Nashville got its first taste of public transportation in 1860 when two railroad companies were chartered and began using steam and mules to power rail cars.

On April 30, 1889, one of those companies operated the first electric streetcar in Nashville, and the city became one of the first in the nation to have such “modern” transportation.

2. Dockworkers join other unions in trying to fend off automation, or minimize the impact - Friday, September 27, 2024

NEW YORK (AP) — The massive port workers' strike that has crippled all the major dockyards on the Eastern seaboard of the U.S. is highlighting a fear held by many workers: Eventually, we will all be replaced by machines.

3. Legal Aid’s Leisereson honored by American Bar - Friday, August 23, 2024

Legal Aid Society housing attorney Elizabeth Leiserson will be honored by the American Bar Association in September for her work assisting low-income Tennesseans.

The ABA named Leiserson the winner of its Outstanding Young Lawyer Award, which recognizes distinguished service by an attorney in the nonprofit sector who is younger than age of 35 or has been in practice fewer than 10 years.

4. The Walz record: Abortion rights, free lunches for schoolkids, disputes over a riot response - Friday, August 9, 2024

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Gov. Tim Walz and his fellow Democrats have enacted big changes in the two years that they've had full control of the Minnesota Legislature, from expansions of abortion and LGBTQ+ rights to tax credits and other initiatives aimed at making life easier for families.

5. Wiseman Ashworth Trauger adds associates - Friday, August 9, 2024

Wiseman Ashworth Trauger has added three associate attorneys, Megan Frazier, Matt Holman and Katie Koss.

Frazier represents physicians, long-term care facilities, hospitals and other health care providers, and previously an associate at a regional firm in Lexington, Kentucky. She is a 2020 graduate of the University of Kentucky J. David Rosenberg College of Lawand is admitted to the Bar Associations in Kentucky, Illinois and Tennessee, and is a member of the Kentucky Bar Association and the Tennessee Bar Association.

6. State unemployment remains at historic low - Friday, July 26, 2024

Tennessee continues to experience record-low unemployment, according to data released by the Department of Labor and Workforce Development. The rate for June came in at 3%, which was unchanged from the all-time low unemployment rate the state recorded in May.

7. YWCA names new members to board - Friday, July 26, 2024

YWCA Nashville and Middle Tennessee has added eight members to its board of directors for the 2024-25 term. New members represent leaders in the business, finance, health care, government and insurance sectors.

8. Stranch, Jennings & Garvey welcomes 2 new Attorneys - Friday, June 7, 2024

R. Christopher Gilreath and Grayson Wells have joined the Nashville law firm of Stranch, Jennings & Garvey, PLLC.

Gilreath has joined the firm as a member and co-leads SJ&G’s personal injury practice group. He previously served as the managing attorney of the Memphis office of Gilreath & Associates.

9. FINN’s Button, Lindsley now senior partners - Friday, May 31, 2024

FINN Partners has promoted Lisa Button and Andrea Lindsley to senior partners in recognition. Button and Lindsley lead the fast-growing Community Impact Group in the Southeast, along with senior partner Philip McGowan.

10. Seeking engagement and purpose, corporate employees turn to workplace volunteering - Friday, April 26, 2024

NEW YORK (AP) — Michelle Barbin's job does not always fill her bucket. Yes, she likes her nine-to-five helping improve consumer experiences at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts. She emphasizes she wouldn't have spent nearly 19 years working for the health insurance provider otherwise.

11. Neal & Harwell adds 2 associates - Friday, March 22, 2024

Dani Bhadare-Valente and Elizabeth C. Tirrill have joined Neal & Harwell, PLC as associates in the firm’s litigation group.

Bhadare-Valente’s practice will focus on complex business litigation and entertainment law litigation. She is a graduate of the Belmont University College of Law and participated in Neal & Harwell’s summer associate program. She also served as extern for the Tennessee attorney’s general office.

12. Lewis Thomason names Nashville shareholders - Friday, February 9, 2024

Paige Bernick and Michael Holder of Lewis Thomason’s Nashville office have been named shareholders at the firm, which has offices in Nashville, Knoxville and Memphis.

Bernick focuses her practice in complex civil litigation, including commercial and business disputes, employment matters, construction litigation, health care liability and insurance defense.

