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A monthly roundup of local and statewide bar events and news, hosted by Kate Prince and Katharine Heriges of the Tennessee Bar Association.

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    May 2025: Life After Law

    Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2025 31:49


    On this month episode of BarBuzz TBA Executive Director, Sheree Wright, sits down with retired attorneys Jim Barry and Carl Seely. They discuss life after retirement, what retired attorneys can do to help their community, and how to stay active in your golden years. You can find resources for retired attorneys and senior lawyers at the TBA Wellness Recources page. Thanks to our episode sponsor AIM! Check out what all AIM offers here.

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    March 2025: Indigent Representation

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2025 39:18


    On this month episode of Bar Buzz TBA Executive Director, Sheree Wright, sits down with Liz Todaro, TBA's Director of Access to Justice & Special Projects, and John Farringer, commercial litigator with Sherrard Roe Voigt & Harbison to talk about the AOC's plan for funding indigent representation. TBA Indigent page: https://www.tba.org/?pg=Indigent_Representation-Resources Big Shrimp and Day on the hill: https://www.tba.org/?pg=day_on_the_hill Registration page: https://memcentral.wufoo.com/forms/r1jlu7wb1ao81bq/ Special thanks to our episode sponsor - Attorneys Insurance Mutual Check out what all AIM offers here.

    February 2025: Legislative Preview

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2025 46:38


    TBA Executive Director, Sheree Wright, sits down with TBA lobbyist Berkley Schwarz and Ashley Harbin to discuss the TBA's goals for this legislative session. To check out our weekly legislative update podcast click here. Special thanks to our episode sponsor - Attorneys Insurance Mutual Check out what all AIM offers here.

    December 2024: Holiday Mental Wellness with Brad Bald and Lauren Castor

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 17, 2024 35:52


    For more info on TLAP visit https://tlap.org/ And to get involved with the TBA's Wellness Commitee contact: Brad Bald bradley.bald@lifestylecommunities.com Here is the bedtime mocktail recipe mentioned in the episode.   1/3 cup herbal tea (choose one based on your preferences; consider one with orange and passion fruit) ½ cup tart cherry juice Lime juice to taste Club soda (make in a high ball glass with ice and add to fill glass)

    November 2024: Pro Bono with Debra House, Laura Brown, and Nicholas Gau

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2024 40:44


    Check out Pro Bono recourses and opportunities here.  Email us with your ideas or messages - Azya Thornton Thanks for supporting the Tennessee Bar Association!

    September 2024: A Conversation with TBA President Ed Lanquist

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2024 39:56


    See all our CLE courses coming up this fall - https://cle.tba.org/ Email us with your ideas or messages - Azya Thornton Thanks for supporting the Tennessee Bar Association!

    February 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2024 36:18


    A conversation with TBA Executive Director Sheree Wright and Judge Ellen Hobbs Lyle.

    November 2023: A Conversation with TBA President Jim Barry

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2023 18:28


    A conversation with TBA President Jim Barry

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    September 2023

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2023 32:38


    The Art of Pro Bono with Linda Seely

    August 2023

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2023 24:02


    Featuring the new Executive Director of the TBA, Sheree Wright   Leadership Law: https://www.tba.org/?pg=tba-leadership-law-program   JobLink Career Center: https://jobs.tba.org/

    January 2023

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2023 25:32


    Memphis attorney Asia Diggs Meador, General Counsel & Senior Vice President of Compliance & Human Resources at Meritan, joins BarBuzz for the first show of 2023! Tune in for bar association news and important updates from the Tennessee legal community! 

    December 2022

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2022 29:07


    It's a special holiday episode of the TBA's BarBuzz podcast! Nashville attorney Courtney Leyes of Fisher Phillips joins the show this month to talk legal news, TBA happenings and much more! 

    November 2022

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2022 23:36


    Nashville solo attorney Shellie Handelsman joins this month's episode of BarBuzz to discuss November's top legal news stories and the latest events and happenings at the Tennessee Bar Association! 

    October 2022

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2022 20:05


    It's a very spooky episode of the TBA's BarBuzz podcast! TBA's brand new YLD and Law School Development Coordinator Laura Labenberg joins the show to discuss legal news and bar association events for the upcoming month and beyond. 

