Meet Dasha Lundy, District 1’s New Commissioner
Wednesday, September 9th, 2020
Last week, Judge Robin Phillips Gunn swore in Dr. Dasha Lundy as District 1 Knox County Commissioner. When I reached out to Lundy regarding the occasion, she described it as a “historic moment.” It is undeniable that the visual of Lundy, one of the three black women ever elected to Knox County Commission, being sworn […]
Read More »Let’s Talk About Police Brutality in Knoxville
Monday, June 1st, 2020
Sometimes, it seems like things never change. The latest riots, the death of a black man during an encounter with a white police officer. I’ve been watching this same television clip my entire career. Police brutality has happened right here in Knoxville. A History of Force In the late 1990’s, a black man named Andre […]
Read More »How We’re Combating the Spread of COVID-19
Monday, March 16th, 2020
It seems that all anyone is talking about is the COVID-19 outbreak. The novel coronavirus has impacted our daily lives on an unanticipated scale. The CDC has urged people to avoid gatherings larger than 50 people. Restaurants across the country are closing their dining rooms to avoid the spread of the disease. In-person court proceedings in the […]
Read More »Adoption Bill Targets LGBTQ Individuals in Tennessee
Wednesday, January 22nd, 2020
Tennessee legislators have passed a new bill targeting LGBT individuals who hope to adopt or provide foster care in the state. This adoption bill allows child placement agencies to discriminate against any group that clashes with the organization’s religious ideals or internal policies. If Governor Bill Lee signs the bill into law, these agencies can legally […]
Read More »Fritts, Northcott Use Discretion to Discriminate
Monday, June 17th, 2019
Right now, Grayson Fritts and Craig Northcott are making headlines for choosing to discriminate (or advocating for worse) against the LGBTQ community. This is an abomination, but these ideas are not exactly news. Consider this: prior to 1989, Tennessee law labeled “sodomy” a crime against nature and declared it a felony. If convicted, you would go […]
Read More »The Literacy Project: Where are we now?
Tuesday, May 21st, 2019
In January of this year, Held Law Firm announced plans to work with Knox County’s Richard L. Bean Juvenile Service Center on a new initiative called The Literacy Project. We are thrilled that this project has been hugely successful thus far. The Latest As of mid-May and with the help of community partners, we have […]
Read More »Where to live during a divorce
Monday, April 22nd, 2019
When getting divorced, the last thing many of our clients want to do is go home at the end of every day to face their spouse. Divorce opens the door wide for conflict between soon-to-be exes. However, it can be difficult to decide where to live during a divorce. One of the first things many […]
Read More »The Literacy Project: Next Steps
Monday, April 1st, 2019
Held Law Firm staff has been hard at work on The Literacy Project since January. Recent law graduate and former Held Law Firm associate Jennifer Henszey first conceived of the idea for this project after she visited the Richard L. Bean Juvenile Service Center during her third year of law school. There, she was told […]
Read More »What the drug crisis means for grandparents
Friday, March 29th, 2019
What does the drug crisis mean for grandparents? Many children are placed in households headed by relatives due to the large number of parents who struggle with drug addiction in Tennessee. Nearly 8 million children across the country lived in these non-nuclear households in 2017. Many of those households were headed by grandparents. There is […]
Read More »Domestic Violence Series: Should I get an order of protection?
Friday, March 29th, 2019
.If you have been attacked, threatened, or otherwise put into fear by your partner or a member of your household, you may not know where to turn. You may be wondering: should I get an order of protection?Thankfully, in Tennessee, you have multiple options to deal with this situation should you ever face it. However, […]
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