13. Bradley elevates Dalton, Miller to partner - Friday, January 12, 2024

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP has elevated 12 attorneys have been elevated to partner across nine offices, including Alé Dalton and Casey L. Miller in Nashville

Dalton is a member of Bradley’s health care practice group, where she assists industry clients with a wide range of transactional, operational and regulatory matters.

14. Bass, Berry & Sims adds five attorneys in Nashville - Friday, September 29, 2023

Bass, Berry & Sims has hired five new attorneys in Nashville: Laci Alsup (real estate), Theresa A. Androff (senior litigation) and associates Kristen Bokhan, R. Ethan Ward and Hunter K. Yoches.

15. State unemployment hits record low - Friday, August 25, 2023

Tennessee made history in July when the state recorded its lowest unemployment rate since the federal government began tracking the statistic in 1976.

According to the Department of Labor and Workforce Development, the seasonally adjusted rate of 3.1% was 0.1% lower than the previous all-time low of 3.2%, a figure the state once again reached in June.

16. Health Care partner joins Frost Brown Todd - Friday, August 25, 2023

Frost Brown Todd is expanding its health care innovation team with the addition of partner Barbara Bennett. Her practice focuses on the intersection of technology and health care, including artificial intelligence. She previously served as a partner of a top 10 global law firm and has more than a decade of in-house legal experience, including as general counsel.

17. Jacobs moves to Dickinson Wright - Friday, August 18, 2023

Sharon O. “Sheri” Jacobs has joined Dickinson Wright in the firm’s Nashville office as of counsel.

Jacobs represents companies, local governments and nonprofit organizations with regard to administrative, regulatory, environmental, zoning, land use and municipal matters. She has been recognized by Best Lawyers in America, Mid-South Super Lawyers and received an AV-Preeminent Rating from Martindale-Hubbell.

18. Lifepoint Health names Eastern Division president - Friday, June 16, 2023

Lifepoint Health has appointed Elmer Polite to the role of president, Eastern Division. He will provide operational oversight for Lifepoint’s acute care hospitals in Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Virginia. He previously served as chief financial officer of the Eastern Division.

19. Parnassus acquires Hooks Book Events - Friday, May 12, 2023

Parnassus Books, owned by novelist Ann Patchett, has acquired Hooks Book Events, a provider of nonfiction book and author programs for businesses and organizational teams. Hooks Book Events will operate as a division of Parnassus.

20. Barnes & Thornburg expands to Nashville - Friday, May 12, 2023

Barnes & Thornburg LLP is opening a new office in Nashville that will be anchored by the arrival of five partners: capital markets partners Jay H. Knight and Taylor K. Wirth, health care partners J.D. Thomas and Elisa Harris, and white-collar litigation partner Joy Boyd Longnecker.

21. McGlinchey names Ramey group co-chair  - Friday, March 31, 2023

McGlinchey Stafford has selected attorney Shaun Ramey to co-chair of the firm’s national financial services litigation practice group. Ramey also serves as managing member of the firm’s Nashville office and on McGlinchey’s executive Policy Committee.

22. Burr & Forman adds 2 attorneys in Nashville - Friday, March 24, 2023

The Nashville office of Burr & Forman LLP has hired Summer J. Melton and Katherine “Kiki” R. Rogers.

Melton joins the construction & project development practice group as an associate. Her practice focuses on civil litigation, complex construction litigation and labor and employment law. She is a graduate of Belmont College of Law, where she coaches two undergraduate mock trial teams and teaches inaugural undergraduate trial advocacy classes.

23. Bass, Berry & Sims adds 4 associates in Nashville - Friday, March 10, 2023

Maja A. Hartzell (labor & employment), K. Brianne Kerbyson (trusts & estates) Anna Kaufman Looney (real estate & debt financing transactions) and Adam Pfeiffer (corporate & securities) have joined Bass Berry & Sims as associates in Nashville.

24. Ozburn named CEO of TriStar Centennial - Friday, March 3, 2023

TriStar Centennial Medical Center has selected Tom Ozburn, DSc., FACHE, CMPE, as chief executive officer of the 741-bed multi-campus system of care.

Ozburn brings 25 years of executive health care leadership to this new role. Since 2017, he has served as president and chief executive officer of Parkridge Health System, part of the HCA Healthcare TriStar Division.

25. Stites & Harbison brings in Reeves as member - Friday, February 17, 2023

Stites & Harbison, PLLC welcomes attorney T. Dylan Reeves as a member based in the firm’s Nashville office. He joins the business litigation and torts & insurance practice service groups.

