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Tennessee lawmakers have adjourned for the year and with that comes the end of the 2022 Legislative Updates podcast season! TBA Director of Public Policy and Government Affairs Berkley Schwarz and TBA lobbyist and Adams and Reese attorney Brad Lampley are here to recap the biggest highlights and new from the 112th General Assembly. The two discuss redistricting, the truth in sentencing bill and more. In final discussions about the professional privilege tax, Lampley urges listeners to “keep the heat on” your legislators about repealing the tax. “This is really the time for one-on-one contact with your elected official,” Lampley says. “Develop those relationships and by all means continue to be a resource for them going forward and advocate for the issues you believe in.” You can catch Legislative Updates live and in-person at the TBA Annual Convention in June.

Brad and Berkley are back with updates from the Tennessee General Assembly. 

TBA’s Berkley Schwarz and Brad Lampley of Adams and Reese (the Kathie Lee and Regis of the TBA) host an all new episode of the Legislative Updates podcast! General Assembly committees are starting to wind down, the TBA’s probate bill cleared the Senate, the Supreme Court weighed in on the Senate redistricting lawsuit and more updates on the Professional Privilege Tax—tune in for all that and more!

Brad, Berkley and Ashley are back with news from the General Assembly! This week, the trio talks about the Senate redistricting ruling, the bill to make revisions to the Uniform Arbitration Act, the marriage contract bill, an update on the professional privilege tax and more!

TBA Legislative Updates podcast is now streaming with TBA Public Policy & Government Affairs Director Berkley Schwarz and Adams and Reese attorneys and TBA lobbyists Brad Lampley and Ashley Harbin. This week, lawmakers and the Tennessee Supreme Court bid farewell to outgoing Administrative Office of the Courts Director Deborah Taylor Tate, Gov. Bill Lee made three new judicial appointments and an Brad gives an update on the professional privilege tax.

Join Berkley and Brad for the latest news impacting TBA members from the Tennessee legislature! 

It's Thursday, so that means it's time for a brand new episode of Legislative Updates with TBA Director of Public Policy & Government Affairs Berkley Schwarz and Adams and Reese attorneys and TBA lobbyists, Brad Lampley and Ashley Harbin. New this week: movement on TBA-backed legislation, the resignation of Rep. Robin Smith, the appointment of Sen. London Lamar and much more!

Legislative Updates is now streaming with TBA Director of Public Policy & Government Affairs Berkley Schwarz and Adams and Reese attorneys and TBA lobbyists, Brad Lampley and Ashley Harbin. New this week: a meeting with House Speaker Cameron Sexton regarding elimination of the Professional Privilege Tax and the committee passage of two of TBA’s legislative initiatives, HB2357/SB2385 and HB2070/SB2056.

Brad and Berkley are here to recap news from the Tennessee General Assembly for the week of February 21, 2022. Top news this week-- a good outlook on eliminating the Tennessee Professional Privilege Tax. 

TBA’s Legislative Updates podcast is new this week with TBA Director of Public Policy & Government Affairs Berkley Schwarz and Adams and Reese attorney and TBA lobbyist Ashley Harbin, who give an update on TBA-sponsored bills. 

TBA's Berkley Schwarz and Adams and Reese attorneys and TBA lobbyists Brad Lampley and Ashley Harbin are back this week to discuss the newly confirmed Tennessee Supreme Court Justice, Rep. William Lamberth's Truth in Sentencing measure, the state's new deputy governor and more! 

On this week's episode, Brad and Berkley review the governor’s State of the State address and give an update on the professional privilege tax. Ashley Harbin also joins the show again to detail the Senate Judiciary Committee meeting in which Tennessee Supreme Court nominee Sarah Campbell was interviewed by state lawmakers. 

On this week's episode of Legislative Updates, Brad and Berkley preview Gov. Bill Lee's State of State address happening next week, rumors about the state budget and updates on the Professional Privilege Tax!

State lawmakers are back in session and that means an all new season of Legislative Updates! Join TBA Director of Public Policy & Government Affairs Berkley Schwarz and TBA lobbyist Brad Lampley for discussion of what bills the bar association is following this session. This season we're joined by a third co-host-- Adams and Reese attorney Ashley Harbin! 

The Tennessee General Assembly has adjourned for the year. TBA Executive Director Joycelyn Stevenson hosts today's special episode of Legislative Updates to interview Brad and Berkley about the behind-the-scenes work done on behalf of the TBA and its members. 

Brad and Berkley are back this week with news on SB868/HB1130 that would create a statewide chancery court and the status of efforts to eliminate the professional privilege tax. Also, hear about the TBA's successful efforts to help kill SB282/HB1386 that would have capped attorneys’ fees in lawsuits brought by county officials and efforts to help pass HB1190/SB881 concerning a conveyance to a Trust.

In today's episode, Brad and Berkley give status reports on several bills that would impact the judiciary, specifically SB868/HB1130, which would create a statewide chancery court, made up of three chancellors, to hear constitutional challenges in the state. 

As the Tennessee General Assembly starts to wind down for the year, Brad and Berkley are back to talk about where some TBA-sponsored bills ended up, the latest news on the professional privilege tax and an explanation of Gov. Bill Lee's annual budget amendment. 

As the Tennessee General Assembly begins to wind down this year's session, Berkley Schwarz and Brad Lampley give us an update on where the bill to eliminate the professional privilege tax and other TBA-sponsored bills stand. 

In today's episode, Berkley is joined by Kate Prince with the TBA to discuss several bills the bar association is watching.