKBURN, First Vice President LIZ SITGREAVES, Second Vice President CHARITY WILLIAMS, Secretary FLYNNE DOWDY, Treasurer GIL SCHUETTE, Assistant Treasurer LELA M. HOLLABAUGH, General Counsel JEREMY OLIVER, YLD President MIKE ABELOW, Immediate Past President LORA FOX, First Vice President-Elect

Hear Ye, Hear Ye |

Events of Interest

2022 Board of Directors Election

Members of the NBA will be electing six new directors to serve on the Board for a four-year term commencing January 1, 2023. If you are an active member of the NBA and are interested in being considered for Board service, please submit your name for consideration to Traci.Hollandsworth@nashvillebar.org no later than Friday, August 12. The election will take place in November, and all members whose 2023 membership dues are postmarked no later than Octobern 31 will be el

MARLENE MOSES, Second Vice President-Elect BAHAR AZHDARI CHRISTEN BLACKBURN JAZ BOON ERIN COLEMAN RAQUEL EVE OLUYEMO SAM FELKER MANDY FLOYD ELIZABETH FOY MARY TAYLOR GALLAGHER JEFF GIBSON PAZ HAYNES

Membership Renewals It’s time to renew your membership! The 2022 membership year ends on October 31. You - may re new online at NashvilleBar.org/Renew (it only takes a few minutes!), by contacting Vicki at Vicki.Shoulders@ nashvillebar.org or calling 615-24 927 . If your firm is part of Firm Billing with the NBA, please check with your administrator before renewing online. Thank you for your continued support and membership! n

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NBA TEAM MONICA MACKIE, Executive Director CAMERON ADKINS, CLE Director ADRIENNE BENNETT CLUFF, Marketing & Communications Coordinator TRACI HOLLANDSWORTH, Programs & Events Coordinator SUSAN JENCZYK, Finance Coordinator VICKI SHOULDERS, Membership Coordinator, OfficeManager

HAVE AN IDEA FOR AN ARTICLE? We want to hear about the topics and issues you think should be covered in the journal. Send your ideas to Adrienne.BennettCluff@nashvillebar.org.

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Have an Idea for a CLE?

We are looking for creative, relevant, and Zoom-friendly CLE seminar ideas!

Please contact Cameron at Cameron.Adkins@nashvillebar.org if you have an idea or wouldliketoseeaspecifictopicinthecomingmonths. n Weappreciat

Tune Award Nominations

We are now seeking nominations for the John C. Tune Public Service Award to be presented at the Annual Meeting & Banquet on Thursday, December 8, to be held at the Music City Center. The purpose of the award is to recognize members who make outstanding contributions to the greater Nashville area community while distinguishing themselves as practicing attorneys. To submit your nomination, email Traci.Hollandsworth@nashvillebar.org no later than Friday, Octoberexpressing ,4 1 whyyoubelieveyournomineeisdeservingofthi award. Visit NashvilleBar.org/Awards for more information. n

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Annual Member Picnic (It’s Free!)

The 2022 Annual FREE Member Picnic will be held on Thursday, September 29, from 5:30-8:30pm, at Walk of Fame Park—located downtown across from the Country Music Hall of Fame. This event is co-sponsored by the Metro Law Department.

Family-friendly, casual environment, a delicious BBQ dinner, friends and colleagues galore, music, and an open bar stocked full of local beers and wine. For sponsorship and registration information, visit NashvilleBar.org/Picnic or email Traci.Hollandsworth@nashvillebar.org. We look forward to seeing you there! n

