Bradley Siegal, who has expertise in real estate law, particularly in multifamily, retail, office, mixed-use and industrial sectors throughout the Southeastern United States, has joined Buchalter as shareholder.
Siegal’s practice focuses on acquisition, development, financing and leasing, representing various stakeholders.
Siegal is a fellow in the American College of Real Estate Lawyers and has consistently been recognized by The Best Lawyers in America for Real Estate Law since 2007.
Bradley adds health care, real estate attorney
Brian Maas has joined Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP as counsel in the real estate practice group.
Maas previously served for nearly four years as general counsel of a medical office real estate firm in Nashville. Additionally, he spent more than 20 years in California focusing on health care real estate at major U.S. law firms, including 14 years heading the transactional group at one of the nation’s largest health care REITs.
Maas earned his J.D. from the University of California at Berkeley School of Law and his B.A. from UCLA.
Chief justice to be honored by TBA
Tennessee Supreme Court Chief Justice Holly Kirby will be honored in June with the Tennessee Bar Association’s Justice Frank F. Drowota III Award.
TBA President Jim Barry says Kirby is being honored for her efforts spearheading an increase in the hourly rate of reimbursement for attorneys who accept appointed cases, which often involve indigent families and children, as well as sensitive issues such as allegations of dependency, neglect and child abuse. Before this year, Tennessee’s court-appointed attorneys had not seen a rate increase in 27 years, while the costs of maintaining a legal practice have continued to rise.
Thanks to Kirby’s advocacy for court-appointed attorneys representing the indigent, the General Assembly included funding in the budget to raise the rate by $10 an hour, which fell short of the full budget request.
Kirby was appointed to the Tennessee Supreme Court in 2014 by then Gov. Bill Haslam. She was elected by her colleagues as chief justice in 2023. Kirby previously made history as the first woman in the state to be named to the Tennessee Court of Appeals, where she served for almost 19 years.
Kirby is a graduate of the University of Memphis with a degree in mechanical engineering. She earned her law degree from the University of Memphis School of Law in 1982. Following graduation, she served as a law clerk to Judge Harry Wellford on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit. She later joined the Memphis law firm of Burch, Porter & Johnson, focusing on employment litigation. She was named the firm’s first female partner in 1990. She remained at the firm until being named to the Court of Appeals in 1995.
The Drowota Award is given to a judge or judicial branch official of a federal, state or local court in Tennessee who has demonstrated extraordinary devotion and dedication to the improvement of the law, the legal system and the administration of justice as exemplified by the career of former Supreme Court Justice Frank F. Drowota III – the award’s first recipient. It is the TBA’s highest award for service to the judiciary and has been given annually for more than a decade.
Scallen named CEO at Bailey & Company
Bailey & Company, a Nashville-based merchant banking platform focused on growth and late-stage health care and technology companies, has selected Tim Scallen as chief executive officer. Scallen joined the firm in 2020 and previously served as the company’s chief operating officer and managing partner of the firm’s principal investing business.
Jeff Bailey and Jack Bailey co-founded the firm in 2005 and began focusing exclusively on health care in 2012. Both will continue in their current roles leading the organization. Scallen will join the Baileys on the company’s board of directors.
Scallen brings both operating and investing experience to the new position, having worked at private investment firms and a leading merchant bank. Over the course of his career, Scallen has spent time investing, operating and transacting in businesses of all sizes and industries.
Before joining Bailey & Company in 2020, Scallen worked at several leading private equity firms, including TT Capital Partners (formerly part of the TripleTree merchant bank), Norwest Equity Partners and Sankaty Advisors (now known as Bain Capital Credit). Scallen graduated from the University of Notre Dame with a degree in business administration.
YMCA of Middle Tennessee honors top volunteer
Longtime YMCA of Middle Tennessee advocate and volunteer Chip Howorth has received the Y’s highest volunteer honor, the Order of the Red Triangle.
Howorth first became involved with the Y as a child when his family moved to Nashville and his mother helped to start the first swim team at the Green Hills YMCA. After graduating from the University of Mississippi and the University of Tennessee College of Law, Howorth returned to Nashville and reengaged as a Y member and volunteer, eventually joining the Green Hills YMCA Advisory Board.
He was recruited to the YMCA of Middle Tennessee’s board of directors in 2019 and soon after joined the nonprofit’s property committee in the midst of two historic construction projects, a massive renovation and expansion of the Brentwood Family YMCA and the redevelopment of the Y’s Downtown campus. Howorth now chairs the property committee.
Howorth is the managing partner of Adapt Development Company, a Nashville-based firm providing changes to the aesthetic, use and purpose of real estate. He is a prior chair of the Phoenix Club of Nashville, a former board member of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Tennessee and Junior Achievement and is chair-elect and chair of Mission Advancement for the Urban Land Institute of Nashville.
Skanska USA hires community outreach manager
Skanska USA, a construction and development company, has selected Ashleigh DuBois as its community outreach manager. DuBois joins the team as the manager for its Tennessee and Ohio building operations.
With years of experience in developing DEI strategies for strategic sustainable growth, DuBois will work to optimize opportunities within the firm, working with the Skanska regional supplier diversity team and operations leadership to maximize opportunities and foster an inclusive subcontractor base that engages with Middle Tennessee communities.
She previously was the director of diversity, equity and inclusion with the Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce. DuBois is a graduate of Miami University in Ohio with a master’s degree from the University of Rochester in New York.
Educational Media Foundation announces CEO transition
Todd Woods is resigning as CEO of Educational Media Foundation, the parent organization of Christian radio networks K-LOVE and Air1, and will be replaced by board chair Tom Stultz during the search for a new CEO.
Woods announced his resignation to staff May 15. He will continue to serve in an advisory capacity through June. Jerry Shirer will step in as interim board chair, and Mark Brannon will serve as interim vice chair.
Woods joined EMF in September 2022 and became CEO in March 2023.
Cumulus taps Daily as VP of Country
Cumulus Media has appointed Travis Daily vice president of country, giving him content counsel for Cumulus Media’s 55 Country-formatted radio brands across the U.S.
He fills the position previously held by Charlie Cook, who will depart the company May 31.
Daily was named brand and content manager for Cumulus Media’s two Nashville Country stations, 103.3 Country/WKDF-FM and 95.5 Nash Icon/WSM-FM, May 1 after two years as program director for Cumulus Media’s 93.3 The Bull/KUBL-FM in Salt Lake City, Utah.