26. Ogletree Deakins names managing shareholder - Friday, January 13, 2023

Ogletree Deakins has selected Luther Wright, Jr. as its office managing shareholder in Nashville.

Wright has practiced in the firm’s Nashville office for more than a decade. He represents management in all forms of employment discrimination litigation, including litigation based on federal anti-discrimination statutes, state statutes and common law, violence in the workplace, FLSA claims and independent contractor disputes. He also is a member of Ogletree Deakins’ national Diversity and Inclusion Practice Group.

27. Frost Brown Todd adds Masterson as partner - Friday, December 30, 2022

Brian Masterson has joined Frost Brown Todd’s tax team as a partner.

Based in Nashville, Masterson has nearly 25 years of tax experience, including advising clients on a variety of state and federal tax matters, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and resolving disputes related to post-closing adjustments. He also works with family offices regarding how to structure the acquisition and disposition of private investments.

28. Bass, Berry & Sims adds 17 Nashville associates - Friday, December 9, 2022

Bass, Berry & Sims has hired 17 new associates in Nashville. The firm has now added 55 new attorneys in 2022.

The new hires and the specialties include:

Commercial Real Estate

• Matthew Morrow, earned a law degree from Washington University School of Law and a B.S. from Middle Tennessee State University.

29. Frost Todd Brown, California firm merge - Friday, November 18, 2022

National law firm Frost Brown Todd, with offices in Nashville, and California-based AlvaradoSmith are announcing their plan to merge.

The combination, the firms say, will add depth to FBT’s core practices and industry teams while expanding its geographic reach to key California legal markets.

30. Butler Snow adds to government relations team - Friday, November 4, 2022

Allyson E. Lynch and Michael Zimmerman have joined Butler Snow’s government relations advisers within the Regulatory & Government Relations practice group in Nashville.

Before joining Butler Snow, Lynch was a judicial clerk for three Tennessee Supreme Court justices, including most recently the Hon. Jeffrey S. Bivins. She researched complex legal issues in both civil and criminal matters to draft majority and separate opinions, judgment orders and more.

31. Bradley’s Miller appointed to Young Lawyers Committee - Friday, October 14, 2022

Five Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP associates have been appointed to DRI Young Lawyers Committee leadership roles, including Casey L. Miller of the firm’s Nashville office.

With more than 1,500 members internationally, DRI is the largest international membership organization of attorneys defending the interests of business and individuals in civil litigation. The DRI Young Lawyers Committee is composed of lawyers within 10 years of bar admission who are practicing across every substantive area within the defense bar.

32. MTSU accounting selects new Chair of Excellence - Friday, September 30, 2022

With an extensive background in international accounting and licensed as both a lawyer and CPA, Jarett “Jerry” Decker hopes to bring his global and legal experience to bear as the new Joey A. Jacobs Chair of Excellence in Accounting and Professor of Practice within MTSU’s Jennings A. Jones College of Business.

33. Adams and Reese launches HBCU practice - Friday, September 23, 2022

Adams and Reese has launched an HBCU/MSI practice, providing support specifically tailored to institutions educating minority populations while expanding on its education practice and representation of Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority Serving Institutes.

34. Tourism nets state $24B in 2021 - Friday, September 9, 2022

Tennessee tourism generated $24.2 billion in domestic and international travel spending in 2021, a recently released economic impact data from U.S. Travel Association and Tourism Economics reveals.

35. Landquist moves to Baker Donelson - Friday, September 2, 2022

Edward “Ed” D. Lanquist Jr., a co-founder and former shareholder at Patterson Intellectual Property Law, has joined Baker Donelson’s Intellectual Property Group as shareholder in the Nashville office.

36. DHS adds new actions to support child care - Friday, July 22, 2022

The Tennessee Department of Human Services announced new actions to support child care providers and parents. TDHS increased child care payment assistance reimbursement rates July 1 by 20% across all categories of care in the Child Care Certificate Program.

37. Genesco taps Sandfort as independent director - Friday, July 8, 2022

The independent directors of the Genesco board have unanimously selected Gregory A. Sandfort as the company’s lead independent director. Sandfort succeeds Matthew C. Diamond, who has served in that role for the past four years.

38. AllianceBernstein shows off new corporate home - Friday, May 13, 2022

AllianceBernstein LP, a research and global investment management firm, has officially unveiled its corporate headquarters in Nashville.

