Southern Environmental Law Center Names Anne Davis As New Nashville Director
10.03.11 5:40 PMWe here at Tennessee Environmental Law Blog have received good information that Southern Environmental Law Center has named Anne Davis as the director and managing attorney of its Nashville office.
Anne Davis has practiced civil and criminal litigation with Bass Berry & Sims and Neal & Harwell. After graduating from Vanderbilt Law School (Order of the Coif) in 1981, she clerked for Judge Thomas P. Grisea of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York before entering private practice. She began teaching at Vanderbilt in 1989, initially conducting a seminar in white-collar crime. She has since taught for almost 20 years in Vanderbilt's Trial Advocacy and Legal Writing programs, and has taught Legal Writing since 2001. She is also married to Nashville mayor Karl Dean.
According to SELC’s mission statement, the group “was born out of a love of the South, its natural treasures, and its strong sense of place. Twenty five years ago, this special region needed a champion: an organization capable of taking on big issues, and smart and tough enough to challenge the toughest opponents and get the job done.”
Congratulations to Anne Davis and SELC!
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The opening of a Nasvhille office is a great step forward. Nashville has been at the center of so many social and cultural changes in the past that it is only appropriate that we step out and provide the leadership to guide our society through the next critical challenges we face - sustaining environmental protections through prudent and dilligent public action. Congratulations, and all the best from appreciative Tennesseans across the state.
– Edwin King · October 28, 2011, 4:04PM
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– Neil McBride · November 30, 2011, 9:05AM