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Judicial Nominating Commission Candidates*
Name Employer Lawyer Type of Law Practice/ TBA Involvement Plaintiff Defense Party** Campaign Contributions (2006 - 2009) Other Information
(Y/N) Occupation (Past or Present) Bar† Bar‡
Fred Acuff Farris, Bobango Y civil litigation Former Chair,
Litigation Section
Mischelle Alexander- Shelby County Public Y public defense former General Sessions Judge
Best Defender
Deborah Alexander- Tenn. Tech N teacher N/A N/A N/A Selected by Gov. Bredesen to serve on
Davis Tennessee Judicial Council
Katherine M. Sigmon Law Firm Y medical malpractice defense Member
Anderson
Patrick M. Ardis Wolff, Ardis, P.C. Y litigation Member
Philip Arensberg N adjunct business prof. & N/A N/A N/A
Executive Recruiter
Larry D. Ashworth Ashworth & Associates Y business & tort litigation Member
David M. Ausbrooks 21rst Judicial District Y Assistant Public Defender
Roland W. Baggott Baggott Law, PLLC Y franchise and distribution Member
Nicholas D. Bailey Y criminal defense, probate,
administrative law, civil
litigation
Justin Leslie Bailey United States Attorney's Y criminal prosecution
Office, Western District
of TN
David A. Bates DuBois, DuBois, and Y civil litigation Member
Bates
Paul Alan Bates Bates & Bates Y domestic relations, workers Member D Timothy Dickey (D) - $500
compensation, insurance
defense, plaintiff personal
injury
Joseph D. Baugh Joseph Baugh Law Y general litigation Member
Offices
David F. Bautista ETSU Dept. of Justice and Y Adjunct Professor of Criminal
Criminology Law
Mary Helen Beard Fed Ex Corporation Y labor and employment, Member
corporate law, and litigation
Name Employer Lawyer Type of Law Practice/ TBA Involvement Plaintiff Defense Party** Campaign Contributions (2006 - 2009) Other Information
(Y/N) Occupation (Past or Present) Bar† Bar‡
David R. Benner Lewis, King, Krieg, & Y insurance defense including
Waldrop PC general liability, motor vehicle
accident, worker's
compensation, and
professional malpractice
Stephen H. Biller Biller Law Firm Y business litigation, labor and Member
employment law
Matthew Eugene Associate Counsel for Y Corporate Counsel - contract, Member
Bissinger Affinion Benefits Group banking, marketing
C. Phillip Bivens Distrcit Attorney Y prosecution Member
General, 29th Judicial
District
Rebecca C. Blair Day & Blair, PC Y personal injury medical Member D Mary Parker (D)- $100; Andy Berke (D) - $250;
malpractice, probate litigation, Kim McMillan (D) - $125
business litigation,
Robert E. Boston Waller, Lansden, Dortch Y general litigation Former Chair, R Ray Throckmorton, III (R) - $200 Member, Hearing Committee, Board of
& Davis, LLP Litigation Section Professional Responsibility; Director,
Tennessee Department of Labor and
Workforce Development At-large
Director
Katherine Boyte Constangy, Brooks & Y employment law, workers' Member
Smith compensation
Edward T. Brading Herndon, Coleman, Y apellate, corporate, probate, Member
Brading & McKee real estate, litigation
Wesley Thomas Bray Self Y criminal defense, workers'
compensation, personal injury
Arthur P. Brock Spears, Moore, Rebman, Y medical malpractice defense, Member D Andy Berke (D) - $250
& Williams, P.C. professional liability, products
liability, insurance defense,
civil litigation
Name Employer Lawyer Type of Law Practice/ TBA Involvement Plaintiff Defense Party** Campaign Contributions (2006 - 2009) Other Information
(Y/N) Occupation (Past or Present) Bar† Bar‡
Dennis Dwayne Assitant District Attorney Y prosecution
Brooks General, 1rst Judicial
District
William J. Brown William J. Brown and Y domestic relations, personal Member R Stephen Davis Crump (R) - $200; Kevin Brooks
Associates injury, workers' compensation, (R) - $100
criminal defense, civil rights,
employment law, and probate
John W. Brown Peterbilt Motor N N/A N/A N/A R John Worley (R) - $350; Jim Bryson (R) - $25
Company
