BUILDING PERMITS / FORECLOSURES / PUBLIC NOTICES KAY’S COOKING CORNER REALTOR DONATING BIG TO ST. JUDE P6 P10 P11 Volume 103 | No. 23 HAMILTON COUNTY Single Copy 50¢ CHATTANOOGA, HAMILTON COUNTY, TENNESSEE June 3-9, 2016 H EVENTS Introduction to rock climbing Realtor Dan Griess gives back Join Outdoor Chattanooga for Ready to Rock: Introduc- through volunteer dive program tion to Rock Climbing at the Walnut Wall in Coolidge Park By David Laprad on Sunday, June 5 and Sun- day, June 19 from 5:30-8 p.m. As a Realtor, Dan Griess No experience necessary; all spends his days overseeing the equipment will be provided. details of an array of business Gym shoes and longer shorts transactions. But he works with or athletic pants are recom- sharks just once a month. mended. Minors must be ac- Griess is a volunteer diver for companied by a parent or le- the Tennessee Aquarium. One gal guardian. e class is free. Wednesday a month, he takes Climbing will be available off his Realtor hat, slips on his on a first come, first served SCUBA gear, and descends into basis. For more information, the blue depths of the Aquarium’s call (423) 643-6888. exhibits. ere, he keeps an eye Foster care info night on the Aquarium’s sharks as his As a follow-up to National fellow divers scrub algae off rocks. Foster Care Month in May, Griess’ tool for the job is a Chambliss Center for Chil- bump stick, a body-length rod dren will host a Foster Care that forms a “T” on either end. Info Night on Monday, June is allows Griess to establish a 6 from 6:30-8 p.m. With an shark-free zone for the other div- estimated 750 to 800 children ers. He doesn’t shove or prod the in the Tennessee Valley in animals, though; he simply cre- state care at any given time, ates a barrier into which a shark there is a critical need for might bump. quality foster homes in this “e sharks don’t associate the area, Chambliss Center said divers with food, so they mind in a news release. Info Night their own business,” Griess says Realtor Dan Griess is a volunteer diver for the Tennessee Aquarium. Here, he keeps an eye on a sand tiger shark as it participants will learn about See GRIESS, page 20 passes close to where other divers are cleaning one of the Aquarium’s exhibits. (Photos by David Laprad) fostering a child who has been removed from his or her home. e event will be held at Chambliss Center for Chil- dren, located at 315 Gillespie Ladies of Justice lead spirited SETLAW panel Road. Free on-site parking is By David Laprad available. Kayaking 101 e theme of managing clients well emerged during the Ladies of Outdoor Chattanooga’s Justice panel SETLAW (Southeast Rapid Learning Program Tennessee Lawyer’s Association will take place at Chester for Women) hosted last week Frost Park every Wednesday in the City Courthouse. During from 6-7 p.m. and 7-8 p.m. the open-ended discourse, Judge through June 29. Participants Flossie Weill, Judge Lila Statom, will learn the basic skills of Judge Christie Sell, Chancel- whitewater kayaking from lor Pamela Fleenor, Magistrate experienced instructors. Marsha Smith, and Judge Marie Equipment will be provided; Williams also discussed other first-timers are free. No topics, some of which concerned reservations or experience the enduring topic of courtroom necessary. For more informa- protocol. tion, call (423) 643-6888. Judge Williams, a 21-year vet- See EVENTS, page 4 eran of the bench, was the first to INSIDE offer thoughts about courtroom n COURT OPINIONS P5 conduct. After urging the lawyers present to read and adhere to n ARE WE THERE YET? P10 the Model Rules of Professional n 50 & 100 YEARS AGO P13 Conduct, she said a vital part of n FINANCIAL FOCUS P13 courtroom protocol stems from n I SWEAR P15 SETLAW’s Ladies of Justice panel (L-R): Magistrate Marsha Smith, Judge Lila Statom, Judge Flossie Weill, Judge Marie attorneys understanding their Williams, Judge Christie Sell, and Chancellor Pamela Fleenor. (Photo by David Laprad) See SETLAW, page 2 2 | June 3-9, 2016 Hamilton County Herald www.hamiltoncountyherald.com Judge Weill takes part in SETLAW’s Ladies of Justice panel. Also Chancellor Fleenor shares a story about a client who dressed inappropriately for court. (Photo by David Laprad) pictured: Judge Lila Statom. (Photo by David Laprad) SETLAW Continued from page 1 in a courtroom. “Most of the me with respect, so I treat them dress formal,” Chancellor Fleenor people who practice in front of Our judicial system is with respect. You need