Events-At-A-Glance

Aug 12 | The 24th Annual Carbolic Smoke Ball @ Clementine Hall Aug 23 | Retirement Reception for Judge Randy Kennedy @ Metro Courthouse Aug 25 | Retirement Reception for Chancellor Ellen Hobbs Lyle @ Metro Courthouse Aug 31 | General Sessions Court Swearing In Ceremony Being Sworn in are Judges Floyd, Hayes, & Todd @ JusticeA.A. Birch Building Sep 9 | NBA Diversity Summit @ Belmont College of Law Sep 10 | YLD 18th Annual Race Judicata @ Edwin Warner Park Sep 29 | NBA Member Picnic @ Walk of Fame Park Dec 8 | Annual Banquet @ Music City Center View photos of these past events at NashvilleBar.org/PhotoGallery and be on the lookout for more information about upcoming events! n

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Feature Story | David Ewing

Lutie Lytle: Pioneer in the Law

Tennessee has the distinction of licensing to complete theafirst two-step African process to become a lawyer. First, an American woman lawyer in the South, and just the third in the individualhadtoapplyforacertificatefromal United States. Lutie Lytle was born in 1875 in Murfreesboro to the applicant is 21 years old and of good moral character. Then formerly enslaved parents. The Lytles were part of the “Exoa sitting judge had to license the applicant. duster” movement of formerly enslaved African Americans movLytleobtainedtherequiredcertificate,bu ing to Kansas from the South because of the broken promises a license from a Davidson County Court. In Nashville, Judge J. of Reconstruction. After the Civil War, Middle Tennessee had M. Anderson denied Lytle a license to practice law, ruling that groups of armed, masked people terrorizing the newly-freed a woman should not be a lawyer in Tennessee because the population and destroying their property. But the State of KanTennessee Supreme Court did not allow women to become a sas was seen as a place that was friendly to African Americans Notary Public. in the areas of education and business. The entire Lytle family Lytle did not give up on her dream of becoming a lawyer. moved to Topeka, Kansas, in 1879.

She travelled to Memphis with her two sponsors to see if a court Lytle excelled in the Topeka schools and was known as in Memphis would give her a license to practice law as she met one of the best students in the city. She earned perfect grades all of the standards and was a graduate of a state-recognized in the classroom and was well known in the community. Her law school. Her two African American attorney sponsors were father, a barber and businessman, was one of the wealthiest Josiah T. Settle, a graduate of Howard University Law School, African Americans in Topeka. and A.B. Saddler who attended law school with Lytle at Central In 1891, while attending Topeka High School, where AfriTennessee College. Having Settle, himself a trailblazer, make can American and White students were taught together, Lytle the motion carried great weight in Memphis—in 1887, he had worked as a writer and editor for three African American newsbeen appointed as Assistant Attorney General for Shelby Counpapers where she was exposed to politicians and the legislaty. ture. This led to her being offered a job in the Kansas State On September 8, 197 the Memphis courtroom of - Crimi Legislature as an Assistant Engrossing Clerk. People in Kannal Court Judge Lunsford P. Cooper was packed with onlookers sas praised Lytle’s writing and public speaking skills. and spectators to see if the court would admit Lytle to the bar.

After graduation, Lytle left Topeka and returned to TennesNewspaper accounts noted everyone was so “spellbound a pin see where she taught at an African American Public School in could have been heard to drop in the farthest part of the large Chattanooga. Lytle was accepted as a student at Central Tencourtroom.”AttorneySadler,toutingLytle’squ nessee College Law School, a Nashville institution started after orator and writer, stated she was an “independent thinker and theCivilWarasthefirstlawschoolforAfrican speaker Americans of rare ability.” inthe Judge Cooper approved the motion for South.

Lytle,andshebecameTennessee’sfirstwomanlaw At Central Tennessee College, Lytle excelled and gradfirstAfricanAmericanwomanlawyerintheSouth uated as class valedictorian. In the 1890s, before Tennessee Judge Cooper wanted the newly licensed Lytle to begin her required a written bar examination, law school graduates had ( continued on page 8 ) (continued on page 00)

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Feature Story | Lutie Lytle: Pioneer in the Law

L E T ’ S WO R K TO G E T H E R T O PROT EC T YO UR CL I E N T S ’ I N T E L L EC T UAL PRO PE R T Y.