AB is located at 501 Commerce, which is part of the mixed-use Fifth + Broadway development.

39. Events - Friday, May 13, 2022

Franklin Rodeo. Bulls and broncs, cowboys and cowgirls are the focus at the 71st annual rodeo. Events begin Wednesday with the “Down in the Dirt” free rodeo experience gives fans an intimate look at the sport. Fans can see the horses and bulls up close, try their hand at roping, do a little stick horse racing and more, Through Saturday. Rodeo competition begins Thursday. Tickets can be purchased online and at the gate. All seats are reserved. Adult tickets are $25; children 12 and younger $12. Information

40. Jones Company sold to Richmond - Friday, April 29, 2022

Richmond American Homes of Tennessee has entered into an asset purchase agreement to acquire substantially all of the homebuilding assets of The Jones Company of Tennessee, LLC.

Jones closed over 370 homes in fiscal year 2021 in the Nashville area with an average sales price of $564,000, generating revenues of $209 million.

41. Baker Donelson adds 3 Nashville associates - Friday, April 29, 2022

Baker Donelson has added 16 new associates across the firm, including Katelyn R. Dwyer (labor & employment), Kareim S. Oliphant (corporate) and Kathryn White (corporate) in Nashville

Dwyer represents clients in a wide variety of employment litigation matters, including cases involving discrimination, retaliation, covenants not to compete, and wage and hour issues.

42. Weaver, Scalzo to lead Waller’s health care team - Friday, March 11, 2022

Jennifer Weaver and Eric Scalzo have been named leaders of Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis, LLP’s health care industry team, which includes more than 200 attorneys advising health care providers and investors across the country.

43. Doeg elected to Baker Donelson board - Friday, February 4, 2022

Bruce C. Doeg has been elected a member of Baker Donelson’s board of directors by the firm’s shareholders.

Doeg, a shareholder in the firm’s Nashville office and co-chair of the Firm’s Privacy and Technology Center of Excellence, concentrates his practice in the area of business law with an emphasis on rapidly changing industries, including technology, digital health and life sciences.

44. Bass, Berry & Sims boosts data privacy roster - Friday, January 28, 2022

Bass, Berry & Sims has added Roy Wyman as a member and Colton Driver and Wesley McCulloch as associates in the Nashville office. Each attorney focuses his practice on complex data privacy and cybersecurity matters, bolstering the firm’s privacy and data security offerings within its Intellectual Property and Technology Practice Group.

45. Architect group honors Lodge at Fall Creek Falls - Friday, January 21, 2022

The Lodge at Fall Creek Falls was recently recognized with a Citation Award for exceptional work in architecture by the American Institute of Architects (AIA) Middle Tennessee chapter.

“Our team is honored to be recognized for this project,” says Ron Lustig, ESa principal and lead architect for the project. “Creating these beautiful spaces that will be experienced by both Tennesseans and visitors to our state was an honor.”

46. LifePoint Health launches 25m Health incubator - Friday, November 19, 2021

LifePoint Health has announced a joint venture with New York-based venture studio 25madison and Apollo Global Management that will be seeded initially with $20 million to launch 25m Health, a first-of-its-kind health tech startup incubator in Nashville.

47. Connell named fellow for two attorney groups - Friday, November 19, 2021

Virginia (Ginger) J. Connell has been accepted as a fellow of the International Academy of Family Lawyers and the Nashville Bar Foundation.

IAFL is a worldwide association of practicing lawyers who are recognized by their peers for their experience and expertise in family law. Membership is by invitation.

48. Bradley adds East to real estate group - Friday, October 29, 2021

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP has hired Van P. East III to the firm’s real estate practice group as a partner in the Nashville office.

East has extensive experience in commercial real estate, representing clients in purchasing, financing, leasing and selling commercial properties ranging from shopping centers to vacant land. He also works with clients on matters involving closely held business entities, including formations, conversions, mergers, acquisitions and dispositions, as well as restructuring ownership and control.

49. Pinnacles rates No. 6 on women’s workplace list - Friday, September 24, 2021

Nashville’s Pinnacle Financial Partners remains one of the nation’s Best Large Workplaces for Women, earning the No. 6 spot on the latest list from Fortune magazine and Great Place to Work.

50. Menzie named president of Cumberland Trust - Friday, September 24, 2021

Cumberland Trust, an independent trust company, has named Jennie Menzie president and elected her to its board of directors. Menzie will serve as president, chief operating officer and corporate counsel.