Mark Brown, Sr. Tennessee Temple N Dean - School of Business N/A N/A N/A
University - Chief
Financial Office
Vanessa P. Bryan Public Defender - 21rst Y criminal law R Vanessa P. Bryan (R) - $13,821.27
Judicial District
Frank F. Buck Buck & Buck Attorneys Y property law, Social Security, Past member D Former State Representative; Chairman
criminal law of the House Judiciary Committee
Miles A. Burdine Kingsport Chamber of N President and CEO N/A N/A N/A Tennessee Chamber of Commerce PAC - $200 on Governors Energy Policy Task Force
Commerce
Ted Austin Burkhalter & Associates Y trusts, wills, probate, tax, Member R
Burkhalter, Jr. business formation
Julie Murphy Leader, Bulso, Nolan, & Y litigation Member, Corporate D Phil Bredesen (D) - $500; Kim McMillan (D) -
Burnstein Burnstein, PLC Counsel Committee $2,500; Democratic Party of Tennessee (D) -
$300
David W. Camp David Camp Law Firm Y criminal defense, domestic D Lowe Finney (D) - $250; Randy Camp (D) - $1000
relations, juvenile, Social
Security
Christopher Steven Harris, Shelton, Hanover, Y medical malpractice, general Member
Campbell & Walsh, PLLC insurance defense, corporate
litigation, personal injury,
discrimination
Name Employer Lawyer Type of Law Practice/ TBA Involvement Plaintiff Defense Party** Campaign Contributions (2006 - 2009) Other Information
(Y/N) Occupation (Past or Present) Bar† Bar‡
Thomas I. Carlton, Jr. Cornelius & Collins, LLP - Y civil litigation and appeals in Member
Instructor Moot Court, state and federal court
Nashville School of Law
Joseph P Carson Department of Energy N Safety Engineer N/A N/A N/A Tennessee Professional Engineers PAC - $400
Brian Casper Adams & Reese, LLP Y commercial and intellectual Member
property litigation
Hulet Morris Chaney Retired N former CEO, Farm Bureau N/A N/A N/A Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee PAC -
Insurance $2,000
Dudley A. Cheadle Cheadle & Cheadle Law Y creditor representation Member
Dave Clark District Attorney Y criminal prosecution
General, 7th Judicial
District
Daniel Clayton Kinnard, Clayton, and Y civil litigation: personal injury, Member Mary Parker (D) - $200; Schree Pettigrew (D) -
Beveridge medical malpractice, product $100; Andy Berke (D) - $1,000; Mike Stewart (D)
liability - $250; Jean Anne Rogers (D) - $250; Mike Faulk
(R) - $300; Kent Coleman (D) - $500; Randy
Camp (D) - $250
Joseph Christopher Samples, Jennings, Ray Y civil litigation, business Member R Matthew Hill (R) - $1,000; Stacy Campfield (R) - Former State Representative
Clem and Clem, PLLC litigation, commercial law, $1,000
personal injury (plaintiff),
insurance defense, workers
comp, (both plaintiff and
defense), and divorce
Michael J. Cohan Michael J. Cohen N private investigator N/A N/A N/A
Investigators
Jerry Carothers Colley and Colley Y litigation and appelate, civil Member D Lee Bowles (D) - $250; Maury County
Colley plaintiff and defense/ criminal Democratic Party (D)- $810; Vince Springer -
defense $700; Mary Parker (D) - $500; Guy Derryberry -
$500; Bob Rochelle (D) - $500; Ty Cobb (D) -
$1,000; Randy Camp (D) - $200; Kim McMillan
(D) - $500
Name Employer Lawyer Type of Law Practice/ TBA Involvement Plaintiff Defense Party** Campaign Contributions (2006 - 2009) Other Information
(Y/N) Occupation (Past or Present) Bar† Bar‡
Elizabeth T. Collins Thomason, Hendrix, Y civil litigation: medical Member
Harvey, Johnson, and malpractice and business
Mitchell, PLLC
James Hilton Conger Y family, civil trial, criminal D Cleveland D. Bain (D) - $200
defense, personal injury, real
estate
Craig Creighton Baker, Donelson, Y medical malpractice and Member R Bill Gibbons (R) - $250
Conley Bearman, Caldwell, & nursing home litigation
Berkowitz
David Cook Hardison Law Firm Y medical malpractice defense Member, Fellow
Lisa C. Cothron Sumner County Board of Y family and juvenile law, Social Member
Education Security disability, probate and
criminal
G. Douglas Cox Blount Memorial N consultant N/A N/A N/A
