NASHVILLE, June 3, 2021 -- Major General Albert Harvey will be honored this month with the Judge Pamela L. Reeves Tennessee Professionalism Award from the Tennessee Bar Association (TBA) and Tennessee’s American Inns of Court. The award was recently renamed in honor of the late Judge Reeves, who was also the first recipient of the award in 2020.

The Judge Pamela L. Reeves Tennessee Professionalism Award is awarded each year to a lawyer or judge whose life and practice display sterling character and unquestioned integrity, coupled with ongoing dedication to the highest standards of the rule of law and the highest standards of the legal profession in Tennessee. The award is presented to a lawyer or judge residing in the Grand Division of Tennessee where the TBA’s Annual Convention is held.

Harvey was chosen for his decades of leadership and service to the legal profession. He is a past president of both the Tennessee and Memphis Bar Associations and is the immediate past chair of the American Bar Association’s Senior Lawyers Division. Prior to his legal career Harvey was active duty in the United States Marines. He recently retired from the United States Marine Corps Reserve with the rank of Major General. He serves on the adjunct faculty of the University of Memphis Law School teaching National Security Law, and previously served on the adjunct faculty of University of Tennessee Center for Health Sciences. He is respected by his peers at the local, state and national levels and unquestionably displays the character and integrity required for this award.

Harvey was selected by a committee consisting of TBA President Michelle Greenway Sellers, TBA President-elect Sherie L. Edwards, President of the Tennessee Judicial Conference Judge Roy B. Morgan Jr. and the Presidents of the West Tennessee American Inns of Court, Justice Janice M. Holder, Judge Valerie L. Smith and J. Alan Rheney. William C. Koch Jr., dean of the Nashville School of Law and former president of the American Inns of Court, chaired the selection committee.

The American Inns of Court is an international organization that envisions a legal profession and judiciary dedicated to professionalism, ethics, civility and excellence. Its mission is to inspire the legal community to advance the rule of law by achieving the highest level of professionalism through example, education and mentoring. Tennessee is home to nine American Inns of Court chapters, located in Chattanooga, Franklin, Jackson, Knoxville, Memphis, Murfreesboro and Nashville.

The TBA was founded in 1881. Its membership represents the entire spectrum of the legal profession in Tennessee and beyond. The TBA is open to all licensed attorneys in good standing, and it is dedicated to enhancing fellowship and professionalism among the members of Tennessee’s legal community.

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