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Posted by: Kate Prince on Dec 16, 2020
News Type: Correction

An article in Tuesday’s TBA Today misidentified the defendant in an upcoming trial of a Metro Nashville police officer charged with murder. Andrew Delke is the officer charged in the shooting death of Daniel Hambrick.

Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Oct 8, 2020
News Type: Correction, Passages

The news item of George S. Petkoff’s passing in yesterday’s issue of TBA Today contained an incorrect date. In 1976, Petkoff founded The Law Offices of George S. Petkoff. In 2008, he formed Petkoff and Feigelson with David I. Feigelson. He was serving as of counsel with that firm at the time of his death.

Posted by: Kate Prince on Aug 18, 2020
News Type: Correction

Last week, a story was run in TBA Today about the TBA’s support of extending federal authorization to keep a U.S. bankruptcy judge in the Eastern District of Tennessee at Greeneville. The article stated that upon the retirement of Judge Marcia Parsons, who has held that post for 27 years, all bankruptcy cases in the easternmost counties of Tennessee will be shifted to the docket in Knoxville. It was brought to our attention that the cases in the Northeastern Division of the Eastern District will be heard by Judge Shelley D. Rucker of Chattanooga, and not shifted to Knoxville as previously stated.

Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Jun 16, 2020
News Type: Correction, Upcoming

A headline in yesterday’s issue of TBA Today misidentified the organization that is hosting an upcoming voting rights webinar. It is the YWCA Nashville & Middle Tennessee that is holding the event on June 24 from noon to 1 p.m. CDT. “Stand Against Racism: Voting in a Time of Crisis” will be moderated by Nashville lawyer Charles K. Grant of Baker Donelson and include representatives from the ACLU of Tennessee, Free Hearts and The Equity Alliance. The panel will address voting rights restoration, absentee voting and how racism affects access to the ballot. Register here to receive the link to the program. 

Posted by: Kate Prince on Jun 4, 2020
News Type: Correction

An item in Tuesday’s TBA Today regarding virtual legal clinics held by the Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands linked to the wrong clinic schedule. The Free Legal Phone Clinic June schedule can be found here. Please contact Andrae Crismon or Kendra Cheek, 615-780-7131, for more information or to volunteer.

Posted by: Barry Kolar on May 27, 2020
News Type: Correction

An item in Tuesday's TBA Today gave an incorrect date for the TBA's celebration of the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution. The event will be held on Thursday, June 18, during the TBA's virtual convention. TBA members can register online for this free event, which includes a conversation with noted book author and speaker Elaine Weiss.

Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Feb 13, 2020
News Type: Correction

An article in yesterday’s issue of TBA Today gave an inaccurate description of Resolution 115, which will be considered by the American Bar Association House of Delegates at its meeting in Austin this week. The resolution encourages “U.S. jurisdictions to consider regulatory innovations that have the potential to improve the accessibility, affordability, and quality of civil legal services, while also ensuring necessary and appropriate protections that best serve the public.” The story also had an incorrect date for a TBA reception for Lewis Thomason President and Managing Shareholder Lisa Ramsay Cole. She will be honored on Saturday.

Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Jan 13, 2020
News Type: Correction

The Tennessee Alliance for Legal Services (TALS) has announced a revised date for its 2020 Equal Justice University conference. The event now will take place Sept. 9-11 at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Murfreesboro. Watch for more details to come.

Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Oct 8, 2019
News Type: Correction

The 2019 Court Square series is coming to Columbia on Oct. 23. The three-hour program will take place in the events center of First Farmers and Merchants Bank, 901 Nashville Hwy., Columbia 38401. Yesterday’s issue of TBA Today had the wrong street address.

Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Oct 3, 2019
News Type: Correction

Yesterday's “Wellness Wednesday” item about recognizing and addressing dementia in your clients was correctly attributed to authors Matt and Kelly Frere but should have noted that their column in the Tennessee Bar Journal is called “Older & Wiser.” Read the article here.


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