Hospital
Andrae Phillip Legal Aid Society of Y general civil litigation Member, House of Jim Tracy (D) - $25; Jim Hawkins (D) - $300
Crismon Middle Tennessee and Delegates
the Cumberlands
S. Carran Daughtrey Assitant U.S. Attorney, Y criminal prosecution
Middle District of
Tennessee
C. Thomas General Law Offices of C. Y business representation Member R Jim Bryson (R) - $500; Mike Faulk (R) - $500; Ron Tennessee Judicial Selection
Davenport, Jr. Thomas Davenport Ramsey (R) - $2,500; Rosalind Kurita (D) - $500; Commission; Past Chair, Tennessee
Tennessee Republican Caucus (R) - $250; Jon Board of Professional Responsibility
Lundberg (R) - $500
Robert E. Lee Davies DAVIES, HUMPHREYS, Y divorce, mediation, personal Member D Ward Cammack (D) - $250
HORTON & REESE, PLC injury, worker's comp.,
business litigation
Barbara L. Deans Linebarger, Goggan, Blair Y real estate and family law
& Sampson, LLP
Walter Charles Self Y litigation, domestic relations, Member
Doerflinger real estate, estates,
transactional law, personal
injury, and civil defense
litigation
Name Employer Lawyer Type of Law Practice/ TBA Involvement Plaintiff Defense Party** Campaign Contributions (2006 - 2009) Other Information
(Y/N) Occupation (Past or Present) Bar† Bar‡
C. Mark Donahoe Hardee, Martin, & Y federal criminal law defense, Chairman, D Lowe Finney (D) - $500; Randy Camp (D) - $500
Donahoe criminal law defense, federal Technology Section
civil litigation, civil litigation,
civil rights, trucking law
Ralph N. Doolin Hall's Tennessee N airport manager N/A N/A N/A
Municipal Airport
Brenda Measells Schulman, Leroy & Y civil litigation Member D Mary Parker (D) - $250
Dowdle Bennett, PC
Joe McDaniel Burch, Porter, and Y estate planning, estate Member
Duncan Johnson administration, and family law
Brian Dunigan Michael D. Ponce and Y general civil litigation, ACTBLUE Tennessee - $50
Associates, PLLC plaintiff's personal Injury,
worker's compensation,
appellate practice
James B. Dunn District Attorney Y criminal prosecution R Senate Republican Caucus (R) - $200
General, 4th Judicial
District
Alan Bennett Leitner, Williams, Dooley, Y products liability, Member
Easterly & Napolitan, PLLC environmental, worker's
compensation, transportation,
construction, and general civil
liabilities matters,
predominantly for the defense
Patricia Belcher Caterpillar Financial Y Senior Corporate Counsel
Eastwood Services Corp. Regulatory Compliance
Michael W. Edwards Edwards and Edwards Y general, domestic, criminal,
personal injury, construction,
real estate
Phillip N. Elbert Neal & Harwell, PLC Y civil and criminal litigation Member D Mary Parker (D) - $400
Name Employer Lawyer Type of Law Practice/ TBA Involvement Plaintiff Defense Party** Campaign Contributions (2006 - 2009) Other Information
(Y/N) Occupation (Past or Present) Bar† Bar‡
David M. Eldridge Eldridge & Blakney, P.C. Y civil litigation, criminal law, Member, Criminal
DUI/DWI, environmental law Justice Section
motor vehicle accidents --
plaintiff, personal injury --
plaintiff, traffic violations,
white collar crimes
Ana L. Escobar Escobar Law Group Y criminal law Hearing Committee, Board of
Professional Responsibility
Candace M. Esparza Durango Enterprises, LLC N N/A N/A N/A
Pamela Louise Hilger Higher Learning N High School Homeschool N/A N/A N/A
Duncan Fields Teacher
Rachel Fisher Attorney at Law at Scenic Y contracts, business formation,
City Legal Group, PC business transactions and
knowledge management for
the legal industry
Michael G. Floyd Michael G. Floyd and Y criminal defense, employment
Associates discrimination, medical
malpractice, zoning, liquor law,
tax litigation, family, civil
rights, non profit
administration, probate
Marian Cheadle self-employed Y Member
Fordyce
Arthur Fowler Fowler & Fowler, PLLC Y general civil practice Member D Fred Phillips (D) - $500
Rebecca Ann Norton, Spanger, and Y medical malpractice defense N
Franklin Cramer, P.C.