51. Mayor names Jurkovich public affairs senior adviser - Friday, August 20, 2021

Tom Jurkovich has joined Mayor John Cooper’s administration as senior adviser for public affairs.

Jurkovich will provide strategic leadership in communications, community outreach, issue management, and coalition building as part of the effort to advance the mayor’s priorities on a range of policy areas, including transportation, sustainability, affordable housing and economic development.

52. Walmart mandates vaccines for workers at headquarters - Friday, July 30, 2021

NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart is requiring that all workers at its headquarters as well as managers who travel within the U.S. be vaccinated against COVID-19 by Oct. 4.

The Bentonville, Arkansas-based retailer is also reversing its mask policy for its employees, including vaccinated ones, who work in stores, clubs, distribution facilities and warehouses. Going forward, they will be required to wear masks in areas with high infection rates.

53. Belmont’s Massey adds supply chain degree - Friday, July 16, 2021

Belmont University is launching a new program in supply chain management within its Jack C. Massey College of Business.

The SCM curriculum was developed based on insights garnered from leaders of local and regional Fortune 500 companies, privately held corporations and nonprofit organizations, the university reports. The inaugural class will begin this fall.

54. Waller adds 6 to Nashville corporate practice - Friday, July 9, 2021

Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis, LLP has made several hires to strengthen the firm’s corporate practice in Nashville. They are:

• Matt Bryson, an associate who represents private companies and financial sponsors in mergers, acquisitions, divestitures and other investment, financing and exit transactions. Bryson previously was a member of the corporate team in Dentons’ Atlanta office.

55. Nissan Foundation gives $697K to 28 nonprofits - Friday, July 2, 2021

The Nissan Foundation has announced it is awarding $697,000 in grants to 28 nonprofit organizations for its 2021 grant cycle at metro areas where Nissan has an operational presence. Eight Nashville area agencies will benefit.

56. Bradley names Jacques Nashville managing partner - Friday, May 21, 2021

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP has named Lauren B. Jacques managing partner of the firm’s Nashville office. She succeeds Lela M. Hollabaugh, who has served as the Nashville office managing partner since 2015. Hollabaugh will continue as a litigation partner in the Nashville office.

57. Educational Media moving to Nashville - Friday, April 2, 2021

Educational Media Foundation, parent company to K-LOVE and Air1 radio networks, AccessMore podcasts and WTA Media, plans to move its global headquarters in Nashville.

EMF has been growing its Tennessee presence over the last several years. It recently expanded its studio, from which the K-LOVE morning show and Air1 programs now broadcast, and its promotions, AccessMore podcasting, live events and WTA Media teams have offices in the area already. Members of EMF’s content division will begin moving into the existing offices and temporary space this summer.

58. Turner Construction honored for Nashville projects - Friday, March 26, 2021

Turner Construction Company’s work on the ThreeThirtyThree project and Nashville General Hospital COVID-19 Unit project, both in Nashville, have earned the company national Excellence in Construction Eagle Awards, presented during the recent American Builders and Contractors Convention in Grapevine, Texas.

59. Biden Cabinet near complete but hundreds of jobs still open - Friday, March 19, 2021

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden's Cabinet is nearly complete with the confirmation of Labor Secretary Marty Walsh. But the work of building his administration is just beginning, as Biden has hundreds of key presidential appointments to make to fill out the federal government.

60. Pinnacle adds Frazee as financial adviser - Friday, March 19, 2021

Nashville commercial real estate lender Michael Frazee has joined Pinnacle Financial Partners as a financial adviser, based at the firm’s Symphony Place headquarters office. Frazee is part of commercial real estate manager Tyler Muesch’s Nashville team.

61. Baker Donelson named ABA pro bono leader - Friday, March 12, 2021

Baker Donelson has been honored by the American Bar Association as a recipient of the ABA Free Legal Answers 2020 Pro Bono Leader Award in recognition of the outstanding contribution of service by the firm’s attorneys to the virtual legal advice clinic.

62. McGlinchey welcomes IP, entertainment attorney - Friday, March 5, 2021

Entertainment and IP attorney Brenner McDonald has joined McGlinchey Stafford as a member of the firm and resident in its Nashville office.

With more than 30 years in the entertainment industry, she brings a wide range of experience in entertainment, sports, corporate, business litigation and transactional law and will expand the firm’s intellectual property practice.

