TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Aug 31, 2023

Tennessee access to justice leaders today announced creation of the Justice Frank F. Drowota Trust to provide supplemental funding for organizations providing legal services to low-income individuals. The announcement was made today during a luncheon at Equal Justice University in Murfreesboro. Leaders involved in the trust include TALS immediate Past Director Ann Pruitt, former TBA President Buck Lewis, Supreme Court Justice Sharon Lee and Justice Drowota’s wife, Claire Drowota, who will serve as trustees. Former University of Tennessee College of Law Dean Doug Blaze, TBA President Jim Barry and Pruitt will serve as trust advisors and trustee successors. In response to the announcement, Supreme Court Chief Justice Roger Page said, “Everyone in Tennessee’s judiciary and beyond thought Frank was the finest judge and finest person we had ever known. The Court is pleased that his memory is being honored in this way.” For more information and to support the Drowota Trust, contact Buck Lewis.

Retired Tennessee Supreme Court Justices Janice Holder (left) and Sharon Lee with Justice Jeffrey Bivins and Claire Drowota (right).
From left: Retired Tennessee Supreme Court Justice Janice Holder, Justices Jeffrey Bivins and Sharon Lee, and Claire Drowota.

Members of Justice Frank Drowota’s family and Buck Lewis
From left: members of Justice Frank Drowota’s family with Buck Lewis.