Retired BPJ Member Mike Cody was a young lawyer in 1968 when Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. came to Memphis to fight for the rights of the striking sanitation workers. In a new interview at SuperLawyers.com, he remembers those historic days and the changes — for
Read more →BPJ Member Jennifer Hagerman has been named Chair of the Board of Professional Responsibility by the Tennessee Supreme Court.
Read more →Maybe so, says BPJ Member Melissa Maravich, for all kinds of reasons, including the risks you take when dealing with a jury’s snap impressions.
Read more →It’s hard to put a value on 40 years of loyal service, but we tried this month, as we celebrated Erick Anderson, our valued colleague and friend.
Read more →While he admits that the cliché “I like to argue” played a large part in his decision to pursue a legal career, BPJ Associate Patrick J. Hillard, Sr.’s experiences since then have contributed more to the reason he was selected by the Memphis Business Journal’s Best of
Read more →It was a high school job popping popcorn in the old Mid-South Coliseum that ignited David Harris’s affinity for the University of Memphis.
Read more →By the time some homeowners in Boxtown, a neighborhood in southwest Memphis, discovered they had been sued and that a crude oil pipeline company was seeking to take their property by eminent domain, it was almost too late.
Read more →Burch, Porter & Johnson is pleased to announce that seven lawyers have been included in the 2023 edition of Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch.
Read more →Best Lawyers in America® has chosen six BPJ attorneys as “Lawyers of the Year” in their respective practice areas in the 2023 edition.
Read more →Twenty-five lawyers – more than half of the attorneys in the firm – have been recognized by their peers and included in the 2023 edition of Best Lawyers in America®.
Read more →