Supreme Court Justice Sharon Lee was appointed to the Tennessee Supreme Court on September 29, 2008. She was appointed to the Tennessee Court of Appeals, Eastern Section, in June 2004. She was elected in August 2004 and re-elected in August 2006. Judge Lee practiced law in Madisonville from 1978-2004. She served as county attorney for Monroe County, Madisonville city judge, and city attorney for Vonore and Madisonville. She is president of the East Tennessee Lawyer’s Association for Women and director of the Tennessee Lawyers’ Association for Women.
Judge Bill Swann was elected to the Fourth Circuit Court in Knox County in 1982 and re-elected in 1990, 1998, and 2006. Before being elected to the bench, Judge Swann practiced with Kramer Rayson, and then with Hogin, Guyton, Swann & London. He taught German at Brown and Yale Universities before entering law school. He is a faculty member of the National Judicial College and the Tennessee Judicial Academy.
Judge Thomas Seeley, of Johnson City, has served as a circuit judge for the First Judicial District (Carter, Johnson, Unicoi, and Washington counties) since August 1985. Judge Seeley was a trial attorney for the Tennessee Valley Authority from 1970-1973. He had a private practice in Erwin from 1974-1986. During that time, he served as county attorney for Unicoi County (1976-1982) and general counsel for the Clinchfield Railroad Company (1977-1982). He was presiding judge for the Tennessee Court of the Judiciary from 1997-1999.
Chancellor Thomas R. (Skip) Frierson of Morristown serves on the Chancery Court for the Third Judicial District (Greene, Hamblen, Hancock, and Hawkins counties). He was appointed in March 1996, elected in 1996, and re-elected in 1998 and 2006. In 1990, Chancellor Frierson was elected as Hamblen County General Sessions Court Judge and in such capacity he also served as the Hamblen County Domestic Relations Court Judge, Hamblen County Probate Court Judge and the Municipal Judge for the City of Morristown. He is currently serving as Chair of the Tennessee Judicial Family Institute of the Tennessee Judicial Conference.
Judge Charles Cerny serves on the Knox County General Sessions Court, Division I. He was elected in 1998 and re-elected in 2006.
Jason M. Ensley, with the Johnson City office of Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC, practices in the area of employment and workers' compensation litigation. Mr. Ensley is a Tennessee Supreme Court Rule 31 Mediator, and conducts supervisor training for employers in the areas of harassment and discrimination prevention and the Tennessee Drug-Free Workplace Act. He is also a member of the advisory board for the Tennessee Workers' Comp Reporter.
James R. Moore is a partner in the Moore & Brooks law firm in Knoxville. He represents debtors for whom bankruptcy relief is not an option. Mr. Moore has extensive experience in complex financial litigation and actions involving fraud, fraudulent transfers and off-shore entities, representing both plaintiffs and defendants. He was the first Chief-Editor of TBALink, the Tennessee Bar Association’s website, chair of the TBA’s Future-CLE Committee, developing a prototype on-line CLE course, and the first Dean of the TBA’s on-line university. He is a governor and executive committee member of the TBA's Board of Governors.
Carol Mutter is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Tennessee College of Law, where she has taught a variety of subjects at the law school, including Torts, Contracts, Civil Procedure, Remedies, Insurance Law, and Health Law. She clerked on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit and practiced at Hogan & Hartson in Washington, D.C., and at Hull, Towill, Norman & Barrett in Augusta, Ga, prior to coming to the UT College of Law. She authored a seminal work on comparative fault. Since 1999 she has lectured on Remedies for the Midsouth Bar/Bri bar review program. In 1991 she was chair of the Insurance Law Section of the Association of American Law Schools. She is the current chair of the Health Law Section of the Tennessee Bar Association.
Joel D. Roettger is an associate in the law firm of Gentry, Tipton & McLemore, P.C. in Knoxville. He represents individuals and charities in the areas of estate planning, estate administration, taxation, business succession planning, tax-exemption issues and charitable giving. He speaks frequently on issues related to estate planning and estate administration. Mr. Roettger is a member of the Knoxville Estate Planning Council.
Stacy Roettger is Vice President and Manager of Personal Trust with The Trust Company of Knoxville. She has 10 years of experience as an attorney in business and individual tax planning, focusing on gift, estate, and generation-skipping transfer tax planning. Ms. Roettger speaks to both professional and lay groups on estate planning, taxes and related topics. She is a member of the Knoxville Estate Planning Council, Alzheimer’s Association Planned Giving Council, and East Tennessee Discovery Center Board.
Mark C. Travis, of Wimberly Lawson Seale Wright & Daves, PLLC, practices in the areas of alternative dispute resolution, labor law, employment discrimination, wrongful discharge, and workers' compensation. Mr. Travis is the coordinator of the Grievance Mediation Program for the Tennessee Center for Labor-Management Relations. He authored the Tennessee Workers' Compensation Handbook, and serves on the advisory board for the Tennessee Workers' Comp Reporter.
Robert Vance is a partner in the Valuation and Litigation Services division of Lattimore, Black, Morgan & Cain, P.C. in Knoxville, where he concentrates in business valuation, divorce litigation support, economic damage calculations, civil mediation, forensic accounting and expert witness testimony. Mr. Vance has been appointed as a Special Master and admitted as a court-qualified expert in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee and Circuit and Chancery Courts in Tennessee, Mississippi and Florida and has testified over thirty-five times in bench trials and jury trials.
