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- President Elect
Neil Brunetz
Miller & Martin PLLC
Suite 1000 Volunteer Bldg.
832 Georgia Ave
Chattanooga TN 37402
(423) 756-6600
nbrunetz@millermartin.com
Immediate Past President
Rita LaLumia
Federal Defender Service of Eastern TN
707 Georgia Ave Suite 203
Chatanooga, TN 37402
(423) 756-4349
rita_lalumia@fd.org
Secretary
Tonya Cammon
Grant, Konvalinka & Harrison, PC
633 Chestnut St.
Chattanooga, TN 37450
(423) 756-8400
Treasurer
Chris Varner
Gearhiser, Peters, Lockaby, Cavett & Elliott
320 McCallie Avenue
Chattanooga, TN 37402
(423) 756-5171
Board Members
Hon. William B.
Mitchell Carter
Stephanie Barnes
Terra Bay
Katharine Gardner
John L. Medearis
Officers
President
Leslie A. Cory
Ortwein & Cory
1010 Market Street Suite 306
Chattanooga, TN 37402
(423) 756-9242
lesliecory@comcast.net
Contents:
Issues
Regarding the Judiciary
Upcoming Events
School Tours
Newsletters
Recent Events
Future CLE Programs
Historical Society
If you have comments
or questions about the Federal Bar Association—Chattanooga chapter,
please contact any officer.
Issues
Regarding the Judiciary
The
General Counsel for sixty major U.S. corporations have written a letter
to key members of Congress urging a positive response to Chief Justice
John Roberts’ plea for a substantial increase to the salaries of
federal judges. You may recognize a number of your clients on the list
of signatories. If you would like to voice your thoughts to your representatives
or the members of the Judiciary Committee, we encourage you to do so.
School
Tours
The
association provides tours of the federal courthouse as part of its community
outreach program. We are looking for new tour guides to join this committee.
The time commitment involved would only be for an orientation session
and about three hours to conduct the tour. We are looking to have a pool
of trained attorneys so that no one would have to do more that a couple
of tours during the school year. Please contact Scott Shaw at scott.shaw@husch.com
or Tonya Cammon at tcammon@gkhpc.com
if you are interested in participating.
Newsletters
June 2009
Recent Events
Constitution Day
On September 17, 2008, the Chattanooga
Chapter assisted the District
Court in hosting the second annual Constitution Day event for local
high school students. Students from David Brainerd Christian School, Hixson
High School, Red Bank High School, Central High School, and home-schooled students participated in the event. The event
included an introductory presentation by Chief Judge Curtis L. Collier focusing
on the importance and perseverance of the Constitution, a lesson on the
Bill of Rights by Magistrate Judge William Carter, as well as a student-oriented
question and answer session structured much like a game-show, hosted by
Magistrate Judge Susan Lee. District Judge Sandy Mattice presented the closing
remarks.The event concluded with refreshments during
which the students mingled with several judges as well as court personnel.
Left photo: Committee members, from left to right, Katharine Gardner, Autumn Witt,
Rita
LaLumia and Co-Chair Stephanie Barnes. Committee Co-chair Leslie Cory
was
unable to attend.
Right photo: U.S. Magistrate Judge William Carter addresses students attending the Constitution Day event in the historic courtroom
at
the United States District Court in Chattanooga.
Member Appreciation Reception
On November 20, 2008, the Chapter held a first-ever Member Appreciation Reception at Table 2 Grille in Chattanooga. All members of the Chapter were invited as guests to share in the Chapter's 2008 WOW! and
Presidential
Citation Awards, which were on display. The Chapter received the
awards
for its work on the documentary, "Balancing the Scales: The Chattanooga Trial of U.S. v. James R. Hoffa, and for the program based on the documentary which was presented at the May 2008 Sixth Circuit Judicial Conference in Chattanooga. Several members of the judiciary attended
the
Member Reception.
Annual Meeting
The Chattanooga Chapter held its annual meeting January 28, 2009 at the Chattanoogan Hotel. The Honorable William M. Barker, Retired Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Tennessee spoke on “Professionalism and Giving Back to the Community.”
Special guests were the Hon. Curtis L. Collier, Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee, the Hon. Harry S. Mattice, Jr., United States District Judge, the Hon. John C. Cook, Chief Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, the Hon. William B. Mitchell Carter, U.S. Magistrate Judge, and the Hon. Susan K. Lee, U.S. Magistrate Judge.
Out-going President Rita LaLumia (Federal Defender Services of Eastern Tennessee) presented the 2008 “WOW” Awards to attorneys David Higney (Grant, Konvalinka & Harrison), Donna Mikel (Burnette, Dobson & Pinchak), and Maury Nicely (Miller & Martin, PLLC) for their assistance in fulfilling the Chapter’s mission “to strengthen the federal legal system and administration of justice by serving the interests and needs of the federal practitioner, both public and private, the federal judiciary and the public they serve.” Past President Shelley Rucker (Miller & Martin, PLLC) presented Barry Cammon (Advanced Video Solutions) with the 2008 “Best Supporting Actor” Award for his generous contribution of time, talent, and wisdom to the Chapter in producing the documentary, “Balancing the Scales: The Chattanooga Trial of U.S. v. James R. Hoffa.” In-coming President Leslie Cory (Ortwein & Cory, LLC) presented the 2008 “Above and Beyond” Awards to Angela Gibson and Sharon Lehmkuhl for their outstanding assistance to the Chapter in presenting its programs.
Future
CLE Programs
The
Association is looking for ways to serve its members. If you have ideas
for programs, events or CLE, please send us your suggestions.
Historical
Society
The Historical
Society of Tennessee is looking for new members. In March, you should
have received a letter from Don Ferguson regarding the Society and its
projects. The mailing also included the Society's newsletter which featured
our local chapter 13 Trustee C. Kenneth Still. If you are interested in
the Society, you may contact Mr. Ferguson at Don_Ferguson@tned.uscourts.gov.