TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Kate Prince on Sep 17, 2020

Husch Blackwell attorney Ariel Anthony spoke with the Hamilton County Herald this month to discuss her work with the TBA’s new Diversity Task Force — a 19-member group assembled to take on diversity challenges within the legal profession. When asked about her role within the task force, Anthony said she’ll be “helping to evaluate the current legal climate and the TBA’s policies and practices related to diversity and inclusion,” ultimately making recommendations to the TBA Board of Governors for immediate and long-term strategies. Anthony earned her law degree from the University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law, where in her 3L year, she was chosen to participate in the TBA Young Lawyers Division Diversity Leadership Institute. After law school, she landed in the Chattanooga office of Husch Blackwell and is now a board member of the TBA YLD where she co-chairs DLI. Read more about Anthony’s role on the task force, the hiring process challenges she and colleagues have faced and how she thinks diversity can be increased in Chattanooga’s legal community.