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Rosemarie Bryan reflects on upbringing, path to litigation
“My background’s a little bit different,” says Rosemarie Bryan, from her office in the Tallan Building. She’s been a litigator with Chambliss, Stophel and Bahner since November 2006, but her story starts long before that.
Born in 1951 to German parents, Bryan’s father was captured by Canadians in France and brought to the United States as a prisoner of war. When her parents divorced, her mother married an American soldier and the family moved to the American sector.
Chattanooga’s Hoss named secretary of state CPA society
Henry Hoss is a numbers man: he’s been a practicing CPA in Chattanooga for 40 years; he’s been a member of the Tennessee Society of Certified Public Accountants for 35 years; and he works about 50 hours a week as a partner with Barto, Hoss & Company. And now he can count a 12-month term as secretary of the TSCPA as one of his professional accomplishments.
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You could say that summer’s arrival is announced by an increase of warmer temperatures. But, the surefire way of knowing that summer is upon us is by the sprouting of striped tents on vacant lots for firework sales during the last of June and the first of July. It seems that this year the tents appeared faster than in the past for the celebration of our nation’s birthday and the number of night skies that contained sparkles of ignited gunpowder also increased.
Case Digests - Tennessee court of appeals syllabus
Irene McCray v. The Vanderbilt University d/b/a Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Davidson County - Plaintiff, a patient care partner formerly employed by a hospital, brought suit against the hospital after her termination, alleging violations of the Tennessee Handicap Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Tennessee Human Rights Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act and retaliatory discharge. The hospital filed a motion for summary judgment, which the trial court granted. Finding that the plaintiff did not create a genuine issue of material fact on essential elements of her claim of retaliatory discharge, we affirm the decision of the trial court.
Are We There Yet?
Rock on
Recently on the golf course we were talking about an Earth Wind and Fire/Chicago concert we’d been to, which started everyone singing, “You’re a shining star, no matter who you are,” on every hole.
You need a theme song when you play golf. In one recent round we became stuck on a cheer from a high school football game that goes — “Peanut Butter Jelly and a Baseball Bat.” We obviously try not to take golf too seriously.
I Swear...
Putting it on the...
“I might have stepped off of the imaginary line,” replied the witness, a DWI defendant in a case a few years back.
I jotted down that line. And reflected on it at some length:
Life, it seems, is full of lines.
We toe the line.
We go online.
Weekly Indulgence
I’ve had Between the Bridges Café on my list of restaurants to try for quite some time now, and last Thursday afternoon seemed as good a time as any to check it out.
I wasn’t sure exactly where it was on the North Shore, so we parked near the Walnut Street Bridge and headed toward Coolidge Park. As my luck would have it, we were on the wrong side of the road and headed in the wrong direction. But we soon found it, located at 109 Frazier Avenue, just where it was supposed to be.
American Heart Association teaching CPR through home-based kit
There’s a joke about heart attacks that goes like this: “For those of you who watch what you eat, here’s the final word on nutrition and health. It’s a relief to know the truth after so many conflicting studies:
Japanese people eat very little fat and suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans. Mexicans eat a lot of fat and suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans. Chinese people drink very little red wine and suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans. Italians drink a lot of red wine and suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans. Germans drink a lot of beer, eat a lot of sausage and suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans. Conclusion: eat and drink what you like. Speaking English is apparently what kills you.”
Agents make the real estate world go ‘round: Part one
Say what you will about the “do it yourself” attitude in America, most people are smart enough to know when they need an expert. A defendant against criminal charges will rarely argue his own case in court; a smart businessman will hire a trusted accountant to do his taxes; and even stubborn male drivers have been known to break down and ask for directions. When someone with more know-how represents your interests and handles a complicated task for you, you usually end up better off than if you’d tried to do it on your own.
Tennessee receives Gold Shovel recognition for growth
Area Development Online is a New York-based site and facility-planning magazine that is distributed to approximately 45,000 executives, primarily of mid-size, industrial-type companies, on a bi-monthly basis. The companies that advertise with the publication are economic agencies across the board whose goal is to attract these types of companies into their area.
Real Estate Facts
When buyers become scarce, sellers have to step up and make their offering stand out to attract attention. Without spending a fortune, sellers can easily highlight several of their home’s features.
First, beat buyers to the punch with a pre-listing home inspection. By discovering and fixing problems before buyers ever see the home, you can impress them with a worry-free, move-in-now opportunity. Leave your repair receipts out during showings, so that buyers can see all the improvements you’ve made just for them!
Kay's Cooking Corner
I remember one summer, my sister and I used to meet at a park for a picnic lunch during our busy workweek. We would pack-up foods such as a shrimp salad and fruits and would just sit in the park people watching.
Picnicking is one of the most worthwhile American pastimes a family can do, and other than enjoying the weather, it also breaks us out of our usual mealtime routine.
The Critic's Corner
The author of the book on which the new movie, “Public Enemies,” is based said there were scattered boos at the screening he attended when the end credits rolled. He even overheard one viewer admit he didn’t “get” the film: “So he robs banks, dies and that’s it?”
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