OCTOBER 1-2 - Your state's premier CLE learning and networking event, featuring an all-star cast of prominent judges and attorneys from Middle Tennessee.
Earn a total of 15 hours of CLE credit in just 2 days, including 3 hours of DUAL CLE credit.
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Judge Jeff Bivins is a Circuit Court Judge for the 21st Judicial District of Tennessee, covering Hickman, Lewis, Perry, and Williamson counties. He was appointed to the bench in March 2005 and elected to a full eight-year term in 2006. He also previously served in this position from July 1999 through August 2000. He is a member of the John Marshall Inns of Court, having served as President from 2003-2008, and is a member of the Williamson County Bar Association. Prior to his appointment, he practiced law with the firm of Bradley Arant Boult Cummings PLC in Nashville, Tennessee. 
Harlan Dodson, III, of Dodson, Parker, Behm & Capparella PC, focuses his practice on work for individuals, corporations, and their businesses, including general business advice. He is the author of Introduction to Estate Planning and Administration in Tennessee, which he updates annually, and is a contributing editor to West Publishing Company's Tennessee Practice series. He has taught estate planning at the Nashville School of Law for over 20 years.
J. Bryan Moseley is a partner in the Nashville law firm of Moseley & Moseley where his main areas of practice are civil litigation, premises liability, and consumer protection. He is a frequent speaker on personal injury/auto injury topics for the National Business Institute. He earned his B.A. degree, cum laude, from Middle Tennessee State University and his J.D. degree, magna cum laude, from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Mr. Moseley is a member of the Nashville Bar Association and the Tennessee Association for Justice.
Judge Thomas W. Brothers was appointed to the Circuit Court of Davidson County, Sixth Circuit in 1989, elected in 1990, and re-elected in 1998 and 2006. Judge Brothers serves as chair of the Technology for the Courts Committee for the Tennessee Judicial Conference, and is a member of the American Bar Association's Judicial Division's Technology Committee. He was a solo practitioner from 1978-1989 in the law offices of Jack Norman.
Judge Don Ash was elected to the bench in the 16th Judicial District, covering Cannon and Rutherford counties, in 1994 as a Circuit Court Judge after serving as a partner in the law firm of Bolin and Ash. A graduate of Middle Tennessee State University and the University of Memphis School of Law, Judge Ash went on to become the first judge in Tennessee to complete the Masters Degree program at the University of Nevada-Reno in May 2000. Judge Ash is currently the presiding judge of the Court of the Judiciary, and he previously served as president of the Tennessee Judicial Conference. He has authored several publications, including a thesis that became the basis for the drafting and adoption of the Parenting Plan for the State of Tennessee.
Chancellor Ellen Hobbs Lyle has served as chancellor of Part III of the Chancery Court of Davidson County for 13 years. She began her legal career at the Texas law firm of Watergate prosecutor Leon Jaworski. She returned to practice law in Nashville where she became a partner in the law firm of Trabue, Sturdivant & DeWitt in 1984. She is married to Walter Kurtz, a senior judge for the State of Tennessee.
Donald Capparella practices with the law firm of Dodson, Parker, Behm & Capparella PC. He co-authored with John A. Day the First Edition of the Tennessee Law of Comparative Fault. He is also the co-author (with John Day and John Wood) of the second edition of Tennessee Law of Comparative Fault, a part of West Publishing Company's Tennessee Practice Series. Mr. Capparella is the editor of the Second, third and Fourth Edition of the Appellate Practice Handbook. He is the editor of the Tennessee Tort Law Letter. He teaches Introduction to law and legal writing at the Nashville School of Law.
Chief Justice Janice M. Holder was sworn in as the Tennessee Supreme Court's first female chief justice on September 2, 2008. Chief Justice Holder, the third woman in the state's history to serve on the Tennessee Supreme Court, was appointed to the court in December 1996 by Governor Don Sundquist and was elected in 1998 to a full eight-year term. In 2006, she was re-elected to a second eight-year term. In December 2008, Chief Justice Holder announced the Tennessee Access to Justice program, the Tennessee Supreme Court's number one strategic priority of improving access to justice in the state.
Paul Davidson is a partner in Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis LLP's Trial and Appellate Practice and co-manages the firm's Healthcare litigation practice. He has devoted more than 25 years to complex business litigation, serving as lead counsel in antitrust, securities, class actions, intellectual property, trade secret, business fraud and other economic disputes involving hundreds of millions of dollars in damage claims in federal and state courts across the country. He is recognized in The Best Lawyers in America (Woodard White, Inc.), America's Leading Lawyers for Business (Chambers & Partners), and the Nashville Business Journal's "Best in the Bar" for his work in the areas of antitrust law and commercial litigation.
Joseph Prochaska, with Williams & Prochaska PC, is certified by the American Bankruptcy Board of Certification as a specialist in business bankruptcy. He regularly appears in state, bankruptcy and federal district courts throughout Tennessee. He has also appeared pro hac vice in bankruptcy or federal district courts in Alabama, Delaware, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, New York, Nevada, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Virginia. He is a frequent author and lecturer and has appeared before national audiences for the American Bar Association, Section of Business Law; the American Bankruptcy Institute; and the National Association of Chapter 13 Trustees. He writes frequently for Business Law Today, the NACTT Quarterly and the ABI Journal.
David M. Anthony, with Bone McAllester Norton PLLC, concentrates his practice in the areas of bankruptcy, commercial litigation, creditor's rights, construction and lien litigation. He represents clients throughout middle Tennessee in state, federal, and bankruptcy courts. He also has significant experience representing financial institutions and other creditors in all aspects of the litigation process. He is a regular author and guest speaker on topics related to bankruptcy, post-judgment collections strategy, foreclosures, ethics and trial practice. He is a member of the Tennessee, Nashville and American Bar Associations and is also an active member of the American Bankruptcy Institute.
Brandon Bass, of Day & Blair PC, focuses on helping people who have been badly injured or lost a loved one. His core practice areas include products liability, medical malpractice, and trucking lawsuits. He has also assisted victims of medical malpractice in recovering for their losses from doctors and other health care providers. He is Associate Editor of the Tennessee Trial Law Report, Tort Edition, and he was formerly Associate Editor of the Tennessee Tort Law Letter.
Rebecca Blair, of Day & Blair PC, represents people who have been injured or have lost loved ones due to the negligence of others. Her practice includes cases arising from medical malpractice, automobile accidents, sexual assault, and other acts causing personal injury. Specializing in the area of medical malpractice, she represents patients who have been injured or have lost their lives as a result of a healthcare provider's failure to prevent, diagnose and/or properly treat numerous medical conditions and illnesses.