Burch, Porter & Johnson, PLLC is pleased to announce that two lawyers have been included in the 2021 Edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch. Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch recognizes attorneys who are earlier in their careers for their outstanding professional excellence in private practice in theRead more →
Twenty-four lawyers from Burch, Porter & Johnson, PLLC have been selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2021 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America© publication. Lawyers on The Best Lawyers in America© list are divided by geographic region and practice areas. They are reviewed by their peers on theRead more →
Six attorneys from Burch, Porter & Johnson, PLLC have been recognized as outstanding practitioners in the 2020 edition of Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business. Jef Feibelman, W. Rowlett Scott, Laurel C. Williams, Lisa A. Krupicka, Jennifer S. Hagerman, and LeeAnne M. Cox have been included in thisRead more →
Burch, Porter & Johnson is pleased to announce that Larry Laurenzi has joined the firm as a Senior Attorney. As a former United States Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, Laurenzi assists companies and individuals who are under investigation by government entities or who have beenRead more →
Douglas F. Halijan, a partner at Burch, Porter & Johnson, PLLC in Memphis, has been appointed by the Tennessee Supreme Court to serve a second three-year term on the Advisory Commission for the Tennessee Rules of Practice and Procedure, effective January 1, 2020. He presently serves asRead more →
Congratulations to BPJ Member Tannera George Gibson, who has been elected Secretary/Treasurer of the Memphis Bar Association. With her election, Tannera will become President in 2022, the first black woman to hold the job. “Tannera continues a long tradition of BPJ lawyers playing leadership roles in theRead more →
When Charlie Newman, a BPJ attorney since 1965 and a titan of the Memphis legal community, was awarded the Judge Jerome Turner Lawyer's Lawyer award from the Memphis Bar Association last week, no one at the firm was particularly surprised, though we were happy and proud, of course.Read more →
Twenty-three lawyers from Burch, Porter & Johnson, PLLC have been selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2020 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America© publication. Lawyers on The Best Lawyers in America© list are divided by geographic region and practice areas. They are reviewed by their peers on theRead more →
After an extensive nomination process and 20 years of legal practice, BPJ Member Jennifer Shorb Hagerman has been elected a Fellow of the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers. The College promotes advancement and education in the practice of labor and employment law, and values civility and professionalismRead more →
At the recent graduation ceremonies of the Tennessee Bar Association’s Leadership Law (TBALL) class, BPJ Member Tannera George Gibson was surprised to hear that she had been awarded the 2019 Larry Dean Wilkes Award, named for the former TBA President who championed bar leadership across the stateRead more →