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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Dec 17, 2025

NASHVILLE, Dec. 17, 2025 — The Tennessee Bar Association (TBA) today announced that 34 attorneys from across the state have been selected for its 2026 Leadership Law (TBALL) program.

Now in its 23rd year, Leadership Law is designed to equip Tennessee lawyers with the vision, knowledge and skills necessary to serve as leaders in their profession and local communities. The class will meet for its first session in January and spend the next six months learning about leadership in the legal profession, issues in the courts, policymaking in state government and the importance of community service.

Class members are:

Chris Bellamy, Fisher & Phillips, Nashville
Madison Biggs, Nashville Metro Public Defender’s Office, Nashville
Wyatt Boston,  Boston, Holt & Durham, Lawrenceburg
Shelby Carroll, Parks Bryant & Snyder, Columbia
Tyler Caviness, City of Knoxville Municipal Court, Knoxville
Seth Cline, Collins Legal PLC / Tract Title, Nashville
Nancy Cogar, Samples Jennings Clem & Fields, Chattanooga
Megan Duthie, Broadway Electric Service Company, Knoxville
Jenaé Easterly, State of Tennessee Public Defender's Office, Knoxville
Johnika Everhart, Geeter Law Office, Chattanooga
Chantley Frazier, Office of the District Attorney General for Nashville, Nashville
Jay Harbison, Sherrard Roe Voight & Harbison, Nashville
Jack Heflin, Evans Petree, Memphis
Sarah Ingalls, Thompson Burton, Nashville
Rachael Kapperman, Hamilton County Clerk & Master's Office, Chattanooga
Courtney Keehan, Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel, Chattanooga
Kerry Krauch, West Tennessee Legal Services, Germantown
Eric McEnerney, Methodist LeBonheur Healthcare, Memphis
Thomas Mihalczo, Law Offices of John Day, Brentwood
Jeffrey Moore, Hackett & Maldonado, Memphis
Geoffrey Morris, Butler Snow, Memphis
Katheryn Ogle, Burks & Ogle, Knoxville
Courtney Orr, Tennessee Attorney General & Reporter, Nashville
Janice Parmar, Nashville Hispanic Bar Association, Nashville
Noah Patton, Attorney at Law, Tazewell
Allison Porter, UBS, Nashville
Tabitha Robinson, Nashville Electric Service, Nashville
Haynes Russell, Pentecost, Glenn & Tilly, Jackson
Nathan Sanders, Womble Bond Dickinson, Nashville
Amber Vargas, Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands, Cookeville
Bailey Walden, Rainey, Kizer Reviere & Bell, Memphis
Devon Williamson, DevonLaw, Nashville
Ronda Webb, State of Tennessee Administrative Law Judge, Nashville
Emily Wright, Wright & Wright, Livingston

Photographs and additional biographical information are available for class members on request.


The Tennessee Bar Association is the largest professional association in Tennessee with nearly 14,000 members. Founded in 1881, the TBA represents the entire spectrum of the legal profession in Tennessee and beyond, and is dedicated to enhancing fellowship and professionalism among the members of Tennessee’s legal community.