RIVER CITY JENKINS PERSPECTIVE Night on the Gone in the town with CSO blink of an eye Find Public Notices Chattanooga Symphony UTC is back to freshman inside & online: & Opera’s kicks of the QB after Alejanodro www.HamiltonCountyHerald.com new season in style. Bennifi eld’s short debut. P11 P10 UTC Athletics Volume 104 | No. 40 Single Copy 50¢ CHATTANOOGA, HAMILTON COUNTY, TENNESSEE October 6 – 12, 2017 A healthy swing at Congress What was going on in Health care the Chattanooga in 1967? focus of MD, Saturday, Oct. 7 Jaycees met at the Down- triathlete’s run towner to make plans for the Tennessee Junior Miss for House seat Pageant here Jan. 27 at the By Nancy Henderson Tivoli eatre. Acting under orders rowing up poor, in from U.S. District Judge a family that was of- Frank W. Wilson, U.S. ten evicted because Marshall Harry D. Man- it couldn’t pay rent, sfi eld, at 6 p.m. Friday, Dr. Danielle Mitch- promptly accepted custody ell was too young to of the Civil War railroad Gunderstand the repercussions engine, e General, from of not being able to aff ord med- Hamilton County Sher- ical insurance until her younger iff Frank Newell in the brother’s struggle with epilepsy Wauhatchie Yards of the worsened. Louisville and Nashville “I can remember there were Railroad. times my family had to borrow Sunday, Oct. 8 money to buy my brother’s life- Denton E. Nichols, who’s saving medicines. Along with spent most of his career in a lot of the other bills that we the postal system, has been couldn’t aff ord to pay at times, formally appointed as assis- the bill to the neurologist was tant postmaster of Chat- one of them,” says Mitchell, tanooga eff ective Oct. 7, 40, a primary care physician Postmaster Frank C. Moore and owner of the Chattanooga announced Friday. Sports Institute. Some 70 regional school A few weeks after the neu- marching bands with a rologist refused to treat her combined total of nearly brother for lack of payment, 5,000 members are expect- the boy suff ered a massive ed here Saturday for the seizure in his sleep and died. annual Chattanooga Band He was one week away from his Festival at Chamberlain 13th birthday. Field, University of Chatta- Her family’s roadblocks to nooga. Al Miller is chair- life-saving health care is one man of the festival, which reason Mitchell, 40, is challeng- ing incumbent U.S. Rep. Chuck See 50 YEARS, page 16 Fleischmann, Republican, in the state’s 3rd Congressional INSIDE District mid-term race in No- vember 2018. She is running as ■ FINANCIAL FOCUS P10 a Democrat, although she says Photograph by Alex McMahan ■ REAL ESTATE P13 her “no labels” campaign com- Dr. Danielle Mitchell says the Affordable Care Act, which paid for her vascular bypass, literally saved her life. 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Attorney Chuck Lee, with whom e Chattanooga chapter of the Eason has practiced law at Miller & Southeast Tennessee Lawyers Associ- Martin for over 30 years, offered a ation for Women bestowed the honor glimpse at the honoree’s famed mix on Eason during its annual Lioness of gentleness and exceptional legal of the Bar event, an occasion during prowess. which the organization venerates an “Marcy has an uncanny ability to exemplary local female attorney or kill the other side’s case or witnesses judge. with kindness. When you walk into e bar for receiving the award is a deposition, she’s the nicest person high, said local SETLAW President there. Everyone likes her, including Sara McManus during her opening the other side’s witness,” said Lee, remarks. stirring laughter among the group of “e honoree is someone with two dozen guests. tremendous legal skills. She’s also “He could be the CEO of the de- someone with a history of com- fendant or plaintiff company, and he’s munity involvement and someone made a number of allegations, but who’s been a great mentor to young he and Marcy have built a rapport, attorneys. She’s someone who has not so when it comes time to testify, it’s only been a great lawyer but who’s like she does a Jedi mind trick that made other lawyers great as well,” makes the witness say, ‘We don’t McManus said. think you’ve breached this contract. SETLAW’s 2017 Lioness of the Bar We have no idea why we filed this event took place at Miller & Martin, lawsuit.’ which sponsored and hosted the “And even though Marcy has occasion, on Sept. 28. disemboweled his case, as he’s leaving Remarks by Eason’s peers con- the deposition room, he’s saying, ‘She firmed why she was an easy choice was really nice.’ Marcy has an incredi- for the select award. ble ability to allow her kindness to Sheri Fox, executive director of work magic in cases.” Legal Aid of East Tennessee, said via Photograph by David Laprad Lee also spoke well of Eason’s a video prepared before the event that Miller & Martin attorney Marcy Eason accepts the Southeast Tennessee Lawyers Association organizational skills, which he doesn’t she’s thankful for Eason’s commit- for Women’s Lioness of the Bar award. take lightly. ment to access to justice. Eason is a “Marcy is the most organized member of LAET’s Hall of Fame due She’s also chair of the Tennessee “Marcy gets it. She understands trial lawyer I know,” he said “A few CHATTANOOGA BAR ASSOCIATION BAR CHATTANOOGA to the extent and effectiveness of her Supreme Court’s Access to Justice the challenges we face, which means pro bono work for the organization. Commission. everything to the people at Legal See EASON, page 3 From the Nixon White House to Trump Tower Unchecked presidential powers are Rest assured the constitutional re- tion at 8 a.m.; the seminar will begin Dean’s direct knowledge of the plastered on the walls of American strictions on the office will be tested at 8:30. e cost for members of the application (and misapplication) of history. again. To offer thoughtful and prac- Chattanooga Bar Association is $200; presidential powers and Robenalt’s Prior to Watergate, there was tical insight into what’s taking place non-members can attend for $250. encyclopedic knowledge of the presi- FDR’s Sumner Welles situation, Tru- in the halls of power, what might lie Attendees will earn three dual CLE dency and the courts will combine to man’s steel seizure, Eisenhower’s U-2 ahead and how the practicing Bar can credits. offer insight into the following topics: incident, JFK’s lady friends and LBJ’s respond, John Dean and James Ro- A Q&A will end the seminar; a Background and executive Bobby Baker investigation. benalt will present a seminar entitled book signing will follow it. powers: Even with its lessons, Watergate “From the Nixon White House to “e future might be uncertain, n did not stem the tide, for in its wake Trump Tower: A unique look at ex- but your enjoyment of this fascinating Who’s the client for White followed Goldwater vs. Carter, Rea- ecutive power, judicial appointments discussion is guaranteed to stimulate House counsel under Model Rule 1.13? gan’s Iran-Contra deal, Clinton’s im- and the back-story of Roe vs. Wade” your civic consciousness and invig- n peachment, Bush and Cheney’s Iraq ursday, Nov. 2 at Miller & Martin. orate your passion as a champion of Reporting Up: a lawyer’s obliga- and Obama’s “imperial presidency.” e event will begin with registra- the rule of law,” Dean says. See CLE, page 3 Executive Committee John C. Harrison Board of Governors Ex-Officio Member TREASURER William G. Colvin Barret S. Albritton The Honorable Pamela PRESIDENT Honorable Christie M. Sheri Fox Fleenor Sell Marc Harwell JUDICIAL REPRESENTATIVE Lee Davis PAST PRESIDENT PRESIDENT-ELECT George G. Hixson Jeffrey W. Maddux Steven M. Jacoway Jimmy Rodgers SECRETARY Linda Minks Hood Brittany T. Faith EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR YLD REPRESENTATIVE Chattanooga Bar Association | The Pioneer Building | Suite 420 | 801 Broad Street | Chattanooga, TN 37402 | 423-756-3222 | Fax: 423-265-6602 |www.chattanoogabar.org www.hamiltoncountyherald.com Hamilton County Herald October 6 – 12, 2017 | 3 CLE From page 2 Powell and William Rehnquist: n tion when an organization is involved What Trump can learn from in crime or fraud Nixon’s appointment of Justices Lew- n is Powell and William Rehnquist Reporting Out: when crime or n fraud can’t be stopped Analysis of political aspects of n Understanding the Prospect Supreme Court nominations eory Before becoming counsel to the Trump’s executive power: president of the United States in 1970 at age 31, Dean was chief minority n Was Nixon correct when he sad, counsel to the Judiciary Committee “When the president does it, that of the U.S.