Throwback Thursday – REMEMBER by Melissa Carrasco   In the August 2021 edition of the Knoxville Bar Association’s DICTA publication, Melissa Carrasco explains the Jewish holiday Tisha B’Av. It “commemorates the destruction of the First Temple and the Second Temple in Jerusalem” and now has significance as a “day of remembering Anne Frank and the 6,000,000 other victims of the Holocaust.” Melissa states that Tisha B’Av “is also a day of remembering that nothing–not even the worst circumstances–can stop a person determined to make a difference.” This year Tisha B’Av is currently ..read more

  Throwback Thursday – DANGEROUS UNSELFISHNESS by Melissa Carrasco   In the June 2018 edition of the Knoxville Bar Association’s DICTA publication, Melissa Carrasco details the impact that two sanitation workers from Memphis had on the Civil Rights Movement. After being killed on the job, their story reached Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. On the day before his death Dr. King speaks on the term of “dangerous unselfishness.” He stressed the importance of focusing on the “well being of the other person.” When considering diversity in the legal profession, “the idea is that we actively turn ..read more

  Throwback Thursday: CHERYL RICE – READY TO SERVE by Reuben Pelot   Egerton McAfee’s Firm President, Cheryl Rice, also served as President of the Knoxville Bar Association in 2021. In the December 2020 edition of KBA’s DICTA Publication, Reuben Pelot introduces Cheryl to readers. This Attorney Profile highlights Cheryl’s educational background at George Mason University, strong family bond, involvement in the Knoxville community, and the passions Cheryl enjoys outside of her work life. To read the full profile, click here! To learn more about Cheryl Rice’s legal career and areas of ..read more

  Throwback Thursday – THE VISION TO SEE by Melissa Carrasco   In the August 2016 edition of the Knoxville Bar Association’s DICTA Publication, Melissa Carrasco tells the important story of how guide dogs came to the U.S. In the ashes of the destroyed, ancient city of Herculaneum, a mural was discovered where “the man is clearly blind, and the dog is acting as his guide.” Thousands of years later, WWI left many “veterans who lost their sight to poison gas.” Dr. Gerhard Stalling and Dorothy Leib Harrison Wood Eustis worked to train and breed guide dogs abroad in Germany and Switzerlan ..read more

  Throwback Thursday – A CHARGE TO KEEP by Melissa Carrasco   In the June 2017 edition of the Knoxville Bar Association’s DICTA Publication, Melissa Carrasco explains the history of pro bono representation. From historical Greek synegoros to Roman cognitores “there were plenty of attorneys who gave their time and professional skills to representing people and causes without compensation.” In 1963, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law created four goals to address the issue that “the organized bar had not taken a position on issues such as discrimination, s ..read more

  Throwback Thursday – FREEZING BUT NOT FROZEN by Melissa Carrasco   In the February 2022 edition of the Knoxville Bar Association’s DICTA Publication, Melissa Carrasco tells the parallel stories of Marjorie Post and Clarence Birdseye. Marjorie Post inherited the Postum Cereal Company after her father’s abrupt passing. She was one of very few women in the workforce, and Marjorie was running a multi-million dollar business. Meanwhile, Clarence Birdseye set out to imitate the freezing process that he had observed from the Inuit during his fur trading days in the Arctic. The problem he ..read more

  Throwback Thursday – Behavior Modification? by Rameen Nasrollahi   In the April 2017 edition of the Knoxville Bar Association’s DICTA Publication, Rameen Nasrollahi explains some interesting laws that apply to pets. From walk requirements to barking restrictions, there are some very specific, and somewhat comical, legal restrictions that apply to our furry friends.   To read the full article, click here! To learn more about Rameen Nasrollahi and his areas of practice, click here! The post Throwback Thursday – Behavior Modification? by Rameen Nasrollahi appeared first on Egerto ..read more

  June DICTA Publication – HOME by Melissa Carrasco   In the June 2023 edition of the Knoxville Bar Association’s DICTA publication, Melissa Carrasco tells the story of how J.D. and Ethel Shelly fought against covenants designed to maintain segregation in neighborhoods. In order to stay in the home that they tirelessly worked to purchase, the couple had to eventually take their case to the Supreme Court. The St. Louis African American Real Estate Broker’s Association connected J.D. and Ethel to George Vaughn who represented them in “his most high-profile case yet.” Though it went thr ..read more

  Rockforde King Named a 2022 Attorney for Justice by the Tennessee Supreme Court!    Egerton McAfee Attorney, Rockforde “Rocky” King, has been named a 2022 Attorney for Justice by the Tennessee Supreme Court and the Access to Justice Commission. This award is granted to attorneys that completed at least 50 pro bono service hours in 2022. This time commitment displays their “dedication to the legal profession and [their] service to the citizens of Tennessee.”   To view the 2022 Attorneys for Justice Honor Roll and locate Rockforde King’s name, click here!   To learn mo ..read more

  Throwback Thursday – THE QUALITY OF THE MAN by Melissa Carrasco   In the April 2022 edition of the Knoxville Bar Association’s DICTA Publication, Melissa Carrasco explains the entrepreneurial story of Joel O. Cheek. After many years of research and understanding of both the coffee beans and the consumption habits of consumers, Joel founded the Nashville Coffee and Manufacturing Company. It was so popular in a prestigious Nashville hotel that the company took on the now widely recognizable name—Maxwell House. Melissa reflects upon Joel’s character, “Certainly the quality of the coff ..read more