David G. McDowell has recently been elected a Fellow of the Tennessee

Bar Foundation, an association of 840 attorneys across the state. Invitations to membership, which is a position of honor, were extended to 27 attorneys by the Board of Trustees. The introduction of new Fellows took place at the annual Fellows' Dinner in Nashville. 

The Bar Foundation's purpose is two-fold: to recognize attorneys who have distinguished themselves in the community and the profession and to administer a grant making program. That project, known by its acronym “IOLTA” (Interest On Lawyers' Trust Accounts), has awarded grants in excess of $25,000,000 to law-related, public interest projects throughout Tennessee.



McDowell is a Member in the firm of Gearhiser, Peters, Elliott & Cannon PLLC and has been practicing law in Chattanooga for 18 years. He is a graduate of Furman University and of the University of Memphis School of Law.