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Judicial Nominating Commission Candidates* Name Employer Lawyer Type of Law Practice/ TBA Involvement Plaintiff Defense Party** Campaign Contributions (2006 - 2009) Other Information (Y/N) Occupation (Past or Present) Bar† Bar‡ Fred Acuff Farris, Bobango Y civil litigation Former Chair, Litigation Section Mischelle Alexander- Shelby County Public Y public defense former General Sessions Judge Best Defender Deborah Alexander- Tenn. Tech N teacher N/A N/A N/A Selected by Gov. Bredesen to serve on Davis Tennessee Judicial Council Katherine M. Sigmon Law Firm Y medical malpractice defense Member Anderson Patrick M. Ardis Wolff, Ardis, P.C. Y litigation Member Philip Arensberg N adjunct business prof. & N/A N/A N/A Executive Recruiter Larry D. Ashworth Ashworth & Associates Y business & tort litigation Member David M. Ausbrooks 21rst Judicial District Y Assistant Public Defender Roland W. Baggott Baggott Law, PLLC Y franchise and distribution Member Nicholas D. Bailey Y criminal defense, probate, administrative law, civil litigation Justin Leslie Bailey United States Attorney's Y criminal prosecution Office, Western District of TN David A. Bates DuBois, DuBois, and Y civil litigation Member Bates Paul Alan Bates Bates & Bates Y domestic relations, workers Member D Timothy Dickey (D) - $500 compensation, insurance defense, plaintiff personal injury Joseph D. Baugh Joseph Baugh Law Y general litigation Member Offices David F. Bautista ETSU Dept. of Justice and Y Adjunct Professor of Criminal Criminology Law Mary Helen Beard Fed Ex Corporation Y labor and employment, Member corporate law, and litigation Name Employer Lawyer Type of Law Practice/ TBA Involvement Plaintiff Defense Party** Campaign Contributions (2006 - 2009) Other Information (Y/N) Occupation (Past or Present) Bar† Bar‡ David R. Benner Lewis, King, Krieg, & Y insurance defense including Waldrop PC general liability, motor vehicle accident, worker's compensation, and professional malpractice Stephen H. Biller Biller Law Firm Y business litigation, labor and Member employment law Matthew Eugene Associate Counsel for Y Corporate Counsel - contract, Member Bissinger Affinion Benefits Group banking, marketing C. Phillip Bivens Distrcit Attorney Y prosecution Member General, 29th Judicial District Rebecca C. Blair Day & Blair, PC Y personal injury medical Member D Mary Parker (D)- $100; Andy Berke (D) - $250; malpractice, probate litigation, Kim McMillan (D) - $125 business litigation, Robert E. Boston Waller, Lansden, Dortch Y general litigation Former Chair, R Ray Throckmorton, III (R) - $200 Member, Hearing Committee, Board of & Davis, LLP Litigation Section Professional Responsibility; Director, Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development At-large Director Katherine Boyte Constangy, Brooks & Y employment law, workers' Member Smith compensation Edward T. Brading Herndon, Coleman, Y apellate, corporate, probate, Member Brading & McKee real estate, litigation Wesley Thomas Bray Self Y criminal defense, workers' compensation, personal injury Arthur P. Brock Spears, Moore, Rebman, Y medical malpractice defense, Member D Andy Berke (D) - $250 & Williams, P.C. professional liability, products liability, insurance defense, civil litigation Name Employer Lawyer Type of Law Practice/ TBA Involvement Plaintiff Defense Party** Campaign Contributions (2006 - 2009) Other Information (Y/N) Occupation (Past or Present) Bar† Bar‡ Dennis Dwayne Assitant District Attorney Y prosecution Brooks General, 1rst Judicial District William J. Brown William J. Brown and Y domestic relations, personal Member R Stephen Davis Crump (R) - $200; Kevin Brooks Associates injury, workers' compensation, (R) - $100 criminal defense, civil rights, employment law, and probate John W. Brown Peterbilt Motor N N/A N/A N/A R John Worley (R) - $350; Jim Bryson (R) - $25 Company Mark Brown, Sr. Tennessee Temple N Dean - School of Business N/A N/A N/A University - Chief Financial Office Vanessa P. Bryan Public Defender - 21rst Y criminal law R Vanessa P. Bryan (R) - $13,821.27 Judicial District Frank F. Buck Buck & Buck Attorneys Y property law, Social Security, Past member D Former State Representative; Chairman criminal law of the House Judiciary Committee Miles A. Burdine Kingsport Chamber of N President and CEO N/A N/A N/A Tennessee Chamber of Commerce PAC - $200 on Governors Energy Policy Task Force Commerce Ted Austin Burkhalter & Associates Y trusts, wills, probate, tax, Member R Burkhalter, Jr. business formation Julie Murphy Leader, Bulso, Nolan, & Y litigation Member, Corporate D Phil Bredesen (D) - $500; Kim McMillan (D) - Burnstein Burnstein, PLC Counsel Committee $2,500; Democratic Party of Tennessee (D) - $300 David W. Camp David Camp Law Firm Y criminal