Name: Brenda Measells Dowdle
Item: Brenda Measells Dowdle
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Bio

LEGAL EXPERIENCE

2002 to Present Schulman, LeRoy & Bennett, P.C.

1980 to 2001 Lassiter, Tidwell & Hildebrand, PLLC

Practice Area – General civil litigation with an emphasis on tort law. I have previously served as Special Judge for the First, Third, Fourth, and Sixth Circuit Courts of Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee.

Martindale Hubbell A.V. Rating.

1978 Summer Law Clerk, Federal Trade Commission Bureau of Competition, Washington, D.C.

EDUCATION

University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, B.S. 1977 with High Honors

University of Tennessee School of Law, Knoxville, TN, J.D. 1980

PRESENTATIONS

I have spoken at various Continuing Legal Education seminars on such topics as mediation, insurance law for business clients, current risk management issues in health care, recent developments in Medicare, and Ethics and Professionalism with Special Emphasis on Trial Practice.

LEGAL PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:

-Board of Directors NBA Member Services, Inc., 1999 to 2006

-Fellow Nashville Bar Foundation

Tennessee and Nashville Bar Associations

-Co- Chair Small Firms Division Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands and Nashville Pro Bono Campaign 200

-Judge Vanderbilt First Amendment Moot Court Competition February 2005, 2006

-District 5 Investigating Committee Member for the Board of Law Examiners of Tennessee, Fall 2002 through April 2005

-Member of the Hearing Committee for the Board of Professional Responsibility of the Supreme Court of Tennessee,1992 through 1997.

-Lawyers Association for Women, President, 1998 through 1999

-1996 Operations Campaign Chair for Chancellor Ellen Hobbs Lyle, Campaign for Chancellor

CIVIC:

Member of the Board of Directors ASFMT 2015-present, President 2015-2018

Member NWPC 2008- current

-Harpeth Hall Parents Association Board; Assistant Treasurer 2004-2005; Treasurer 2005- 2006

-Assistant Treasurer ( Spring 2002) and Treasurer (Fall 2002-2005) for Main Event Harpeth Hall Parents Association

-Junior League of Nashville, Strategic Planning Committee for AElevate Community Emphasis@ Workgroup 2001

-TV Host and Producer for A Heart of the Matter@, a public affairs program jointly produced by WDCN, Channel 8, and the Junior League of Nashville, 1992 through 1998.

-Board of Directors, University of Tennessee, Davidson County Alumni Association, 1988 through 1992.

-Board of Directors, Outlook Nashville, Inc., 1982 through 1988, Legal Counsel, 1982 through 1986, President, 1987

CHURCH:

-Member of First Presbyterian Church, Deacon, Class of 2009-2015, Secretary of the Board of Deacons, 2013-2015, Secretary and President Local Missions Committee

-Sunday School Teacher for Confirmation Class (2000-2001), Teacher- Adult Bethel Bible Course (1996-1998)

-Youth Leader for Junior High and High School 2001-2004; 1st Pres Youth Missions Committee 2004

BRENDA MEASELLS DOWDLE

501 Union Street, Suite 701

Nashville, Tennessee 37215

615-244-6670

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