Gearhiser Peters Attorneys Continue Bar Leadership

Gearhiser, Peters, Elliott, & Cannon, PLLC

Several Gearhiser Peters Elliott & Cannon attorneys recently attended the annual Tennessee Bar Association Convention in June and will be taking leadership roles. For the upcoming 2022-2023 bar year, Justin Faith will again serve as a member in the Tennessee Bar Association (TBA) House of Delegates and he will be the Meetings Coordinator for the TBA Young Lawyers Division (YLD). Justin also received the 2022 Presidential Award for Distinguished Service in recognition of his substantial contributions and many years on the TBA YLD Executive Committee.


David McDowell will serve as the TBA YLD Fellows liaison to the TBA YLD. David is a past president of the YLD and served six years on the TBA Board of Governors.


Sam Elliott was re-elected to an additional three year term on the Tennessee Bar Foundation Board of Trustees. The Foundation honors attorneys who have distinguished themselves in the profession by electing them to membership as "Fellows," and uses their contributions to support law-related public interest projects. By direction of the Tennessee Supreme Court, the Foundation administers Tennessee's IOLTA (Interest On Lawyers' Trust Accounts) program.

Legal Aid Of East Tennessee’s 60th Anniversary Honors Gearhiser Peters Elliott & Cannon PLLC As Pro Bono Firm of the Year

October 24, 2025
At Legal Aid of East Tennessee’s 60th Anniversary celebration on October 23, Gearhiser, Peters, Elliott & Cannon, PLLC was honored as the organization’s Pro Bono Firm of the Year.  Member Sam Elliott said: "Many lawyers in our firm have supported the efforts of Legal Aid of East Tennessee and other pro bono initiatives through the years, either directly providing pro bono services through LAET, through financial contributions to LAET or other worthy organizations, or through the Chattanooga Bar Association, Tennessee Bar Association, or the Tennessee Bar Foundation. We are humbled to be recognized in such a significant way."

David McDowell was elected to serve as the Vice President of the Tennessee Bar Association Young Lawyers Division Fellows

July 10, 2025
At the 144th Annual Tennessee Bar Association Convention, David McDowell was elected to serve as the Vice President of the Tennessee Bar Association Young Lawyers Division Fellows, and began another term of service as the East Tennessee Governor on the Tennessee Bar Association Board of Governors.