TBA President Sherie Edwards writes in her final column that it's "an easy one to write, and I do so with a heart filled with gratitude and respect for the many people who made my year as president fulfilling for me, both personally and professionally, and I hope fulfilling for you as a member." She covers the initiatives she began, as well as the ones she built on from her predecessor, including focuses on attorney wellness; business education for attorneys; diversity, equity and inclusion; and a new program, SOLACE, that provides a way for attorneys to lend a hand to others in the profession facing difficulties due to illness, natural disasters or other disruptions.

"My goal was always to inform (and occasionally amuse) the great number of Tennessee lawyers who occasionally handle a will, trust or estate matter, and who need to keep up with key law changes, while still giving even the specialists a new insight or two,” Knoxville attorney Dan W. Holbrook says. He has written the Journal's column, “Where There’s a Will,” for 18 years, from early in 2000 and into 2012, and then again early in 2018 through January 2022, which was his last. Read about the man — the estate planning legend — Dan Holbrook.

Filling the hole created by Dan Holbrook's leaving, Knoxville lawyer Eddy Smith begins writing "Where There's A Will" in this issue. Smith, who wrote the column from 2012 through 2017, writes about what to do (and how to do it) with all that wealth, in "You Can’t Take It with You: Creating Legacy Through Estate Planning."

Tennessee Bar Association members who have died recently are memorialized. This month we honor the Hon. Andrew Johnson Evans Jr.,  Stanley Daniel Kupiszewski Jr., Thomas Edward Lawwell, the Hon. Russell Lee Moore Jr.,  Robert Whitney Stevens Jr. and Pamela Gail Presson Vawter.

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