to demand said. “While I was in the hall get- role versus the client’s role in a me are my friends; I’ve known the last place where your clients do the same.” ting ready to go in, (Circuit Court case. “ e client has the author- them for the better part of my Judge Sell then steered the Clerk) Paula ompson grabbed ity to dictate settlement and the life, and when I’m not a judge, there’s order in our discussion toward the ethics of me said, ‘Is wild thing your cli- expenditure of monies. e client I’m Christie. And I’m a friendly, society. There’s no social media, and specifi cally ent?’ e woman had on stiletto does not have the right to tell you jovial person. But when it comes whether or not judges should be heels, tight jeans, and the words how to approach the court or in- to court, we all have a role to order in our streets, friends with attorneys on Face- ‘Wild thing’ across her chest. So teract with opposing counsel,” she play,” she said. “I don’t care how but there will be order book. While many in the legal you have to be specifi c with your said. “I’m seeing too many clients well you know the attorney on the profession frown on that level of clients.” tell their lawyers how to behave in other side of the courtroom, and in our courts. interaction, Judge Sell said com- Judge Weill brought the court and during discovery, and I don’t care how well you know municating online is no diff erent panel to a close by recommend- that is an insult to every lawyer the judge, you have to be careful Judge Christie Sell than interacting in person, which ing attorneys and judges alike stay who has ever walked the face of about how you conduct yourself judges and attorneys commonly humble. “Courtroom protocol is the Earth. We have the educa- in front of your client; you have do. “ is is the way of the world. about two diseases. For judges, tion, we are the professionals, and to make sure you’re looking out torneys who are still talking after It’s just like being able to sit down the disease is ‘black robitis.’ it is incumbent upon you to not for their best interest and not just court is called to order, Judge at a table and each lunch together, Although I’ve been on the bench let a client undermine you. Don’t enjoying your friends. Statom said female judges have to like we did today,” Judge Sell said. for only two months, I can feel become so married to the no- “Our judicial system is the last work harder to maintain order in Judge Williams said her life is it coming on. When you put on tion of making your client happy place where there’s order in our their courtrooms. “Clients treat easier because she’s not on Face- the black robe, you start to think that you abandon your code of society. ere’s no order in our us with less respect because we’re book. “I’m just paranoid enough you’re really special,” she said. conduct.” streets, but there will be order in women. A client would never tell to know how people misinterpret “For lawyers, the disease is getting After Judge Williams spoke, our courts.” Judge (David) Bales, ‘Yeah, I’m things, and I don’t want to worry the big head. When you get the Judge Sell commented on the After Judge Sell expressed here,’ but they’ll say that to us,” about that.” big head, you behave in ways you importance of maintaining order dismay over the number of at- she said. “I want people to treat While Judge Williams had shouldn’t.” the attention of everyone in the Prior to beginning the dialog, room, she spoke about a topic of each judge shared a few details great importance to her: being about her background and the honest with an opposing attorney. challenges she faced as a woman “We have an obligation to be hon- in the legal profession. Weill said est with each other, so the games her journey to the bench began lawyers are playing in discovery 40 years ago, when her father, “HEADS” UP FOR SOCCER disturb me,” she said. “Be honest Harry Weill, approached his law with each other. Not only are you partners about her coming to obligated to be truthful, you have work at Weill, Ellis, Weems & Co- CBA Family Night to maintain your integrity. How peland. With few women lawyers can someone who thinks you’re practicing at the time, they were Chattanooga FC not honest recommend you for tentative. anything?” “ ey thought I wouldn’t have vs. Judge Statom then brought the anything to do because no one conversation back to managing would want me to represent Birmingham Hammers clients when she asked the attor- them.