    September 2022

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2022 27:44


    Brennan Wingerter is the Assistant Public Defender and Appellate Director at the Tennessee District Public Defenders Conference and she's also the co-host of this month's BarBuzz podcast! Tune in for the latest in legal news and bar association events, plus #humblebrags on some well-deserving attorneys!

    August 2022

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2022 26:01


    Nashville attorney Isaac Kimes of Branstetter Stranch & Jennings co-hosts this month's episode of BarBuzz to give a roundup of legal news and bar association happenings! 

    July 2022

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2022 24:07


    BarBuzz is celebrating it's THIRD season! Tune in to the first episode of Season 3 with special co-host David Aguilera, the policy & research advisor for the Tennessee Senate Minority Leader! David immigrated to the US from Bolivia when he was 12 and realized a passion for advocacy while working construction in NYC to earn money for college. He recounts his 19-year-long journey to gaining US citizenship and his path to becoming an attorney, plus your monthly dose of legal news and bar association events! Available wherever you listen to podcasts or on the TBA's website!

    June 2022

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2022 25:45


    The TBA BarBuzz podcast closes out its second season with special co-host Julia Wilburn, the new editor of the Tennessee Bar Journal! Tune in for important legal news, upcoming events and a brief recap of the TBA Annual Convention. BarBuzz is part of the TBA Podcast Network and can be found on the TBA's website or anywhere you listen to podcasts.

    May 2022

    Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2022 26:33


    TBA President Elect Tasha Blakney of Knoxville law firm Eldridge & Blakney co-hosts this month's episode of th TBA BarBuzz podcast! On top of covering legal news and bar association happenings, Tasha discusses her priorities for her upcoming year as president of the bar. 

    April 2022

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2022 26:10


    Let's talk about legal news, TBA events and happenings and about TN attorneys who have been doing awesome things lately! Tune in to the TBA BarBuzz podcast for all that and more! This month, BarBuzz host Kate Prince is joined by new(ish) TBA @yld coordinator Ateia Aldridge to bring you all the big headlines from the bar world! Find BarBuzz on the TBA's website or wherever you listen to podcasts!

    March 2022

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2022 27:42


    Nashville attorney Sean Martin, of the Martin Heller Potempa & Sheppard law firm, stops by to co-host this month's episode of BarBuzz! Tune in for the latest in Tennessee legal news and bar association events. 

    February 2022

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2022 25:14


    Martin Trimiew of Chattanooga stops by to host this month's episode of BarBuzz, featuring a breakdown of legal news, upcoming events and bar association happenings! 

    January 2022

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 18, 2022 26:42


    Lincoln Memorial University Duncan School of Law Professor Akram Faizer joins the January episode of BarBuzz to discuss news from the Tennessee legal community and upcoming events and happenings at the bar association. 

    December 2021

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2021 26:24


    Lawrenceburg attorney Stacie Odeneal of the Odeneal Firm is a fierce children's advocate, a child welfare law specialist and so much more. Tune in to the December 2021 episode of BarBuzz to hear more about Stacie's practice and get the scoop on this month's top legal news stories and bar association events and happenings! 

    November 2021

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2021 25:43


    TBA President Sherie Edwards helps deliver this month's top legal news stories and a recap of bar association events. Plus, upcoming events, attorney shout outs a more! 

    October 2021

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2021 25:45


    Nashville attorney John Wilks co-hosts this month's BarBuzz podcast! Tune in for a recap of legal news and the latest in bar association programs and upcoming event! 

    September 2021

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2021 25:44


    Nashville attorney Tenia Clayton of Baker Donelson joins the September episode of BarBuzz to talk about bar association happenings and legal news! Plus, a #FreeBritney update and hear all about Baker Donelson's new podcast-- Diversity Ever After. 

    August 2021

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2021 25:59


    Andrae Crismon of the Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands co-hosts this month's episode of TBA BarBuzz! Tune in for the latest in legal news and bar association happenings and stick around as we give shoutouts to attorneys for their worthwhile contributions to the legal community! 

    July 2021

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2021 25:34


    It's the first episode of Season 3! Memphis attorney Josh Wallis co-hosts the first episode of the new season. Don't miss a recap of the most important legal news from the last month, including some talk of Britney Spears' conservatorship battle, and upcoming events with the bar association! 

