TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Kate Prince on Dec 15, 2022

A new book on the life of the late Judge Gilbert S. Merritt is set to be released next month in Nashville. A Sense of Justice: Judge Gilbert S. Merritt and His Times was written by author and columnist for The Tennessean, Keel Hunt. It is a social biography of Merritt, who was one of the nation’s youngest U.S. attorneys, a congressional candidate, judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and almost a justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. According to the book’s summary, it “depicts a much deeper weave of the power of friendship and loyalty, the influence of history upon individuals and generations, and of how communities of interest formed and evolved over time in our nation—and of how it is all connected.” A free book launch will take place on Jan. 17, 2023, at 6:30 p.m. CST at Parnassus Books in Nashville. Register for the event here.