defense, domestic D Lowe Finney (D) - $250; Randy Camp (D) - $1000 relations, juvenile, Social Security Christopher Steven Harris, Shelton, Hanover, Y medical malpractice, general Member Campbell & Walsh, PLLC insurance defense, corporate litigation, personal injury, discrimination Name Employer Lawyer Type of Law Practice/ TBA Involvement Plaintiff Defense Party** Campaign Contributions (2006 - 2009) Other Information (Y/N) Occupation (Past or Present) Bar† Bar‡ Thomas I. Carlton, Jr. Cornelius & Collins, LLP - Y civil litigation and appeals in Member Instructor Moot Court, state and federal court Nashville School of Law Joseph P Carson Department of Energy N Safety Engineer N/A N/A N/A Tennessee Professional Engineers PAC - $400 Brian Casper Adams & Reese, LLP Y commercial and intellectual Member property litigation Hulet Morris Chaney Retired N former CEO, Farm Bureau N/A N/A N/A Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee PAC - Insurance $2,000 Dudley A. Cheadle Cheadle & Cheadle Law Y creditor representation Member Dave Clark District Attorney Y criminal prosecution General, 7th Judicial District Daniel Clayton Kinnard, Clayton, and Y civil litigation: personal injury, Member Mary Parker (D) - $200; Schree Pettigrew (D) - Beveridge medical malpractice, product $100; Andy Berke (D) - $1,000; Mike Stewart (D) liability - $250; Jean Anne Rogers (D) - $250; Mike Faulk (R) - $300; Kent Coleman (D) - $500; Randy Camp (D) - $250 Joseph Christopher Samples, Jennings, Ray Y civil litigation, business Member R Matthew Hill (R) - $1,000; Stacy Campfield (R) - Former State Representative Clem and Clem, PLLC litigation, commercial law, $1,000 personal injury (plaintiff), insurance defense, workers comp, (both plaintiff and defense), and divorce Michael J. Cohan Michael J. Cohen N private investigator N/A N/A N/A Investigators Jerry Carothers Colley and Colley Y litigation and appelate, civil Member D Lee Bowles (D) - $250; Maury County Colley plaintiff and defense/ criminal Democratic Party (D)- $810; Vince Springer - defense $700; Mary Parker (D) - $500; Guy Derryberry - $500; Bob Rochelle (D) - $500; Ty Cobb (D) - $1,000; Randy Camp (D) - $200; Kim McMillan (D) - $500 Name Employer Lawyer Type of Law Practice/ TBA Involvement Plaintiff Defense Party** Campaign Contributions (2006 - 2009) Other Information (Y/N) Occupation (Past or Present) Bar† Bar‡ Elizabeth T. Collins Thomason, Hendrix, Y civil litigation: medical Member Harvey, Johnson, and malpractice and business Mitchell, PLLC James Hilton Conger Y family, civil trial, criminal D Cleveland D. Bain (D) - $200 defense, personal injury, real estate Craig Creighton Baker, Donelson, Y medical malpractice and Member R Bill Gibbons (R) - $250 Conley Bearman, Caldwell, & nursing home litigation Berkowitz David Cook Hardison Law Firm Y medical malpractice defense Member, Fellow Lisa C. Cothron Sumner County Board of Y family and juvenile law, Social Member Education Security disability, probate and criminal G. Douglas Cox Blount Memorial N consultant N/A N/A N/A Hospital Andrae Phillip Legal Aid Society of Y general civil litigation Member, House of Jim Tracy (D) - $25; Jim Hawkins (D) - $300 Crismon Middle Tennessee and Delegates the Cumberlands S. Carran Daughtrey Assitant U.S. Attorney, Y criminal prosecution Middle District of Tennessee C. Thomas General Law Offices of C. Y business representation Member R Jim Bryson (R) - $500; Mike Faulk (R) - $500; Ron Tennessee Judicial Selection Davenport, Jr. Thomas Davenport Ramsey (R) - $2,500; Rosalind Kurita (D) - $500; Commission; Past Chair, Tennessee Tennessee Republican Caucus (R) - $250; Jon Board of Professional Responsibility Lundberg (R) - $500 Robert E. Lee Davies DAVIES, HUMPHREYS, Y divorce, mediation, personal Member D Ward Cammack (D) - $250 HORTON & REESE, PLC injury, worker's comp., business litigation Barbara L. Deans Linebarger, Goggan, Blair Y real estate and family law & Sampson, LLP Walter Charles Self Y litigation, domestic relations, Member Doerflinger real estate, estates, transactional law, personal injury, and civil defense litigation Name Employer Lawyer Type of Law Practice/ TBA Involvement Plaintiff Defense Party** Campaign Contributions (2006 - 2009) Other Information (Y/N) Occupation (Past or Present) Bar† Bar‡ C. Mark Donahoe Hardee, Martin, & Y federal criminal law defense, Chairman, D Lowe Finney (D) - $500; Randy Camp (D) - $500 Donahoe criminal law defense, federal Technology Section civil litigation, civil litigation, civil rights, trucking law Ralph N. Doolin Hall's Tennessee N airport manager N/A N/A N/A Municipal Airport Brenda Measells Schulman, Leroy & Y civil litigation Member D Mary Parker (D) - $250 Dowdle Bennett, PC Joe McDaniel Burch, Porter, and Y estate planning, estate Member Duncan Johnson administration,