Katherine L. Frazier Dominco & Kyle, PLLC Y medical malpractice, product Member
liability, railroad law, family
law
Name Employer Lawyer Type of Law Practice/ TBA Involvement Plaintiff Defense Party** Campaign Contributions (2006 - 2009) Other Information
(Y/N) Occupation (Past or Present) Bar† Bar‡
Michael Delaney Galligan and Newman Y medical malpractice, personal D Lawyers Involved for Tennessee - $100; Steve
Galligan Law Firm injury, worker's compensation, Roller (D) - $1,000; Jean A. Rogers (D) - $500
criminal, domestic,
employment, general civil and
estates
Robert Taswell Assistant District Public Y criminal defense
Gardner Defender, 24th Judicial
District
Stephen Kent Self Y will and estates, probate law, Member
Garrett and general civil litigation
Jason Gichner Assistant Public Y criminal
Defender, Davidson
County Public Defenders
Office
Lawrence Francis Lewis, King, Krieg, & Y education law and business Member
Giordano Waldrop PC litigation
William Ray Glasgow self-employed Y juvenile and child welfare Member
Judith A. Gober Mechanical Contractors N Executive Director N/A N/A N/A
Association
Stephanie Howard Terry & Gore Y civil litigation - plaintiff (federal D Mary Parker (D) - $500
Gore and state), criminal defense
(federal and state)
Jeremy Gourley Self Y general practice, criminal
defense, real estate, probate
Jeffrey Mark Gregory Southeast Geothermal, N project manager/ sales N/A N/A N/A
LLC
J. Mark Griffee Black, McLaren, Jones, Y civil litigation Member
Ryland, and Griffee, PC
Lisa Jellison Hall WG Hall Law, PLLC Y mergers and acquisitions,
corporate and transactional
law
Name Employer Lawyer Type of Law Practice/ TBA Involvement Plaintiff Defense Party** Campaign Contributions (2006 - 2009) Other Information
(Y/N) Occupation (Past or Present) Bar† Bar‡
William Gregory Hall, WG Hall Law, PLLC Y mergers and acquisitions, R Jamie Woodson (R) - $250
Jr. corporate and transactional
law
Gayle Moyer Harris 21rst Drug Court Y Coordinator
Fletcher Evans Harvill, Ross, Hogan, & Y wills, trusts, and probate Member, Past Former Justice of the Special Supreme
Harvill Ragland matters President Court of Tennessee; Chairman of the
Board of Professional Responsibility
Olen G. Haynes, Sr. Arnold, Haynes, & Y plaintiff personal injury, Member Fred Phillips (D) - $250; Mary Parker (D) - $500;
Sanders eminent domain, plaintiff Andy Berke (D) - $500; Mike Faulk (R) - $1,000;
medical malpractice/ product Lawyers Involved for Tennessee - $1,700
liability
Andra J. Hedrick Gullett, Sanford, Y estate planning and probate Member
Robinson, & Martin, PLLC law
Kim R. Helper District Attorney Y criminal law Member R Williamson County Republican Party (R) - $320;
General, 21rst Judicial Jim Bryson (R) - $50; Republican Women of
District Williamson County (R) - $534; Leaders of
Tennessee - $250
Alaric Henry Luther-Anderson, PLLP Y complex civil litigation mostly Member
on the defense side
Gary Howard Retired N former City Manager Maryville, N/A N/A N/A R Jim Bryson (R) - $125
Hensley TN
John Kent Howard Unum, LLC N Business Analyst N/A N/A N/A
Robert L. Huddleston The Huddleston Law Firm Y criminal law, juvenile law, child R Mike Faulk (R) - $150
support
Sandra C. Isom Federal Express Y employment litigation (plaintiff Federal Express PAC - $700
Corporation and defense)
Gail Stone Jarvis self-employed Y juvenile, criminal, and general Member R Jamie Woodson (R) - $125 Former Knox County General Sessions
civic law Court Judge,
Elbert Jefferson, Jr. Corporate Counsel for Y civil defense, personal injury, Member Hearing Officer for the Tennessee Board
Memphis City land use, employment, civil of Professional Responsibility
Government rights
Cameron C. Jehl Wilkes & McHugh, PA Y elder law Member
William Lewis Gauldin, Hayes, & Jenkins Y civil and business litigation, Member
Jenkins, Jr. appellate practice,
employment law, general
practice
Name Employer Lawyer Type of Law Practice/ TBA Involvement Plaintiff Defense Party** Campaign Contributions (2006 - 2009) Other Information
(Y/N) Occupation (Past or Present) Bar† Bar‡
Jane M. Jennings Wayne County and Y local government, probate, Member
Private Practice Social Security disability,
worker's comp., elder law
Janice S. Johnson Health e-Solutions, Inc N President N/A N/A N/A R Bill Ketron (R) - $50; Donna Rowland (R) - $25
John Thomas Kramer, Rayson, LLP Y civil tort defense, insurance Member
Johnson coverage, fire insurance
Russell Johnson District Attorney Y District Attorney General
General, 9th Judicial
District
Douglas S. Johnston, Barrett, Johnston, & Y employment law Member
Jr. Parsley
Leon Gerald Jones Volunteer Training Ctr. N Director of Admissions N/A N/A N/A
Samuel Jones Nissan USA Y labor and employment, Member D Andy Berke (D) - $250
contracts, general business law
James D. Kay, Jr. Kay, Griffin, Enkema, and Y business, construction, and Member Mary Parker (D) - $400; Ray Throckmorton, III Board of Professional Responsibility
Brothers, PLLC insurance (R) - $1,000; Lee Bowles (D) - $400 Hearing Disciplinary Committee Member
Ronald W. Kim Ron Kim Law Y tort litigation Member
Joy S. Kimbrough Law Office of Joy Y criminal defense, personal
Kimbrough injury, family law
Imogene A. King Frantz, McConnell, & Y insurance defense Member R Kent Williams (Carter County Republican) -
Seymour, LLP $250; Doug Overbey (R) - $250
Rockforde D. King Egerton, McAfee, Y civil trial practice, tort and Member R Mike Faulk (R) - $275; Bill Haslam (R) - $101
Armistead, & Davis, P.C. worker's comp.
