TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Paul Burch on May 18, 2023

Rick Barnes, head coach of the University of Tennessee men’s basketball team, will address the 2023 Bench Bar Luncheon during the annual TBA Convention in Knoxville, June 14-17. The luncheon will follow the annual Bench Bar program, which features three sessions looking at sports and the law. Barnes was named the 2019 Naismith College Coach of the Year after guiding Tennessee to a school-record-tying 31 wins and a sweet 16 appearance. Also during the luncheon, Tennessee Supreme Court Justice Sharon G. Lee will receive the TBA’s prestigious Justice Frank F. Drowota III Outstanding Judicial Service Award and First Judicial District Chancellor John C. Rambo of Jonesborough will be presented with the Judge Pamela L. Reeves Tennessee Professionalism Award, which is given jointly by TBA and the Tennessee American Inns of Court. Learn more about and register for the TBA Convention.