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legal career in his courtroom and asked Nashville Bar Association has commisher to stay and represent a defendant sioned a plaque in honor of Lutie Lytle to who did not have a lawyer. Lytle politely turneddownherfirstpotential A.A. Birch client Courthouse be later this year. cause she had to return home.

The Nashville Bar Foundation is acceptLytle set another first in ingthe contributions legalto fund this important profession when she returned to Kan recognition of Attorney Lutie Lytle. sasandbecamethefirstwomanlawyer in Kansas in 1897. She also explored V ID A E W I N G is a ninth options for moving to another state as generation Nashvillian and a young woman lawyer during a time Historian. He can be conwhen there were very few in the entire tacted at Nashville1779@ gmail.com.

United States.

The following year, Lytle returned to Nashville and became a professor at Central Tennessee College. She taught real property, evidence, domestic rela tions, criminal law, and criminal proce dure. This appointment also was histor ic,asLytlebecamethefirstwomanlaw professor in the United States.

In 190, Lytle briefly practiced law in Memphis. The following year she mar Dial-A-Lawyerisheldthefirst ried a lawyer named Alfred C. Cowan, Tuesday of each month from 6:00 and the couple moved to New York City – 8:00pm, and the public is invited where Cowan practiced law. In 1913, to call in with basic legal questions.

Lytle and Cowan attended the National If you would like to volunteer and Negro Bar Association Convention in helpAfrican the NBA support this program, Philadelphia. Lytle was the first please contact Traci.Hollandsworth@ Americanwomanlawyertoattend abar conventionandthefirst-spouse ofalaw nashvillebar.org.

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Lytle took over a legal matter in the U.S. Circuit Court after her husband’s death and won the case with a $9,000 Thank you to our verdict. Lytle remarried and kept her law June volunteers! firm in New York, where she continued to be active in politics-and women’s is CRAWLEY GINA sues in the northeast for the next few CHRIS HUGAN decades. Lytle died on November 12, 1955, and her legacy continues as a TOM LAWLESS trailblazing woman lawyer - and law pro fessor.

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Editorial |

Bob Mendes

Coming This Fall: Football… Stadium Financing

We love football. The Titans are our team. We can’t wait to see obligation is $1.8 billion. It will be important to drill down further on DerrickHenrystiff-armingDBsintothefirstrow - again. this because Acknowledg the current lease obligation may be viewed by some ing that, let’s talk about the business of paying for a new stadium. as a minimum that Metro has to pay in any scenario.

The Titans want, and Mayor Cooper proposes, that Nashville Where does that leave Nashville? I believe we will see the Tibuild a new enclosed football-only stadium. We have all seen the tans and Mayor Cooper propose a $1.9 to $2.1 billion stadium with incredible multi-billion dollar facilities in Los Angeles, Atlanta, Las more than $1 billion of state and local public tax dollar spending for Vegas,andelsewhereontelevision.SofiStadiumin initial Los construction Angeles and long term capital expenses. This would be cost $5 billion, and was built entirely with private money. There was the largest appropriation of public tax dollars for a stadium ever in no public spending by the city or state. Mercedes-Benz Stadium in the United States.4 This public spending is expected to be supportAtlanta cost $1.5 billion and used $214 million in public spending. ed by $500 million of state general obligation bond proceeds, 100% Most recently Las Vegas opened its $1.97 billion Allegiant Stadium of the state and local sales tax generated in the stadium and from using $750 million of public funds.1 parking, 50% of the state and local sales tax from an adjoining 130 With the greatest respect to our beloved Titans, the team’s acres,5 plus a portion of Davidson County’s hotel occupancy taxes. ownership cannot afford to put a billion dollars or more into a new Wedon’tknowthedetailsyetofhowtheteamwill stadium like what we’ve seen in other cities with different ownership. share. However, we should remain aware that the Raiders’ share of In fact, the team’s President, Burke Nihill, has been clear that “[t]he financinginLasVegasreportedlyincludedmillion 0 3$ of 6 Adams family is quite literally just putting all of the Adams’ assets in seat license sales to ticketholders and naming rights. the mix…Things that the family has owned for 50-60 years. They’re The best information available suggests that the team and the being sold, they’re being liquidated to be able to help pay for this Mayor’sOfficewillannouncethetermsofadeal - inAug contribution.2 The NFL also has team debt limits in place that pretember 2022 with an eye toward introducing the necessary legislavent teams from becoming overleveraged with loans.3 tiontotheMetroCouncilinOctoberandobtaini Keep in mind that the current stadium lease obligates Metro the end of 2022. The team wants to commence construction and I tomaintainthestadiumin“firstclasscondition. suspect”The theycity all want commis it done before Nashville’s August 2023 municsioned a study in 2017 that said this cost was about $300 million ipal elections get underfoot. through the life of the current lease. The team recently claimed the ( continued on page 1 2 )

