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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on May 17, 2022

Former Tennessee Supreme Court Justice Cornelia A. Clark received the Nashville Bar Foundation’s David Rutherford Award posthumously at the foundation’s Annual Fellows Dinner last month. The award is given to a fellow who exemplifies the memory and ideas of Rutherford, including professionalism, charitable contributions in the legal field and in the community as a whole, and the spirit of collegiality among the bench and bar. Justice Sharon G. Lee accepted the award on Clark’s behalf, the Administrative Office of the Courts reports. In her remarks, Lee recognized Clark’s devotion to her faith, her family, her community and the rule of law. Clark died Sept. 24, 2021, following a short battle with cancer. She was 71 years old.