63. Pietsch returns, named partner at tpmbLAW - Friday, February 19, 2021

Taylor, Pigue, Marchetti and Blair, PLLC has named Matt Pietsch a partner of the firm.

Pietsch returns to tpmbLaw, where he practiced 2008-2015, following five years in private practice representing individuals and businesses in complex business, real estate and immigration matters. Before joining tpmbLAW, he served as an assistant state attorney in West Palm Beach, Florida, and as an assistant district attorney general in Nashville.

64. A look at the 29 people Trump pardoned or gave commutations - Friday, December 25, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — For a second night in a row, President Donald Trump issued a round of pardons and commutations in the final weeks of his presidency, giving full pardons to his former campaign chairman, his son-in-law's father and another of his allies convicted in special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation.

65. Trump pardons 15, commutes 5 sentences, including GOP allies - Friday, December 18, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has pardoned 15 people, including a pair of congressional Republicans who were strong and early supporters, a 2016 campaign official ensnared in the Russia probe and former government contractors convicted in a 2007 massacre in Baghdad.

66. Hermitage Hotel picked among safest by Forbes - Friday, December 11, 2020

The Hermitage Hotel has been listed among the first hotels in the world to become Sharecare Health Security Verified with Forbes Travel Guide.

The Hermitage made the list along with exclusive resorts and hotels such as Agua Caliente Resort Casino Spa Rancho Mirage, Rancho Mirage, California, The Goring Hotel, London, The St. Regis San Francisco, Waldorf Astoria Las Vegas, The Henderson in Destin, Florida, and Atlantis, The Palm in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

67. Mainland launches New Heights District - Friday, November 27, 2020

Nashville-based The Mainland Companies, LLC, working in partnership with Chicago-based Speedwagon Capital Partners, is creating New Heights District, an urban, mixed-use opportunity zone business district on the south side of downtown Nashville.

68. Cupcake Collection wins NAACP grant - Friday, November 6, 2020

Nashville’s The Cupcake Collection is one of 10 Black-owned small business winners of the NAACP Powershift Grant.

The company, which also has a location in New Orleans, was founded by Mignon Francois, who serves as CEO.

69. McWhorter rejoins FB Financial board - Friday, November 6, 2020

Nashville entrepreneur and executive leader Stuart McWhorter is rejoining the board of FB Financial Corporation after leaving the Lee administration in May to return to the private sector.

After serving as a director for more than 12 years, McWhorter resigned from the company’s board in January 2018 when he became Gov. Bill Lee’s commissioner of Finance and Administration.

70. Entrepreneur Center launches Renew Nashville - Friday, October 9, 2020

The Nashville Entrepreneur Center is launching Renew Nashville, a citywide initiative designed to provide small businesses and entrepreneurs negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic with expertise and resources aimed at increasing their rate of survival.

71. Entrepreneur Center, Mitsubishi partner - Friday, September 25, 2020

The Nashville Entrepreneur Center and Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc. are partnering to create a first-of-its-kind Small Batch-Big Ideas Entrepreneur Network.

Led jointly by MMNA and the EC, a small cohort of entrepreneurs will convene monthly for virtual networking events, expert-led webinars and will be given direct access to MMNA executives for in-depth, one-on-one, co-learning time.

72. Tyson & Mendes opens, names managing partner - Friday, September 18, 2020

Insurance defense firm Tyson & Mendes LLP is launching its first office in Tennessee and has named litigator William Johnson managing partner for the new Nashville branch.

Johnson brings more than 20 years of litigation experience, most recently serving as partner at Quintairos, Prieto, Wood & Boyer, P.A. His practice focuses on defending against claims of catastrophic personal injury, sexual torts, including childhood sexual abuse and sexual assault, medical malpractice and employment practices liability. Johnson has represented skilled nursing and assisted living facilities, physicians, hospitals, religious institutions, and many others throughout state and federal courts in Tennessee and California.

73. Smith named president of Tennessee Medical Association - Friday, September 4, 2020

The Tennessee Medical Association has named Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s M. Kevin Smith, M.D., Ph.D., MMHC of Nashville as 2020-21 president of the member-based nonprofit advocacy organization that represents 9,500 physicians statewide.

74. VUMC awarded $34M to lead plasma study - Friday, August 28, 2020

Vanderbilt University Medical Center has been awarded a one-year, $34 million grant by the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, part of the National Institutes of Health, to conduct a nationwide study of “convalescent plasma” as a treatment for COVID-19.