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BACKGROUND CHECK

Isaac Conner | Bart Pickett

Standing at 6’6”, Isaac Conner has always had some involvement with sports. He grew up in Powell, a small town outside of Knoxville, where in high school he shined on the basketball court. That athletic talent led to him playing on UT Chattanooga’s basketball team beginning in 1994.

During his sophomore year, the team became that year’s “Cinderella Story” by making it to the Sweet Sixteen in the NCAA tournament. While at UTC, Conner received his bachelors of science with a major in psychology. Having one more eligible year of play left, Conner enrolled to get his master’s in counseling.

Conner always considered himself a basketball player first and his ultimate goal at that time was to play in the NBA. While he did go to the summer league to see if he could get picked up by any pro team or a foreign league, around the same time, he got accepted into law school and ultimately decided to give up on his pro dream and try to help others achieve theirs.

In 2000, Conner returned to East Tennessee to go to UT College of Law. During his time there, he reconnected

with old friends and family and even lived with his parents all three years.

Conner chose law school hoping that it would make him a better sports agent. While there, Conner focused on litigation as he enjoyed being in the courtroom. He also had a graduate assistant position where he mentored rookie UT football and basketball players in their academic career.

Following law school graduation in 2003, Conner accepted a one-year clerkship with Judge Thomas Brothers. Conner wanted to get up-close exposure to jury trials and learn from a seasoned trial judge. After he finished his clerkship, Conner joined Lewis King in the fall of 2004. While there, he did a variety of litigation but he also started “moonlighting” in the sports world.

In 2009, Conner along with a law school classmate and former college football player, Chad Speck, started A3 Athletics, a sports agency. Conner also left Lewis King to focus on his sports work. Not wanting to give up his law license, Conner joined Richard Manson’s firm where he could split his time with his other work.

A3 Athletics is still going strong.

The agency has 4 agents. The midsized agency typically represents 20-30 athletes at any given time. The agency, which started in Knoxville, moved its headquarters to Nashville during the pandemic. Conner is a certified agent with both the NBA players’ association and the NFL players’ association. The agency has represented first round picks in both the NBA and NFL drafts.

In addition to his sports work, Conner manages to continue a grow-

ing litigation practice at Manson, Johnson and Conner. His litigation practice focuses on plaintiff’s work in personal injury and mass tort cases.

The sports work takes up most of Conner’s time. Depending on the time of the year, he would estimate it takes up 60-70% of his job with litigation accounting for the remainder. His sports work includes reviewing and negotiating player contracts, both with the league and any marketing/endorsement company and spending lots of time recruiting players and selling them on the agency. He travels to visit recruits and their parents. Recruiting and maintaining clients is one of the toughest aspects of being an agent.

When Conner is not balancing being a lawyer and a sports agent, he can be found spending time with his family at their Nashville home.

While in law school, he met his nowwife, Nalini, who was getting her Ph.D in psychology at UT. They moved to Nashville and then married in 2005.