Robert W. Knolton Kramer, Rayson, LLP Y general practice, trial and Member Board of Professional Responsibility -
appellate practice Hearing Panel Member
Colette Koby Willis North America, Inc. Y Vice President and Assistant Member
General Counsel
Savas T. Kyriakidis US Army Y Command Judge Advocate,
20th Special Forces Group
Richard Ladd, Jr. Penn Stuart & Eskridge Y civil litigation Member D Nathan Vaughn (D) - $300
Thomas Lawless Lawless and Associates, Y real estate, creditors' rights, Member R Ramsey for Governor (R) - $500; Jack Johnson former chairman, Davidson County
P.C. bankruptcy (R) - $1,250; Jim Bryson (R) - $2,550; Bob Republican Party
Krumm (R) - $150
Name Employer Lawyer Type of Law Practice/ TBA Involvement Plaintiff Defense Party** Campaign Contributions (2006 - 2009) Other Information
(Y/N) Occupation (Past or Present) Bar† Bar‡
Lynn Vo Lawyer Leitner, Williams, Dooley Y civil defense, insurance Member
and Napolitan defense, employment,
personal injury defense,
property, landlord/tenant
Theresa Lee Eastman Chemical Y Senior Vice President, Chief Member Eastman PAC - $8,639.20
Company Legal Officer
Jason H. Long London & Amburn, P.C. Y healthcare, medical President, Young
malpractice defense, general, Lawyers Division;
wills and estates, and adoption Board of Governors
law
Wendy L. Longmire Ortale, Kelley, Herbert & Y civil litigation Member D Mary Parker (D) - $250
Crawford
Jack Lowery Lowery, Lowery & Cherry Y criminal, civil, and corporate Member D Tennessee Highway Contractors PAC - $395.83;
PLLC Henry Fincher (D) - $100
Lawrence Magdovitz, Law Offices of Lawrence Y business litigation, contracts, Member
II Magdovitz tax, business formation and
planning
Russell G. Maher, Jr. retired N retired N/A N/A N/A
James E. Mansfield InSource Solution, Inc. N Account Executive N/A N/A N/A
H. Richard Marcus Franklin, Cooper & Y general civil Member D Andy Berke (D) - $2,000
Marcus, PLLC
Darlene Marsh Burr & Forman, LLP Y commercial real estate, Real Estate and D Phil Bredesen (D) - $500; Vince Springer (D) -
finance, environmental law Environmental Law $250; Tennessee Chamber of Commerce PAC -
Committees $500
Tom Marshall Public Defender (7th Y criminal defense
District)
Edward L. Law Offices of Edward L. Y personal injury litigation D James Ryal (D) - $1,000
Martindale, Jr. Martindale, Jr.
John Charles Vanderbilt University Y Assistant Vice Chancellor Member
McCauley
Mitchell Lee McClure Middle Valley Church of N Pastor N/A N/A N/A R Southeast Tennessee PAC - $450; Jim Cobb (R) -
God $50
David McDowell Averitt Express N N/A N/A N/A
Robert Graham Baker, Donelson, Y commercial, administrative, Member
McDowell Bearman, Caldwell & business litigation
Berkowitz
Name Employer Lawyer Type of Law Practice/ TBA Involvement Plaintiff Defense Party** Campaign Contributions (2006 - 2009) Other Information
(Y/N) Occupation (Past or Present) Bar† Bar‡
Bruce A. McMullen Baker, Donelson, Y medical malpractice defense, Diversity Task Force R Bill Gibbons (R) - $1,000 Hearing Committee Member, Board of
Bearman, Caldwell & insurance defense, torts, Professional Responsibility
Berkowitz contracts
Leland M. McNabb McNabb, Bragorgos & Y civil, criminal, insurance, torts, Member
Burgess, PLLC and corporations
Gerald L. Melton Public Defender (16th Y criminal defense Member D Steve Roller (D) - $100
District)
David L. Mendelson Mendelson Law Firm Y commercial and retail Member
collections
Jennings Bryan retired Y civil and criminal military law
Meredith
Jada H. Meriwether Vanderbilt University N Clinical Trials Associate N/A N/A N/A
Rodney Milen Woodcraft of N Business Owner N/A N/A N/A
Chattanooga
K. Bernie Miller New Covenant N Pastor N/A N/A N/A Southeast Tennessee PAC - $325
