Nashville Business Journal recently featured its 2019 Best of the Bar awards to recognize the top legal minds in Middle Tennessee, based on nominations from the public which were then voted on by one another to determine who is the best of the best. Of the 70 winners, we’re excited to announce that 12 are YLC alumni. Congratulations to Kay Caudle(Class 42), STR; Chase Cole (Class 1), Waller; Jonathan Cole (Class 27), Baker Donelson; Sam Funk (Class 33), Sims|Funk PLC; Jay Hardcastle(Class 11), Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP; Mark Ison (Class 53), Sherrard Roe Voigt & Harbison; Kim Looney (Class 23), Waller; Erin Palmer Polly (Class 45), Butler Snow LLP; Matt Potempa (Class 56), Martin Heller Potempa & Sheppard, PLLC; Tracy Powell (Class 17), Sherrard Roe Voigt & Harbison; Donna Roberts (Class 43), Cracker Barrel Old Country Store; and Stephen Zralek (Class 32), Bone McAllester Norton PLLC. If you have a digital subscription to NBJ, you can read more about all the winners, from the lessons they learned as young lawyers to the legal advice friends and family most often ask for and what law they would create for Nashville if given the opportunity.