Dr. Conner works as a psychologist at Vanderbilt. The couple have two sons: Cyrus (13) and Elias (10) who attend JT Moore Middle School. Conner enjoys following his sons’ journeys as they play basketball, baseball and soccer. Conner also volunteers his time coaching a little league basketball team and has done so for close to a decade. n

BART PICKETT is an attorney at the - Law Of fices of Julie Bhattac rya Peak where he - rep resents Liberty Mutu Group, Inc. ’s insureds and customers -of its a filiated groups in litigation thr Tennessee.

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Editorial |

Coming This Fall: Football… Stadium Financing (continued from page 9)

Heading into the fall, here are some of the moving parts I’m watching: 1. What are the actual terms that are announced?

2. Stadiums always have substan tial cost overruns. Who’s paying for that?

3. There will be debate about the Mayor’s claim that the deal won’t impact the “general taxpayer.” I think people will want to explore whether the city and state government can commit more than 1$ billion of tax dol lars without an impact on taxpayers. . What other public benefits e. ( g., affordable housing, oj bs, etc…) come along with the proposed deal?

5. How does the proposal and its dedicated revenue streams for con struction and long term expenses compare to Metro’s current lease obli gations?

As a member of the Metro Council, I’ve 7 been following these developments closely and will continue to do so. Feel free to email me8 with any questions or comments.

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a solar rechargeable battery that also can be hand-cranked if the battery drains and you’re in the dark. Cranking for 6 minutes gives an hour of light. This essential gadget is tiny and light (less than a quarter pound).

NEBULA Anker Capsule ($299.99 Amazon): If you’re planning a staycation with the kids this summer, you might want to get the NEBULA Anker Capsule, smart Wi-Fi mini projector to have a movie night in the backyard. This compact projector has a 360-degree speaker and projects a 100-lumen image up to 100-inches any where you want to place it. The NEBULA runs Android natively and allows you to stream content directly from apps such as Summer is our favorite time of the GasBuddy App (Free download): NetflixandYouTube. year because we make time to push away Yes, we noticed fuel prices were a wee nO tel Arctic Air Pure Chill 2.0, from the computer and get outdoors to- en bit elevated this summer, so we armed Evaporative Air-Cooler ($35.99 Ama oj y the summer sunshine. Just because ourselves with the free mobile app, Gas zon): This is not an air conditioner; it is we leave our PCs and laptops behind Buddy. This app operates sort of like the an air cooler. But it works. You uj st pour though does not mean we forsake all tech Waze app that crowdsources - traffic conthe tank on top and plug it in. It water into as we venture out on summer break. We ditions; except GasBuddy crowdsources will give you cool (not icy cold) air for 10 have found some of the best summer tech gas prices. As users report gas prices at hoursononefilling.Itissmalleno gadgets to take with us and enhance our various stations along your route, the app put on your desk or on the kitchen count immersion back into nature. Here are will show you all the stations in your vicinityer top. It works great inside a tent, if you some of our favorite summer tech gadgets: and what their gas prices are. This one is have power.

Bose SoundLink Flex Bluetooth a no-brainer, especially on a long road trip.

