The NBA Offices are located at 315 Union Street, Suite 800 Nashville, TN 37201. You may call
615-242-9272 to reach any NBA staff member. To e-mail a staff member, click on the highlighted name.
Gigi A. Woodruff, Executive Director
Traci Hollandsworth, Programs & Events Coordinator
Nikki Gray, Communications Director
Tina Ashford, Communications Coordinator
Susan Blair, Director of Continuing Legal Education
Mandi Pittenger, Continuing Legal Education Coordinator
Kathy Carver, Finance Coordinator
Jay Harbison, Legal Referral and Information Service Coordinator
LPS Coordinator, NBA Legal Placement Coordinator
Vicki Shoulders, Office Manager/Membership Coordinator
NBA Officers and Directors
Hypertext links are provided for officers and directors who have available e-mail addresses, click on the highlighted name.
W. Scott Sims, President
Trey Harwell, President-Elect
Kathryn Barnett, First Vice President
Gif Thornton, Second Vice President
Tonya Grindon, Secretary
Kathryn Sasser, Treasurer
Richard Littlehale, Assistant Treasurer
Ross Alderman
Anne Arney
Martha Boyd
Michael Catalano
Jonathan Cole
Hon. Angelita Blackshear Dalton
Hon. Richard H. Dinkins
Ana Escobar
Stacey Garrett
Leesa Hinson
Torry Johnson
Bob Mendes
Jim Weatherly
Jude White
Edward Yarbrough
NBA Committee Chairs
Hypertext links are provided for committee chairs who have available e-mail addresses.
Practice Committees:
Alternate Dispute Resolution: John Overton Belcher
Appellate Practice: Amy Jenkins Farrar
Bankruptcy Court: David W. Houston IV
Chancery & Circuit Court: Colin J. Carnahan
Corporate & Commercial Counsel: Eric Schultenover
Corporate Counsel: Stephen Van Roberts
Criminal Law & Criminal Justice: Russell F. Thomas
Domestic Relations: James H. Drescher
Employment Law & Civil Rights: David L. Johnson; Sam Payne
Entertainment & Sports Law: Suzanne Kessler
Environmental: John Philip Long Jr.
Estate Planning: Paul C. Hayes
Federal Court: Joseph Allen Kelly
General Sessions Court: Lynda Jones
Government Lawyers: Catherine A. Caster
Health Law: William Donald Wright, Jr.
Immigration Law: Elliott Ozment
Intellectual Property Law: Richard Garner Sanders. Jr.
Juvenile Court: Joel Stephen Mills
Media Law: Ron Harris
Member Services: Bob Moses
Probate Court: Paul Gontarek
Real Estate Law: Rusty L. Moore; John C. Rockford
Tax: R. Todd Ervin
Unauthorized Practice: John Chambers
Service Committees:
Attorney Health & Wellness: Margaret M. Huff
Candidate Evaluation: Lora Barkenbus Fox
Community Relations: J. Ross Pepper
Continuing Legal Education: Gino Bulso
Ethics & Professionalism: Tom Lawless
Fee Disputes: Elaine M. Youngblood
Historical: Marnee L. Baker
Lawyer Referral & Information Service: Jim Todd
Legislative & Governmental Rela: Peter B. Halverstadt
Medico-Legal: Jay Chamness; Sara F. Reynolds
Minority Opportunities: Jola Abosede Moore
Nashville Bar Foundation: Matt Painter
Nashville Bar Journal: Bill Ramsey
Nashville Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers: Buddy Burnett
Sister Cities Committee: Steve Cobb; Malcolm L. McCune
Nashville Bar Foundation Trustees
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Mattison C. Painter, President
William L. Harbison
Robert M. Holland, Jr.
Mary A. Parker
William H. Tate
James L. Weatherly Jr.
Gail Vaughn Ashworth
John Tarpley
William T. Ramsey
NBA Young Lawyers Division Officers, Directors and Committee Chairs
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President: Emily Shouse
President-Elect: Rob Baker
Secretary: W. Scott Rose
Treasurer: Phil Walker
Immediate Past President: Larry "Rocky" McElhaney, II
Events Director: Keltie Peay
Membership Director: Mary Taylor Gallagher
Professional Development Director: Mark Chalos
Public Service Director: Sara Reynolds
NBA YLD Membership Committees:
Recruitment Committee: Nicole Paulk; Colleen Sweeney
ABA Liaison on/TBA Liaison on: Candice Reed
NBA/YLD Fellows: Josh Helton
Law Student Membership: Dennis Núñez
NBA YLD Professional Development Committees:
CLE Committee: Michael Collier; Matt Thompson
Quality of Life Committee: Emily Plotkin; Chamise Sibert
OYEZ! Newsletter: Jonathan Richardson; Andy Thomson
Publicity: Justin McNaughton
NBA YLD Events Committees:
Social Committee: Ryan Levy; Claudia Richardson
Carbolic Smoke Ball: Elizabeth Tipping; Robb Bigelow
Race Judicata: Allison LaRue; Erin Palmer; Cynthia Parson
NBA YLD Public Service Committees:
Mock Trial Committee: Patrick Witherington; Kimberly G. Silvus
Homeless Committee: John Mueller; Jessica Dinan
Community Outreach: Courtney Gilmer; Christopher Coleman
Law Week Committee: Brian Neal; Tyler Middleton