Supreme Court Justice Sharon Lee was appointed to the Tennessee Supreme Court on September 29, 2008. She was appointed to the Tennessee Court of Appeals, Eastern Section, in June 2004. She was elected in August 2004 and re-elected in August 2006. Judge Lee practiced law in Madisonville from 1978-2004. She served as county attorney for Monroe County, Madisonville city judge, and city attorney for Vonore and Madisonville. She is president of the East Tennessee Lawyer’s Association for Women and director of the Tennessee Lawyers’ Association for Women.
Judge Bill Swann was elected to the Fourth Circuit Court in Knox County in 1982 and re-elected in 1990, 1998, and 2006. Before being elected to the bench, Judge Swann practiced with Kramer Rayson, and then with Hogin, Guyton, Swann & London. He taught German at Brown and Yale Universities before entering law school. He is a faculty member of the National Judicial College and the Tennessee Judicial Academy.
Judge Thomas Seeley, of Johnson City, has served as a circuit judge for the First Judicial District (Carter, Johnson, Unicoi, and Washington counties) since August 1985. Judge Seeley was a trial attorney for the Tennessee Valley Authority from 1970-1973. He had a private practice in Erwin from 1974-1986. During that time, he served as county attorney for Unicoi County (1976-1982) and general counsel for the Clinchfield Railroad Company (1977-1982). He was presiding judge for the Tennessee Court of the Judiciary from 1997-1999.
Chancellor Thomas R. (Skip) Frierson of Morristown serves on the Chancery Court for the Third Judicial District (Greene, Hamblen, Hancock, and Hawkins counties). He was appointed in March 1996, elected in 1996, and re-elected in 1998 and 2006. In 1990, Chancellor Frierson was elected as Hamblen County General Sessions Court Judge and in such capacity he also served as the Hamblen County Domestic Relations Court Judge, Hamblen County Probate Court Judge and the Municipal Judge for the City of Morristown. He is currently serving as Chair of the Tennessee Judicial Family Institute of the Tennessee Judicial Conference.
Jason M. Ensley, with the Johnson City office of Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC, practices in the area of employment and workers' compensation litigation. Mr. Ensley is a Tennessee Supreme Court Rule 31 Mediator, and conducts supervisor training for employers in the areas of harassment and discrimination prevention and the Tennessee Drug-Free Workplace Act. He is also a member of the advisory board for the Tennessee Workers' Comp Reporter.
James R. Moore is a partner in the Moore & Brooks law firm in Knoxville. He represents debtors for whom bankruptcy relief is not an option. Mr. Moore has extensive experience in complex financial litigation and actions involving fraud, fraudulent transfers and off-shore entities, representing both plaintiffs and defendants. He was the first Chief-Editor of TBALink, the Tennessee Bar Association’s website, chair of the TBA’s Future-CLE Committee, developing a prototype on-line CLE course, and the first Dean of the TBA’s on-line university. He is a governor and executive committee member of the TBA's Board of Governors.
Carol Mutter is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Tennessee College of Law, where she has taught a variety of subjects at the law school, including Torts, Contracts, Civil Procedure, Remedies, Insurance Law, and Health Law. She clerked on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit and practiced at Hogan & Hartson in Washington, D.C., and at Hull, Towill, Norman & Barrett in Augusta, Ga, prior to coming to the UT College of Law. She authored a seminal work on comparative fault. Since 1999 she has lectured on Remedies for the Midsouth Bar/Bri bar review program. In 1991 she was chair of the Insurance Law Section of the Association of American Law Schools. She is the current chair of the Health Law Section of the Tennessee Bar Association.
Joel D. Roettger is an associate in the law firm of Gentry, Tipton & McLemore, P.C. in Knoxville. He represents individuals and charities in the areas of estate planning, estate administration, taxation, business succession planning, tax-exemption issues and charitable giving. He speaks frequently on issues related to estate planning and estate administration. Mr. Roettger is a member of the Knoxville Estate Planning Council.
Stacy Roettger is Vice President and Manager of Personal Trust with The Trust Company of Knoxville. She has 10 years of experience as an attorney in business and individual tax planning, focusing on gift, estate, and generation-skipping transfer tax planning. Ms. Roettger speaks to both professional and lay groups on estate planning, taxes and related topics. She is a member of the Knoxville Estate Planning Council, Alzheimer’s Association Planned Giving Council, and East Tennessee Discovery Center Board.
Mark C. Travis, of Wimberly Lawson Seale Wright & Daves, PLLC, practices in the areas of alternative dispute resolution, labor law, employment discrimination, wrongful discharge, and workers' compensation. Mr. Travis is the coordinator of the Grievance Mediation Program for the Tennessee Center for Labor-Management Relations. He authored the Tennessee Workers' Compensation Handbook, and serves on the advisory board for the Tennessee Workers' Comp Reporter.
Robert Vance is a partner in the Valuation and Litigation Services division of Lattimore, Black, Morgan & Cain, P.C. in Knoxville, where he concentrates in business valuation, divorce litigation support, economic damage calculations, civil mediation, forensic accounting and expert witness testimony. Mr. Vance has been appointed as a Special Master and admitted as a court-qualified expert in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee and Circuit and Chancery Courts in Tennessee, Mississippi and Florida and has testified over thirty-five times in bench trials and jury trials.