Fellowship
Janis O. Mize Glasgow & Veazey Y general litigation Member
Jeff Mueller Mueller and Ellis PLC Y criminal defense, family law Member D Lowe Finney (D) - $800; James Ryal (D) - $450
Kimbrough B. Mullins Gardner PLC Y family law Executive Council R Bill Haslam (R) - $250
Mullins Member, ADR;
Member, Family Law
Section
Robert Phillip Reeves, Herbert & Y mediator and arbitrator Member D Phil Bredesen (D) - $100; Becky Ruppe (D) - former U.S. Magistrate
Murrian Murrian, PA $100
Paul Neely retired N former editor, Chattanooga N/A N/A N/A
Times
William Porter self-employed Y general practice Member
Nelms
Peter "Beau" First Tennessee Bank N Financial Center Manager and N/A N/A N/A
Newman Loan Officer
Caren Nichol Evans Petree, PC. Y commercial and domestic Member
litigation
Randall Nichols District Attorney (6th Y prosecution Member D Knox County Democratic Party (D) - $900; John
District) Overton - $500
Broderick E. Nichols University of Memphis N Assistant Dean N/A N/A N/A
Name Employer Lawyer Type of Law Practice/ TBA Involvement Plaintiff Defense Party** Campaign Contributions (2006 - 2009) Other Information
(Y/N) Occupation (Past or Present) Bar† Bar‡
Brenda Oats- The Law Office of Oats- Y housing, consumer, domestic
Williams Williams
Anthony W. Orange Harvest Construction Co. N Construction Job N/A N/A N/A
Superintendent
William N. Ozier Bass, Berry and Sims, PLC Y labor & employment, Chair, Labor Law Tennessee Chamber of Commerce PAC - $600;
education law Committee BB&S Good Gov't Committee - $673.69
Peter Allen Paduch Hometech Industries N Business Owner N/A N/A N/A R Ramsey for Governor (R) - $1,000 former mayor of Johnson City, TN
Sue Palmer Bridgestone Americas Y Division General Counsel Member
Tire Operations, LLC
Joseph Burr Parker Roane County Schools N Supervisor of Secondary N/A N/A N/A
Schools
Eugene Leroy Parker, Blair & Parker Y general civil
III
Thomas L. Parker Baker, Donelson, Y litigation R Bill Gibbons (R) - $500
Bearman, Caldwell &
Berkowitz, P.C.
Larry Edward Parrish Larry E. Parrish, P.C. Y business, alternative dispute Larry Parrish - $9,800
resolution
Tyra J. Patterson Pilot Travel Centers/Pilot N N/A N/A N/A
Corporation
Barbara Jones Schulman, LeRoy & Y general civil Chair, Lawyer’s Hearing Committee Member, Board of
Perutelli Bennett Professional Liability Professional Responsibility
Insurance Committee
Ronald D. Petitte Bryan College N Professor N/A N/A N/A
Martin L. Pierce self-employed Y estate planning, elder law, Member
business, tax, ERISA
Neal Pinkston Hamilton County Y Executive Assistant District
Attorney
Paul Brunson Plant Hartwell, Plant and Y general practice Past Speaker; Board Hearing Committee Member, Board of
Williams of Governors Professional Responsibility
Name Employer Lawyer Type of Law Practice/ TBA Involvement Plaintiff Defense Party** Campaign Contributions (2006 - 2009) Other Information
(Y/N) Occupation (Past or Present) Bar† Bar‡
Paul Edward Pratt Baker, Donelson, Y personal injury defense, Member
Bearman, Caldwell & products liability, construction,
Berkowitz trucking, municipal,
commercial, civil rights,
appellate, workers'
compensation, lender liability,
banking
J. Bartlett Quinn Chambliss, Bahner & Y employment law Member R Jim Bryson (R) - $75 member of Hamilton County Election
Stophel, P.C. Commission
John Chase Rambo Rambo Law Firm Y local government law Member Washington County Republican Executive
Committee (R) - $910
Tiffany A. Rankins Convergy's N N/A N/A N/A R
Mark Allen Rassas Rassas, North & Y general litigation Member D Mary Parker (D) - $100; Kim McMillan (D) -
Associates $1,500
Ronald DeWitt Ray Rayco Chemical Sales and N N/A N/A N/A
Services, Inc.