    June 2021

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 2021 16:12


    BarBuzz is live from the TBA's first in-person event in more tha na year-- Annual Convention in Memphis, TN! Memphis attorney Trey Thacher joins this month's show to talk about legal news and all things Convention. 

    May 2021

    Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2021 20:48


    BarBuzz is brand new this month with Knoxville attorney + incoming Disability Law Section Chair Emma Drozdowski Webb! Emma stops by to help recap hot topics in legal news, upcoming events at the bar + most importantly—thoughts on Ben and JLO’s possible reconciliation.

    April 2021

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2021 29:20


    Memphis attorney and newly-elected Young Lawyers Division Vice President Quinton Thompson stops by BarBuzz this month to help deliver the scoop on legal and bar news, upcoming events and attorney shout outs! 

    March 2021

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2021 25:06


    Vanderbilt Law School 3L Ramon Ryan co-hosts this month's episode of TBA BarBuzz! Ramon talks about his passion for Space Law, a recent paper he wrote on satellites that could potentially prompt legislative action and he helps relay the latest in legal news and bar events!

    February 2021

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2021 24:29


    Newly-licensed attorney Austin Warehime of Nashville's Ortale Kelley co-hosts the February episode of BarBuzz! Austin gives the show his account of the fall 2020 bar exam, a recap and outlook of bar and legal news and talks about...Bigfoot? Tune in and find out! 

    January 2021

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2021 24:44


    New year? Same show! Constangy Brooks attorney Marcia McShane co-hosts the first show of the new year and helps bring you the latest in bar association and legal news. Plus, Memphis attorney Parke Morris stops by to talk about his upcoming CLE program.

    December 2020

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2020 23:01


    East Tennessee solo practitioner Mike Stanuszek of the Stanuszek Law Group virtually stops by to talk about legal news, upcoming events and...Titanic law? Tune in for all that and for a full list of #humblebrags and attorney shout outs! 

    November 2020

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2020 22:13


    Nashville attorney and Chair of the TBA's Public Education Committee Amy Bryant stops by to chat about what her committee is working on, what she's been up to this year and she gives us the scoop on what's been happening at the bar and across the state!

    October 2020

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2020 20:58


    Nashville solo practitioner Joe Kwon co-hosts this month's episode of the TBA's BarBuzz podcast! Joe joins the show virtually to talk about top legal news headlines, what's been going on around the bar and what's coming up for the month of October. 

    September 2020

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2020 22:17


    Lewis Thomason attorney Julia Hale co-hosts this episode of the TBA's BarBuzz podcast to help round up the latest bar and legal news from across the state! 

    August 2020

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 12, 2020 21:17


    Lisa Helton of Sherrard Roe in Nashville joins BarBuzz for a look at the top legal news stories from across Tennessee, upcoming events and #humblebrags! 

    July 2020

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2020 18:06


    It's the 1-year anniversary of BarBuzz and the first episode of Season 2! Nashville attorney and newly appointed Young Lawyers Division President-Elect Billy Leslie joins the show to talk about legal news from across the state and upcoming events for the month of July.

    June 2020

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2020 19:23


    Assistant US Attorney Audrey Calkins of Memphis guest hosts the June 2020 BarBuzz! She'll be on hand to discuss the TBA's Virtual Convention, legal news from around the state and a new special skill she's learned during quarantine! 

    May 2020

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2020 18:07


    Assistant District Attorney for the 26th Judicial District Terica Smith joins BarBuzz to talk about upcoming events, legal news and all things TBA for the month of May! 

    April 2020

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2020 21:58


    Coming to you from the COVID-19 pandemic, Jonathan May from Morgan & Morgan in Memphis remotely joins Kate for a rundown of what's been going on at the TBA this month and what's coming up. 

    March 2020

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2020 22:55


    This month, Kate welcomes attorney guest-host Ross Smith from Farrar & Bates in Nashville to talk legal news and events from the bar. Plus, don't miss a special message from the TBA on how you can volunteer to help with legal aid for those recovering from the tornadoes that ripped through Middle Tennessee on March 3. 

    February 2020

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2020 21:28


    Kate is joined by guest co-host and TBA Access to Justice Director Liz Todaro to discuss bar news and upcoming events for February 2020. 

    January 2020

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2020 17:34


    Recap of bar events and legal news for January 2020. 

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