75. Christmas Parade to become virtual event - Friday, August 21, 2020

Officials from Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt have announced a new virtual format for this year’s Nashville Christmas Parade, scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 5.

The virtual parade will replace the annual downtown parade, which has been canceled due to COVID-19. This year, viewers will experience a one-hour program featuring a lineup of virtual performances and celebrity appearances from across Nashville, plus historic highlights from previous parades.

76. Stocks rise on Wall Street; S&P 500 within 1% of record - Friday, August 7, 2020

U.S. stock indexes closed mostly higher Monday, nudging the S&P 500 within striking distance of its all-time high set in February.

The S&P 500 rose 0.3% after wavering between small gains and losses in the early going. The benchmark index is now within 1% of its last record high.

77. Nissan funds $28K in Lipscomb scholarships - Friday, June 26, 2020

After the COVID-19 pandemic and required social distancing forced the cancellation of the popular Nissan/Lipscomb BisonBots Robotics Camps this summer, Nissan North America has shifted a portion of its 2020 donation of $60,000 in a way that still nurtures future engineers.

78. McNally honored with Bar’s Norman Award - Friday, May 29, 2020

Patrick T. McNally has been named the recipient of the Nashville Bar Association’s 2020 Jack Norman, Sr. Award, given annually to criminal law practitioners – including specifically defense attorneys, prosecuting attorneys and judges of courts with criminal jurisdiction – who practice before or serve as judges of courts exercising criminal jurisdiction located in the Metropolitan Nashville area.

79. HCA joins ventilator distribution effort - Friday, April 24, 2020

Nashville-based HCA Healthcare will provide as many as 1,000 ventilators as part of the American Hospital Association’s collaboration with the federal government and health systems to distribute the equipment to hospitals experiencing a surge of patients with COVID-19.

80. Administration offers plan to cover COVID care for uninsured - Friday, April 17, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration announced a plan Wednesday to start paying hospitals and doctors who care for uninsured COVID-19 patients, but Democratic lawmakers and health industry groups are likely to press for more.

81. Trump's disdain for 'Obamacare' could hamper virus response - Friday, April 10, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration's unrelenting opposition to "Obamacare" could become an obstacle for millions of uninsured people in the coronavirus outbreak, as well as many who are losing coverage in the economic shutdown.

82. Waller elects 10 partners from Nashville office - Friday, January 24, 2020

Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis, LLP has elected 14 new partners, including 10 in Nashville. New Nashville partners are:

Lida Alsobrooks, who provides counsel to real estate developers, property management companies, property owners and investment firms. Alsobrooks is a graduate of Kenyon College and earned her J.D. from the University of Tennessee College of Law.

83. Bradley elevates 6 to partner in Nashville - Friday, January 10, 2020

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP has selected six of the firm’s attorneys in its Nashville for partner. They are Brandon Bundren, Bart J. Kempf, Sarah K. Laird, Jake Neu, Scarlett Singleton Nokes and John P. Rodgers.

84. Nashville among top 20 Places to Go in the World - Friday, December 13, 2019

Travel publication Condé Nast Traveler has designated Nashville as one of the 20 best places to go in the world in 2020.

This is the eighth consecutive year Nashville has been named a top destination by national and/or international publications.

85. Bass, Berry & Sims adds 11 Associates in Nashville - Friday, November 29, 2019

Bass, Berry & Sims has hired 11 associates for its Nashville office. They are:

Corporate and securities group:

• John R. Adgent, who earned his undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Tennessee.

86. Butler Snow makes Forbes most-trusted list - Friday, November 22, 2019

Forbes Magazine has named Butler Snow one of America’s Top Trusted Corporate Law Firms of 2019. The firm also was named “most recommended for” labor and employment law.

The inaugural list, created in partnership with market research company Statista, consists of 243 top U.S. corporate law firms based on the survey responses from 2,500 lawyers. Each survey participant was able to select certain areas of law in which to make recommendations, and each participant could make 10 recommendations per area of law.

87. VUMC’s Roden wins Schottenstein Prize - Friday, November 22, 2019

Dan Roden, M.D., senior vice president for personalized medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, has been awarded the 2019 Jay and Jeanie Schottenstein Prize in Cardiovascular Sciences by The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center’s Heart and Vascular Center.

