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Brennan Wingerter to Receive TBA's Claudia Jack Award

Posted by: Barry Kolar on May 13, 2022

NASHVILLE, May 13, 2022 — Assistant Public Defender and Appellate Director Brennan Wingerter will be honored next month with the Tennessee Bar Association’s Third Annual Claudia Jack Award.

This award is presented annually to an outstanding a public defender or court-appointed private practitioner who has served the legal community and her clients in an exemplary fashion. It is named after the late Claudia Jack, a long-time champion of the poor and underprivileged, and a public defender in Maury County. This year’s award recipient was selected by a committee consisting of the vice president of the Tennessee Bar Association, chair of the Access to Justice Committee, chair of the Criminal Law Section, speaker of the House of Delegates, and chair of Juvenile & Children’s Law Section.

An honors graduate from the University of Tennessee College of Law, Wingerter began her legal career by completing a multi-judicial clerkship in the Tennessee Supreme Court and serving as a professor of law at Lincoln Memorial University. She then became the inaugural director of the Appellate Division of the District Public Defenders Conference. In this role, Wingerter has built a statewide office from the ground up, leading the office in and out of the courtroom, and taking a lead role in statewide efforts to improve appellate advocacy on behalf of indigent clients.

The Claudia Jack Award will be presented at the Tennessee Bar Association Annual Convention in Nashville on June 17 during the Lawyers’ Luncheon.

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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