Eric W. Reecher Elliott, Lawson & Minor, Y business transactions and Labor & Employment
P.C. litigation, labor & employment Law Section
law, creditors' rights, civil
litigation
Connie Reguli self-employed Y family law, divorce, adoption,
wills and probate
Russell E. Reviere Rainey, Kizer, Reviere & Y civil litigation Member member of Tennessee Advisory
Bell, PLC Committee on Arson
Chester A. Rhodes Rhodes Engineering and N Business Owner N/A N/A N/A
Environmental Services,
LLC
George Rice, III Rice Amundsen & Y divorce, family law Co-founder, Family
Caperton, PLLC Law Section
Casie Ann Rickerman Home Federal Bank of N Bank Management Trainee N/A N/A N/A
Tennessee
James D.R. Roberts, Roberts & Layman Y creditor law, bankruptcy, Member
Jr. election law, civil rights
Worrick G. Robinson, Robinson, Reagan & Y general practice Past Chair, Federal member of Collection Services Board
IV Young Court Committee and
the Creditors Rights
Committee
Name Employer Lawyer Type of Law Practice/ TBA Involvement Plaintiff Defense Party** Campaign Contributions (2006 - 2009) Other Information
(Y/N) Occupation (Past or Present) Bar† Bar‡
John Cobb Rochford John C. Rochford, PLLC Y business litigation, real estate Member
Helen Sfikas Rogers Rogers & Associates Y domestic/family law D Schree Pettigrew (D) - $100; Mary Parker (D) -
$350; Janis Sontany (D) - $825; Phil Bredesen
(D) - $250; Andy Berke (D) - $100; Senate
Democratic Caucus (D) - $50
Mark (Russ) Rogers iVu Imaging N Vice President N/A N/A N/A
Mary Martin Howell & Fisher Y appellate law Member
Schaffner
David Barnett Scott Ortale, Kelley, Herbert & Y civil litigation Member
Crawford
Jerry Scott Scott & Associates Y personal injury, family, Member
criminal, mediation
Anthony Alan Seaton Law Offices of Tony Y Social Security and civil trial Member Mike Faulk (R) - $2,000; Andy Berke (D) - $200;
Seaton litigation Ramsey for Governor (R) - $500
Joseph Seay Federal Express N N/A N/A N/A
Steve Seay Pike & Fischer, Inc. N Editorial Director N/A N/A N/A
Carl Edward Seely Divorce Incorporated Y family and juvenile Past Chair, Juvenile &
Children's Law
Section; Member,
Access to Justice
Committee
Marietta M. Shipley The Mediation Group of Y mediator and arbitrator Alternative Dispute D Douglas Henry (D) - $150; Tennessee formerly elected Circuit Court judge
Tennessee Resolution Democratic Women's PAC (D) - $200; Kim
Committee McMillan (D) - $250
Gary C. Shockley Baker, Donelson, Y civil litigation, environmental Past Chair, Litigation
Bearman, Caldwell & law Section,
Berkowitz, P.C. Environmental Law
Section
Timothy R. Simonds Y commercial litigation, civil trial,
business litigation
William Scott Sims Walker, Tipps & Malone, Y civil litigation Member past president of Nashville Bar
PLC Association
Phil Smartt Phil Smartt Insurance N CEO N/A N/A N/A R Jim Bryson (R) - $100; Zach Wamp (R) - $200
A. Fox Smith The Arthur F. Smith N Business Owner N/A N/A N/A
Lumber Company
Daniel C. Smith self-employed N Accountant N/A N/A N/A
Name Employer Lawyer Type of Law Practice/ TBA Involvement Plaintiff Defense Party** Campaign Contributions (2006 - 2009) Other Information
(Y/N) Occupation (Past or Present) Bar† Bar‡
Wanda G. Sobieski Sobieski, Messer & Y civil litigation Family Law Executive D Kim McMillan (D) - $300
Associates, PLLC. Committee; Appellate
Practice Executive
Committee
Sandra J. Spence Judge Sharp N Judicial Assistant N/A N/A N/A
Michael Everett The Spitzer Firm Y general practice Member serves as an administrative law judge
Spitzer
Amber St. John Law Office of Amber St. Y general practice Member D Jean Ann Rogers (D) - $350
John
Denise Terry Terry, Terry, and Y personal injury, criminal, Member R Steve Southerland (R) - $1,250 (given by law Former member of Tennessee Arts
Stapleton Stapleton medical malpractice, domestic firm Terry, Terry, & Stapleton) Commission (Sundquist appointee)
relations, product liability,
Social Security
Gary W. Starnes self-employed Y personal injury, workers' Member Southeast Tennessee PAC - $475
compensation, products
liability
Jocelyn Stevenson Bradley, Arant, Boult, Y labor & employment, business Member
Cummings, LLP litigation
Kathryn A. Trauger & Tuke Y commercial, employment, Member
Stephenson probate, and estate planning
Arnold A. Stulce, Jr. Stulce & Yantis Y general civil Member D House Democratic Caucus (D) - $100 serves as a Lakeside City Judge
H. Graham Swafford, Swafford, Jenkins, & Y civil and criminal trial Member R Tennessee Republican Caucus (R) - $250
Jr. Raines
A. Randolph Sykes Sykes & Wynn PLLC Y real estate Member
Michael E. Tant W.Z. Baumgartner & N N/A N/A N/A R Beth Harwell (R) - $1,000
Associates, Inc.
