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Chamber of Commerce, Nashville Business Journal Honor TJC Managing Attorney, Michele Johnson

The Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce and 20/20 Leadership Alliance have selected TJC Managing Attorney Michele Johnson as one of three finalists for the Nashville Emerging Leader Awards (NELAs), community service/non-profit division. The NELAs salute Middle Tennessee’s young professionals for significant accomplishments in their chosen professional field as well as their commitment and contribution to [...]

April 30, 2007 Continue Reading This Article >>

Southern Trial Lawyers Association Presents Gordon Bonnyman with War Horse Award

Gordon Bonnyman, executive director and co-founder of the Tennessee Justice Center, Inc., Nashville, received the prestigious War Horse Award from the Southern Trial Lawyers Association (STLA) during the organization’s recent annual conference in New Orleans. The War Horse Award is presented each year to a trial lawyer who is recognized as a leader of the [...]

March 7, 2007 Continue Reading This Article >>

Gordon Bonnyman, TJC Executive Director, Published in the Tennessean

TennCare has announced it will relax its prescription drug limits — the most restrictive in the nation — for some patients who face hospitalization or death. Since the current limits are both costly and cruel, any improvement is welcome. But the new changes won’t help many people, and they still leave bureaucrats and HMO bean-counters, [...]

December 29, 2006 Continue Reading This Article >>

Christina Yerian Awarded Skadden Foundation Fellowship to Provide Legal Services at the Tennessee Justice Center

Christina M. Yerian, a student at Vanderbilt University Law School, has been awarded a 2007 Skadden Foundation Fellowship to work at the Tennessee Justice Center (TJC) where she will provide legal advocacy services on behalf of at-risk children and children in foster care who need mental health services. Yerian is one of only 30 law [...]

December 20, 2006 Continue Reading This Article >>

TJC celebrates 10th anniversary with clients, bar leaders and colleagues

Clients of the Tennessee Justice Center were the focus of attention at a reception March 17 marking the 10th Anniversary of the non-profit, public interest law firm. Set to the theme, What a difference the law makes!, more than 100 people attended the celebration hosted by the Tennessee Bar Association. TJC co-founders Gordon Bonnyman and [...]

March 17, 2006 Continue Reading This Article >>