Magic Chef MCIM22/HNIM27 porta Speaker ($149 Bose): No summer trip is Nimble CHAMP Portable Charger ble ice maker ($110 Home Depot): This complete without our vacation playlist; and ($29.95 GoNimble.com): If you’re like small portable ice maker has a reservoir playing those tunes in the mountains or on usandliketogetfarawayfromthe officewater for your ice. It makes that holds thebeachdoesn’thavetosacrifice during summer audiobreak, you’re not always about 27 pounds of ice in 24 hours. It is quality. The SoundLink Flex by Bose is going to be close to electricity to charge very portable and you can carry it with you the latest in a long line of Bluetooth speak up all your gadgets. That is why we- al topartyandfillyouradult-bevera ers that we keep on the ready for travel. ways pack our Nimble CHAMP. This -ul es with ice. It holds about a pound and a The SoundLink ex fl is extremely durable tra-compact charger, which weighs only half of ice in its storage bin, and it tells you (“rugged” is the way Bose describes it) 6.4 ounces, packs a powerful punch. The when the bin is full. Drink away! and is both dustproof and waterproof. Of 10,000 mAh battery stores up to 3 days BIG HORN U O TDOR O S Pizza vO course, Bose speakers have some of the of power and is capable of fast-charging ens Wood ($200 Amazon): Outdoor pizza best audio that we have found, and the both Apple and Samsung gear. ovens are trendy … and fun. For a small SoundLink Flex is no exception. With a MECO Solar Flashlight ($12.99 on price, you can have your own outdoor 12-hour battery life, this speaker will last Amazon): If you’re out camping, you will pizza oven that uses wood pellets and a probably longer than we will on a hot, probably want to pack the MECO solar ( continued on page 1 9 ) summer excursion. ashlight. fl This emergencyashlight fl has AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2022 | NASHVILLE BAR JOURNAL

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Summer Tech Gadgets |

Bill Ramsey & Phillip Hampton (continued from page 13)

delicioushomemadeinch -21 pizzainaash. fl Youcanalso eating useit allthaticecream)And . theWiseOwlishighl to cook steaks, sausages, etc. We like this one because it is very only weights 24 ounces and folds up to the size of a Black Beauty portable and reaches a temperature as high as 860 ˚F – perfect eggplant. for a proper pizza or for searing a steak. It comes with its own pizza stone and manual.

See you next time, Cuisinart Cool Creations Ice Cream Maker ($149.95 from n Cuisinart): Bill and Phil love ice cream. In fact, we make sure to eat some every day – ice cream, gelato, frozen yogurt, sorbet. We don’t care, as long as it is cold and sweet. With Cool Creations, you don’t need to crank and get all sweaty. You just put the bin in the freezer, put the mix in after it freezes, and you get about 2 quarts of ice cream in 20 minutes. And it comes with a recipe book filledwithourfavoritefrozenconcoctions.

Wise Owl Outfitters DoubleOwl Hammock ($40): Bill likes to sleep, and what could be better than to hang your hammock under the stars for a cool night’s sleep? Setup of the hammock is a breeze and it holds up to 500 pounds (which Bill needs after

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by Sexton). After the FBI worked their Calendar Notes. way through the Cordell Hull Building Wilson County & State Fair August and various residences of State House 18-27.

Members in January, the noise level deState and NBAoffices will obs creased, and many forgot about those the Labor Day holiday on Monday, Sepdark law enforcement activities. Then tember 5.

Representative Robin Smith pleaded Tuesday, October 1, is the - dead guilty and resigned on March 7, 2022. line to register to vote in the November A reform bill was inevitable, and Chap8 election. ter 1087 is the result. Interestingly, the OngoingSalestaxholidays: requirement for the disclosure of certain July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2023 expenditures by an organization that – gun safes and safety devices (new) is tax August 1 through August 31, 2022 ThemostdangerousDogistheone youexempt under Internal Revenue Code Sections 501(c)(4), (5) or (6) gen– Grocery food items (new) n underestimate. erated the most conversation during the legislative debate. On closer reading, Trumpet, the Bloodhound, gets a affected multicandidate campaign combig congratulatory howl for winning Best PEGGY SUE is fond of the mittees (PAC’s) are now learning that in Show at the Westminster Kennel Club classic 1957 Buddy Holly Section 27 requires each PAC to certify Dog Show in June this year. Trumpet song. When hunting legisla tive news or biscuits, sh to the Registry of Election Finance the isthefirstbloodhoundto - winthepresti hard to contact. nameandaddressofallofficersandall gious award where he competed against persons who directly control expendiover 3,000 other dogs. The four-yeartures. Section 11 adds personal liability old does all us hound dogs proud, even for civil penalties for those who directly with the extra floppy ears, floppy jowls control expenditures. In addition, Secand a multitude of wrinkles. tion 12 requires all PAC funds to be separate and segregated from other funds.