George B. Taylor Taylor Holdings, Inc. N N/A N/A N/A R Jim Bryson (R) - $100
Robert Stinson Logan-Thompson, P.C. Y business law, personal injury, Member R Jimmy Logan - $1,000; Zach Wamp (R) - $500; Hearing Committee Panel Member for
Thompson workers' compensation, Bill Haslam (R) - $500 the Board of Professional Responsibility
contracts for the Supreme Court of Tennessee
Virginia Townzen Nashville School of Law Y Associate Dean Member
William Landis retired Y retired
Turner
Name Employer Lawyer Type of Law Practice/ TBA Involvement Plaintiff Defense Party** Campaign Contributions (2006 - 2009) Other Information
(Y/N) Occupation (Past or Present) Bar† Bar‡
C. Barry Ward Glankler Brown Y business law, commercial law, Member D The Speaker's Fund (Jimmy Naifeh) (D) - $2,000; member of previous Judicial Selection
litigation Randy Camp (D) - $1,000 Commission
Carmen Y. Ware Leitner, Williams, Dooley Y civil litigation Member aslo a registered nurse
& Napolitan, PLLC
Gerald Webb, Jr. Life Care Centers of Y healthcare and regulatory law
America
Patty K. Wheeler Wimberly, Lawson, Seale, Y employment, commercial, Member D Ann Barker (D) - $100
Wright & Davis insurance, litigation,
mediation, arbitration
R. Kreis White White & Rhodes Y insurance defense Member
Derrick Echandy Excalibur Integrated N Sr. Project Manager N/A N/A N/A
Whitfield Systems
J. Maxwell Williams The Hayden Law Firm Y arbitration, mediation, Member
business transactions,
construction
Timothy David Construction and N Business Owner N/A N/A N/A
Wilson Building Supply Co.
Harold Christopher Nichol & Associates Y personal injury, estate,
Wimberly construction, workers'
compensation, Social Security,
adoption, real estate, criminal
defense
Elaine B Winer Baker, Kinsman, Hollis, Y civil mediation Member D Andy Berke (D) - $100
Clelland and Winer, P.C.
Larry Woods Woods & Woods Y general practice Past Member D Jason Powell (D) - $500; Les Winningham (D) - former advisor to Gov. Bredesen
$250; State Senate Democratic Caucus (D) -
$1,200; Brenda Gilmore (D) - $500; Roy Herron
(D) - $500; Jim Hawkins (D) - $250; Joe Haynes
(D) - $350; Gary Odom (D) - $1,000; Andy Berke
(D) - $350; Randy Camp (D) - $1,000; Mike
Stewart (D) - $250; Ward Cammack (D) - $250
Verna Anne Wyatt You Have the Power, Inc. N crime victim advocate N/A N/A N/A
Name Employer Lawyer Type of Law Practice/ TBA Involvement Plaintiff Defense Party** Campaign Contributions (2006 - 2009) Other Information
(Y/N) Occupation (Past or Present) Bar† Bar‡
Martha J. Yoakum District Public Defender Y criminal defense R Jim Bryson (R) - $500; Mike Faulk (R) - $1,000
(8th District)
David R. Yoder Legal Aid of East Y nonprofit corporations, Member, Access to
Tennessee contracts, employment, Justice Committee
general business
William Edwin Young Blue Cross Blue Shield Y General Counsel Member R Ken Yager (R) - $775; Rosalind Kurita (D) - $250;
Blue Cross Blue Shield PAC - $4,600; Delores
Gresham (R) - $500; Diane Black (R) - $250; Jim
Tracy (R) - $200; Joe Carr (R) - $125; Jim Bryson
(R) - $1,000; Phil Bredesen (D) - $100; Vance
Dennis (R) - $125; Phillip Johnson (R) - $150;
Steve McDaniel (R) - $125; MUMPAC (R) - $500;
Mike Faulk (R) - $750; Bill Sanderson (R) - $125;
RAAMPAC (R) - $2,050; Ramsey for Governor (R)
- $1,250; TN Bankers Association PAC - $150;
Gerald McCormick (R) - $400; Bo Watson (R) -
$950; Beth Harwell (R) - $1,000; Independent
Medicine's PAC - $900; Volunteer PAC - $500;
Randy McNally (R) - $150
Brent B. Young Baker Donelson Y Labor & Employment, Member, Continuing D Phil Bredesen (D) - $500
Commercial Litigation Legal Education
Committee
Gus Zacharias Tennessee Marble Co. N Business Owner N/A N/A N/A R Doug Overbey (R) - $175
Lisa Zavogiannis District Attorney (31st Y prosecution D House Democratic Caucus (D) - $200
District)
* Blank fields indicate lack of available data
† Connotes Association for Justice (formerly Trial Lawyers Association)
‡ Connotes Defense Lawyers Association
** Determined solely from campaign contributions
