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- Founded in 1881
  
  The Tennessee Bar Association is dedicated to enhancing fellowship among members of the state's legal community. A voluntary professional association, the TBA offers its members a variety of programs and services designed to assist in professional development and works to build a positive image for the profession in the community.
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- Welcome
  
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Public Service Academy Committee

ABOUT THE COMMITTEE

The Public Service Academy Committee coordinates this annual program, which has the goal of providing Tennessee attorneys with information on how to run for local elected office, as well as expert advice in the following areas:

Personal and professional stakes involved in making a run,
Best practices for creating a strategy and hiring campaign staff and
Campaign election law, finance compliance and more.

Public Service Committee Leadership

Co-chair
Jamie Ballinger
Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC
Co-Chair
Joel Wallace
Cunningham, Mitchell & Rocconi
Co-Chair
Steve Elkins
TransCore
TBA President
Tasha Blakney
Eldridge & Blakney
Committee Member
Justice Holly Kirby
Tennessee Supreme Court
Committee Member
Jay Bush
Clayton-Little, PLLC
Committee Member
Virginia Couch
The Trust Company of Tennessee
Committee Member
Kyonzte L. Nicole Hughes-Toombs
Tennessee Department of Health
Committee Member
Terica Smith
Office of the 26th Judicial District Attorney General
TBA Executive Director
Joycelyn Stevenson
Tennessee Bar Association
jstevenson@tnbar.org
TBA Director of Public Policy and Government Affairs
Berkley Schwarz
Tennessee Bar Association
bschwarz@tnbar.org