TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Kate Prince on Nov 3, 2020

Baker Donelson shareholder and former TBA President Buck Lewis has been chosen to receive the American Bar Association’s Frances Perkins Public Service Award for his commitment to providing pro bono legal services, primarily in the areas of labor and employment law, to people of limited means. Lewis helped create what is now ABA Free Legal Answers, an interactive pro bono website that acts as a virtual legal advice clinic. Lewis is an alumnus of the University of Tennessee College of Law, the co-founder of its Institute of Professional Leadership and the College of Law’s Larry Wilks Distinguished Practitioner in Residence. Read more from the UT College of Law website.