88. Tennessee Innocence Project raises $135,000 - Friday, November 1, 2019

The Tennessee Innocence Project’s inaugural fundraiser drew nearly 300 individuals raised approximately $135,000 for the organization.

The group’s mission is to exonerate innocent men and women wrongfully convicted in the state of Tennessee. Former Tennessee Titan Eddie George served as emcee of the sold-out event and the keynote featured The New York Times bestselling author John Grisham.

89. Walton elected to ACGC 2019 class of fellows - Friday, September 27, 2019

Attorney Leigh Walton of Bass, Berry & Sims has been elected as a member of the 2019 class of fellows by the American College of Governance Counsel. Walton is one of 11 individuals from the United States and Canada elected this year.

90. Women in Litigation taps Hollabaugh for Top 250 - Friday, August 23, 2019

Lela M. Hollabaugh of Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP in Nashville has been selected for the Top 250 Women In Litigation 2019.

She is among the more than 225 litigators – comprising nearly half of the firm – who make up Bradley’s Litigation Practice Group.

91. Bowden joins Stites & Harbison Nashville - Friday, August 9, 2019

Elizabeth Anne Bowden has joined the Nashville office of Stites & Harbison, PLLC.

She is an attorney in the Creditors’ Rights & Bankruptcy Service Group. Her practice focuses on commercial transactions, litigation, banking, and bankruptcy and creditors’ rights.

92. Veteran attorney West moves to Miller & Martin - Friday, July 26, 2019

Attorney Dudley West, formerly with White & Reasor, has joined Miller & Martin’s Nashville office.

West has a diverse civil practice with an emphasis on business litigation and real estate. He has handled numerous commercial real estate acquisitions, dispositions and other transactions, and represented clients in a wide variety of business, real estate and other civil litigation matters in state and federal courts.

93. Working Mother likes Baker Donelson - Friday, July 19, 2019

Baker Donelson has been named by Working Mother to its 12th annual “Best Law Firms for Women” list. This is the third consecutive year the firm has been included in this prominent list, which recognizes firms that utilize best practices in recruiting, retaining, promoting and developing women lawyers.

94. Top Middle Tennessee commercial sales for second quarter 2019 - Friday, July 19, 2019

Top commercial real estate sales, second quarter 2019, for Davidson, Williamson, Rutherford, Wilson and Sumner counties, as compiled by Chandler Reports.

95. CFMT’s grant applications available for nonprofits - Friday, July 5, 2019

The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee is accepting applications for discretionary grants.

Nonprofit organizations working to improve the well-being of residents of Middle Tennessee are eligible and are encouraged to apply. Nonprofit grant guidelines and applications are available at www.cfmt.org. Deadline is Aug. 1.

96. Harris named to lead Lipscomb nursing school - Friday, June 28, 2019

Chelsia Harris, associate director of nursing for degree development in the Lipscomb College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences, has been named executive director of the university’s School of Nursing.

97. US stocks notch gains, snap short losing streak - Friday, June 14, 2019

Gains in energy and internet companies helped drive stocks broadly higher on Wall Street Thursday, snapping a two-day losing streak for the market in an otherwise choppy week of trading.

The gains were initially fueled by rising oil prices, which boosted energy companies following a suspected attack on two oil tankers in the strategic Strait of Hormuz. The sector sustained its gains as a mix of media, internet and consumer-oriented companies took the lead in pushing every major index higher. Small company stocks rose more than the rest of the market.

98. Reliford joins Bradley as litigation associate - Friday, June 7, 2019

Kristina Allen Reliford has joined Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP as an associate in the Litigation Practice Group.

Reliford has broad litigation experience representing clients in both state and federal court. Her practice includes complex contract disputes, fraud, trade secret misappropriation, and securities and government investigation matters.

99. Heritage Medical Associates names CEO - Friday, May 31, 2019

Heritage Medical Associates has hired James Shill as CEO. Shill brings more than 25 years of health care leadership experience to his new role.

Most recently, he served as CEO of Ferguson Medical Group, a multispecialty physician group with locations throughout southeast Missouri. Before that, he held leadership positions with multiple health care organizations in Alaska, including the state’s largest locally-owned medical clinic.

100. AP FACT CHECK: Trump cries 'treason' over campaign scrutiny - Friday, May 17, 2019

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is using "treason" rather lightly as he assails unidentified U.S. officials for investigating operatives of his campaign in 2016. There's no allegation or even suggestion that they committed this punishable-by-death crime, if any crime at all.