TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Jun 17, 2022

A number of Tennessee lawyers were recognized for their pro bono service and contributions to the profession today during the TBA Annual Convention. Circuit Judge James G. Martin III received the Justice Frank F. Drowota III Outstanding Judicial Service Award; Nashville attorney and former TBA President Jacqueline “Jackie" B. Dixon received the Judge Pamela L. Reeves Tennessee Professionalism Award; Nashville attorney and former TBA President John Tarpley received the TBA Young Lawyers Division William M. Leech Jr. Public Service Award; Assistant Public Defender and Appellate Director Brennan Wingerter received the Claudia Jack Award; Knoxville lawyer R. Culver Schmid received the Justice Joseph W. Henry Award for Outstanding Legal Writing. And the Kingsport Times News received the Fourth Estate Award for its series Meth Mountain.

The TBA also presented its annual Public Service Awards at the Luncheon. Ann Pruitt, most recently the executive director for Tennessee Alliance for Legal Services, received the Ashley T. Wiltshire Public Service Attorney of the Year Award. Ashley Goins Alderson, an attorney in the Nashville office of Stites & Harbison, received the Harris Gilbert Pro Bono Attorney of the Year Award. And Belmont University College of Law 3L Gabriella Cannone received the Law Student Volunteer of the Year Award.