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TEXAS TWINKIES

WediscoveredTexasTwinkiesinthesummerofMy 2019. fiancéandItookourannualtriptotheCincin hippo. Before heading home the next day, we stopped at Findlay Market, a huge indoor/outdoor farmer’s market with the most delicioustreats.Aswegazedupontheapplecinnamonflavoredbaconandghostpepperjackche huge jalapeños, stuffed with goodness and covered in bacon; we bought three packs. After trying these pre-made “Twinkies,” we knew we had to learn to make more. Now, we make them every year for the Superbowl and family BBQs. They are always a hit!

Ingredients 6 large jalapeños 6oz cream cheese 4oz shredded Monterey Jack cheese 1/2lb chopped, pre-cooked brisket ¼ tsp salt

¼ tsp pepper ½ tsp cumin 6 slices raw thick-cut bacon ¼ cup BBQ sauce

Directions Preheat your over to 400 ˚ F. In a large bowl, combine the cream cheese, shredded cheese, brisket and spices and mix well. For easy mixing, use a food processor and pulse 3-4 times. Chill the mixture while you prepare the jalapeños.

Make one cut from the stem of the jalapeño all the way to the tip. Scrape out the seeds.* Then,filleachjalapeñowithahardyscoopofThey theshould chilled be mixture. overflowing.

Wrap the bacon around the jalapeño until covered, and use toothpicks to hold the bacon on. Place the bacon wrapped jalapeños on a baking sheet and bake for 20-30 minutes or until the bacon is crispy.

TaketheTwinkiesoutanduseakitchenbrushtolathertheTwinkieswithBBQsauce.Bak the oven and enjoy! The Twinkies will keep in the fridge for 2-3 days and can be reheated in the microwave, oven, or air fryer.

Instead of baking the Twinkies, you can also cook them on the grill or in a smoker. *If you are not a fan of spicy foods, soak the jalapeños in ice water for10minutesbeforestuffingandafteryou’veremovedtheseeds.

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by matching them with corporate l departments and law firms in highBarbara Alexandra MacKay Richard S. Myers, Jr.

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Judge Gilbert Merritt the NBA Memorial Service held on May Privacy Practice Group in Nashville.

Mr. ent services and assist in overs Setterlund previously served as the priva quality assurance systems. Strin longest-serving member of the Sixth Cir also serve as Director of the Volu privacy officer for BlueCross BlueShield Lawyers Program, developing strat January 17. He was 86. He sat on the initiatives and managing staff to bench for 4 years. He earlier served as heprovidedstrategicleadership priva helping clients a pro bonoon lawyers 48 counties in MiddleTennessee.

District of Tennessee from 196 -196 wellasenterprisedatasharinginitiatives, campaigns. In his roles, he oversaw the Dickinson Wright enterprise privacy program and regular Stephen M. Montnounce that the firm has received eight ly collaborated gomery practice rankings and two attorneys in with the chief information security officer, giving him valuable in the firm’s Nashville Tennesseehavebeenlistedinthisyear’s office as Of Counsel. enterprise-wide compliance programs.

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ing non-profit organizationsCindy in qualifying Barnett, AdamsandReese Martesha L. Johnson, MetroPublicDefende for exemption from taxation under Section Margaret Behm, DodsonParkerBehm& Randall Kinnard, KinnardLaw 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.

