TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Barry Kolar on Mar 8, 2021

March is Women's History Month and today is International Women's Day. Women have played an important role in leading the Tennessee Bar Association during the past three decades and more women continue to join the leadership ranks. There are currently women in six of the top leadership post in the association: President Michelle Greenway Sellers of Jackson, President-elect Sherie Edwards of Brentwood, Vice President Tasha Blakney of Knoxville, Immediate Past President Sarah Sheppeard of Knoxville, Treasurer Mary Dohner Smith of Nashville and House of Delegates Speaker Meredith Humbert of Kingsport. In addition, the TBA Young Lawyers Division is led by Jackson attorney Terica Smith and a number of sections and committees have female chairs. All of them follow in the footsteps of strong women lawyers who have led the TBA in past decades, starting with the late Pamela Reeves, who was the TBA’s first female president when she was sworn into office in 1998. Read more about Reeves and the other leaders now.