Sam Elliott was speaker for Chattanooga Bar Association’s celebration of Law Day
Gearhiser, Peters, Elliott, & Cannon, PLLC
On May 4, 2016, Sam Elliott was the speaker for the Chattanooga Bar Association’s annual Law Day luncheon, speaking to the bar and its guests on The Quo Warranto Cases of 1870: When the United States Attorney Sued to Remove Half the Tennessee Supreme Court”, an interesting and forgotten chapter of Tennessee legal history he discovered in the context of researching his new book on Confederate General and Tennessee governor John C. Brown.
The Hamilton County Herald story on the luncheon: http://hamiltoncountyherald.com/Story.aspx?id=7680&date=5%2f13%2f2016
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."
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.
