With a strong lineup of compelling speakers and great entertainment already in place, the 128th Annual TBA Convention is an event you won’t want to miss. So mark your calendar now, to make sure that you will be at the Peabody Hotel on June 18-20, 2009, for the largest annual gathering of the Tennessee legal community. Watch here for more details and registration information as it becomes available.
Great entertainment
| Great music will be featured on two stages Thursday night at the Peabody Hotel, when the Bouffants and the Jimmy Church Band present back-to-back performances in a night of dancing and fun. |
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The Dempseys will bring their brand of high octane rockabilly music to a Friday night event at Graceland. In addition to appearing on television programs such as The Today Show, Good Morning America and Entertainment Tonight, the group
has toured extensively and performed in the Oscar winning movie “Walk the Line.” |
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Thanks to These Sponsors
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Support from these firms in Memphis and across Tennessee have helped make this programming possible for the 2009 Tennessee Bar Association Annual Convention.
• Adams and Reese LLP
• Allen, Summers, Simpson, Lillie & Gresham, PLLC
• Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz PC
• Bass Berry & Sims PLC
• Bourland Heflin Alvarez Minor & Matthews PLC
• Butler, Snow, O'Mara, Stevens & Cannada, PLLC
• Farris Mathews Branan Bobango Hellen & Dunlap PLC
• The Hardison Law Firm, P.C.
• Glassman, Edwards, Wade and Wyatt, P.C.
• Lewis, King, Krieg & Waldrop, P.C.
• Rainey, Kizer, Reviere & Bell, PLC
• Rice, Amundsen & Caperton, PLLC
• Thomason, Hendrix, Harvey, Johnson, & Mitchell PLLC
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Compelling Programs
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Former Senator Howard Baker and former Congress-man Harold Ford Jr. will lead a bipartisan panel discussion entitled “What Our Country Must Do Now.” |
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ABA Spirit of Excellence Award winner Cesar L. Alvarez, CEO of Greenberg Traurig in Miami, will speak on diversity in our profession. |
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Ethics prosecutors from the Duke University Lacrosse case will present their moving “Anatomy of a Hoax” presentation. |
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Four former Tennessee Supreme Court Justices will discuss historical mileposts from their time on the court.
Federal judges from the Western District will be on hand to present a panel discussion on jury selection. |
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