Dean’s Circle


Dean's Circle Members

Roy L. Aaron
Class of 1972
Member
Hodges, Doughty & Carson, PLLC
Knoxville, Tennessee

Joe Baker
Class of 2001
Founder
Yea Haw Brewing Co.
Sevierville, Tennessee

Cheri Beasley
Class of 1991
Former Chief Justice
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Raleigh, North Carolina

Cary S. Blancett
Class of 1983
Vice President
Cary Steven Blancett
Coraopolis, Pennsylvania

John G. Brock
Class of 1996
Gentry, Tipton & McLemore, P.C.
Knoxville, Tennessee

Etta Clark
Class of 1983
Vice President of Global Affairs
Eastman
Kingsport, Tennessee

Lisa Ramsay Cole
Class of 1993
President and Managing Shareholder
Lewis Thomason
Nashville, Tennessee

Carl Colloms
Class of 1966
Retired Judge
Charleston, Tennessee

Amelia Crotwell
Class of 1997
Founder and Owner
Elder Law of East Tennessee
Knoxville, Tennessee

Jason I. Epstein
Class of 1996
Partner
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough
Nashville, Tennessee

Elizabeth B. Ford
Class of 1977
Director
Federal Defender Services of Eastern Tennessee
Knoxville, Tennessee

Marcos M. Garza
Class of 2001
Owner/Attorney
Garza Law Firm, PLLC
Knoxville, Tennessee

Wendy Goggin
Class of 1976
Chief Counsel
Drug Enforcement Administration
Alexandria, Virginia

Randy Hafer
Class of 1983
Partner
Kilpatrick Stockton LLP
Marietta, Georgia

J. Reginald Hill
Class of 1980
Retired Chief Compliance and Policy Officer
Lifepoint Hospitals, Inc.
Nashville, Tennessee

Odell Horton, Jr. 
Class of 1986
Partner
Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs, LLP
Cordova, Tennessee

Angela Humphreys
Class of 1996
Member
Bass Berry & Sims
Franklin, Tennessee

Joel Katz
Class of 1969
Senior Counsel
Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Atlanta, Georgia

Sam J. LaPorte
Class of 1975
Partner
LaPorte Law Offices
Elizabethton, Tennessee

George T. Lewis, III
Class of 1980
Shareholder
Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz
Memphis, Tennessee

Melvin J. Malone
Class of 1989
Butler, Snow, O’Mara, Stevens and Cannada, PLLC
Franklin, Tennessee

Arthur E. McClellan
Class of 1973
Member – President
McClellan, Powers, Ehmling & Rogers, PC
Gallatin, Tennessee

Elizabeth Moore
Class of 1988
Member
Sherrard & Roe
Nashville, Tennessee

Ann Jarvis Pruitt
Class of 1993
Executive Director
Tennessee Alliance for Legal Services
Nashville, Tennessee

Richard L. Rose
Class of 1974
Director
Coats, Rose, Yale, Ryman & Lee, PC
Houston, Texas

Ali Safavi
Class of 2002
President and CEO
5209 Investments
Santa Monica, California

W. Allen Separk
Class of 1969
Member
The Law Firm of W. Allen Separk
Marietta, Georgia

Mike Sontag
Class of 1984
Member
Bass Berry & Sims
Nashville, Tennessee

Jill M. Steinberg
Class of 1985
Shareholder
Baker Donelson
Memphis, Tennessee

Jerry Summers
Class of 1966
Supervising Member
Summers & Wyatt
Chattanooga, Tennessee

Mary Taylor Gallagher
Class of 2001
Partner
GSRM
Nashville, Tennessee

R. Kyle Williams
Class of 2001
Partner
Williams Teusink, LLC
Decatur, Georgia

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Alumni and Development
1505 Cumberland Ave.

Knoxville, Tennessee 37996-1810

Phone: 865-974-6691
Office:
 Suite 248
E-mail: law@utk.edu