Announcements:  

On January 16, 2009, J. Cole Dowsley and Ben M. Rose conducted a seminar on Medical Records Law. The seminar, which was held at the Embassy Suites in Franklin, TN, covered general principles of confidentiality of medical records and HIPAA privacy regulations and compliance. 

Cornelius & Collins, LLP is proud to announce that Joseph R. Wheeler has also been selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2009.  Mr. Wheeler was selected in the area of product liability litigation.

On October 22, 2008, J.K. Simms addressed the Tennessee Gas Association at the association's annual convention in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. Mr. Simms spoke on the issue of Employee Handbooks.

Cornelius & Collins, LLP is proud to announce that Thomas I. Carlton, Jr. and Blakeley D. Matthews have been selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2009.  Best Lawyers compiles lists of outstanding attorneys by conducting exhaustive peer-review surveys in which thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers.  It is the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession.

On April 29, 2008, Cornelius & Collins, LLP received the Nashville Bar Association Minorities Opportunities Leadership Award. The award was presented at the annual Nashville Bar Association Law Day Luncheon. The award honors law firms who have demonstrated a continued commitment to enhancing diversity and access to professional success.

Cornelius & Collins, LLP was recently recognized as a Silver Sponsor for The Tennessean's Newspaper In Education program. The program provides grade appropriate materials from The Tennessean to more than 40,000 students in Middle Tennessee to help improve their reading, writing, math, science and critical thinking skills. To learn more about Newspapers in Education or to sponsor a classroom that participates in NIE, please contact Ann Zangri at 615-259-8397.

Dan Berexa recently served as the moderator for a panel discussion on race and gender issue entitled "When the Walls Come Tumbling Down."  The panel was part of the Tennessee Bar Association’s 2007 Leadership Law Program, and the participants included Judge Martha Craig Daughtrey, who serves on the U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; Adolpho A. Birch, Jr., retired Tennessee Supreme Court Justice and Chancellor Richard Dinkins, who serves in Davidson County Chancery Court, Part IV.

Dan Berexa has been named Chair of the Law Office Technology & Management Section of the Tennessee Bar Association.  The Law Office Technology & Management Section helps lawyers and law firms effectively manage their practices and incorporate technology to enhance the quality of their legal services.

Rebecca Wells Demaree  was featured in a WSMV Channel 4 I-Team investigation on May 15, 2006 for her representation of Laura Stickel in a sexual harassment lawsuit against the State of Tennessee.

Tom Carlton  was the featured faculty member in the Winter, 2006 issue of the Nashville School of Law Newsletter.

Seminars and Speaking Engagements:

Dan Berexa is co-producing a six-hour Continuing Legal Education program for the Tennessee Bar Association, "Law Technology 2008: Marketing, Management and Technology Solutions for Your Firm." The program will be held at the Doubletree Hotel in downtown Nashville on February 22, 2008. The program includes sessions on Legal Technology Trends for 2008; Technology in the Courts; Internet Marketing: Webinars, Blogging and Podcasting, and Specialized Programming for Mac and Microsoft Users. Lunch is provided with the program and vendors for a number of technology related products will be present. A number of door prizes will be given away to attendees. To register, call 1-800-899-6993 or register on the web at www.tennbaru.com.

Rebecca Wells Demaree will be lecturing on "Creating Comprehensive Employee Handbooks" at a CLE hosted by the National Business Institute, in Nashville, TN, on October 17, 2006.  The CLE is entitled "Human Resource Policies that Prevent Lawsuits".  For more information, please click here.

Rebecca Wells Demaree  will be conducting workshops on Employment and Wage & Hour Issues for the Women of Color Leadership Institute on June 22, 2006.  For more information, please click here.

Articles:

Ben Rose's article "Cyber-Slander Law: Not Just for Geeks Anymore" appeared in the July 2007 issue of the Nashville Bar Journal.

J.K. Simms' article regarding the potential liability of employers for anthrax exposure, "A Suspicious Package Can Raise More Than Fears of Anthrax ," was published in the February 2002 edition of Tennessee Bar Journal.

Jay Chamness' article "Liability of Physicians for Internet Communications ," appeared in the February 2002 issue of For the Defense.

Bryan Williams'  article "The Self-Critical Analysis Privilege:  Confidential Information or Smoking Gun," was published in the November 2002 issue of For the Defense.

Bryan Williams' article "When are the Pieces at Fault?  Component Manufacturer Liability," was published in the April 2003 issue of For the Defense. 

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