Capparella Ed Lanquist, PattersonIntellectualPr April Berman, Asurion Thomas Lawless, LawlessAssociates & F I RM NEWS Mark Beveridge, KinnardLaw Ryan Levy, PattersonIntellectualPr Latitude announced that Charles Robert Bone, SpencerFane Kim Looney, K&LGates Cynthia Moon has been BoneMcAllester Lynn Morrow, AdamsReese & named Vice President Bob Boston,WallerLansdenDortchDavis & Marlene Moses, GulletSanfordRobinson of Legal Recruiting and Martha Boyd, Baker,Donelson,Bearman, MartinPLLC Placement. Her primary CaldwellBerkowitz & Barbara Moss, ElderLawofNashville responsibilities include Matt Burnstein, WallerLansdenDortch& Bill Penny, BurrForman leadership of legal recruiting procedures Davis and training across the company’s existing Andrea Perry, SpencerFaneBoneMcAllest and growing markets. Moon joined Latitude Robert “Bo” R. Campbell Jr., WallerLans Erin Palmer Polly, K&LGates & in December 2019 as Director of Legal Re- denDortchDavis Matt Potempa, MartinHellerPotempa& cruiting and Placement in the company’s Ann Cargile, BradleyArantBoultCummings Sheppard Nashville office. Prior to joining Latitude, Brigid Carpenter, Baker,Donelson, - Bear Bill Purcell, FrostBrownTodd Moon was the General Counsel and Direc- man,Caldwell&Berkowitz & tor of Human Resources for TCW, an in- Cynthia Chappell, ChappellLawOffices David Raybin, RaybinWeissman Trey Reliford, Polsinelli termodal trucking company headquartered William Cheek III, AdamsandReese in Nashville. She also has prior experience Miranda Christy, DodsonParkerBehm& Chay Sengkhounmany, LegalAidSocietyof in employment law and legal recruiting.

MiddleTNthe & Cumberlands Capparella

& JK Simms, ThompsonBurton HMC Civil Rights Law – a law firm fo - Chase Cole, WallerLansdenDortchDavis Scott Sims, Sims|Funk cused on employment discrimination cas- Lisa Cole, LewisThomason es, is pleased to announce their new busi- James A. Crumlin Jr., SpencerFaneBoneElizabeth Sitgreaves, LawOfficesofJohnDay Greg Smith, StitesHarbison & ness name. Formerly known as Collins & McAllester Hunter, the firm has changed its to Harlanname Dodson, DodsonParkerBehm& Laura Smith, NashvilleElectricServic reflect new management and ownership.

Nancy Stabell, WoodStabellLawGroup Capparella Thefirm’sattorneyshaveahistory ofhelp David Thompson, NealHarwell & Sherie Edwards, SVMIC ing those who have been discriminated John Tishler, WallerLansdenDortchDavis & against, especially in cases of ADA viola- Thomas Forrester, GulletSanfordRobinson & Tom Trent, BradleyArantBoultCummin tions, race discrimination, sexual harass- Martin Samuel Funk, Sims | Funk Jack Waddey, WallerLansdenDortchDavi & ment, wrongful termination, Title IX, sexual assault, and more.

Jason Gichner, TheTennesseeInnocence DarKenya Waller, LegalAidSocietyofMiddle

2022 BE S T OF THE BAR On July1, theNashville Business Journal released the 2022 Best of the Bar winners. We are proud to share the names of our members that were honored:

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TNthe & Cumberlands Jay Hardcastle, BradleyArantBoultCummings Emily Warth, Asurion

Robert Harris, WallerLansdenDortchDavis & James Weaver, WallerLansdenDortch& Robb Harvey,WallerLansdenDortchDavis & Davis Trey Harwell, NealHarwell & Tyler Yarbro, DodsonParkerBehm-Cap & Lela Hollabaugh, BradleyArantBoult Cum parella

mings Mike Abelow, SherrardRoeVoigtHarbison & Robert Holland, ButlerSnow

Mandy Haynes Young, ButlerSnow Gulam Zade, FrontlineManagednService

Bahar Azhardi, BrookdaleSeniorLiving, Inc John Hollins Jr., ThompsonBurton Laura Baker, LawOfficesofJohnDay Cathy Speers Johnson, ThompsonBurton

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