Local attorneys to be honored at national event

Best Lawyers publication marketing 25th anniversary
Mar 25, 2009 8:14 AM

ABA names local lawyer 'Lion of the Bar'

The ABA Journal profiles Neal & Harwell co-founder Jim Neal as one of its '7 Over 70: The Lions of the Trial Bar.' The piece rolls smoothly from his days at Vanderbilt to his work with RFK on Jimmy Hoffa to Watergate and the Dr. Nick trial over Elvis' pill habit. Among the gems:
“Yeah, I love winning. But I hate losing even more. Just the thought of losing makes my body shrink from 5’8” to 5’6”.”
Feb 25, 2009 12:27 PM

Open warfare over Ethics Commission

Androphy takes a shot at one of his bosses on the Ethics Commission while lobbyists and legislators try to rein in controversy
Apr 30, 2008 1:48 PM
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Nashville now and then: Southern-fried shenanigans

The beginning of the end at Minnie Pearl's, Fritz Ingram's friends in high places, and an evocative remembrance of steamboat days
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Jan 18, 2008 10:22 AM

Panel prescribes sanction against John Jay Hooker

Appeal likely as perennial candidate and litigious legend plots next move
Dec 17, 2007 2:51 PM

Nashville now and then: An explosive moment

A half-century ago this week, opponents of racial integration in Nashville fought back with an act of domestic terrorism
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Sep 7, 2007 4:16 PM

Jim Cooper wins ABA award for speech

The American Bar Association names Cooper winner for 'Law Day' address
Oct 26, 2006 3:20 PM

Maddox Foundation hearing: Like a death penalty case with no morning coffee

A day in the life of the endless Maddox case: All-star legal teams fight it out in, of all places, Probate Court
Aug 30, 2006 12:26 PM