Retired BPJ Member Mike Cody was a young lawyer in 1968 when Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. came to Memphis to fight for the rights of the striking sanitation workers. In a new interview at SuperLawyers.com, he remembers those historic days and the changes — for
Read more →While he admits that the cliché “I like to argue” played a large part in his decision to pursue a legal career, BPJ Associate Patrick J. Hillard, Sr.’s experiences since then have contributed more to the reason he was selected by the Memphis Business Journal’s Best of
Read more →Burch, Porter & Johnson is pleased to announce that seven lawyers have been included in the 2023 edition of Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch.
Read more →Congratulations to BPJ Member Tannera Gibson for being recognized this week by the National Bar Association Women Lawyers Division as Outstanding Minority Partner in a Majority-Owned Firm.
Read more →“The year I had to decide whether or not to proceed with the equity membership track at my firm was one of the most difficult years of my life.”
Read more →Congratulations to Tannera George Gibson on being chosen one of Memphis’s Super Women in Business for 2022 by the Memphis Business Journal.
Read more →We are pleased to congratulate Lani Lester, a BPJ Associate, on her selection as one of the Memphis Business Journal’s Top 40 Under 40 for 2022.
Read more →The new year has started with four new senior-level attorneys joining our team at Burch, Porter & Johnson to add depth and strength across the breadth of our firm. Our new colleagues are: Josh Whitehead, Jon Lakey, John Cook, and Carl Jacobson.
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Tannera George Gibson, MBA President It was a historic day: On December 2, BPJ Partner Tannera George Gibson began her term as the first African-American female President of the Memphis Bar Association in its 147-year history. (Click HERE to read the Daily Memphian story and HERE forRead more →
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our dear friend and colleague, C. Thomas Cates, who passed away on December 23, 2020. Mr. Cates was a member of the Burch, Porter & Johnson firm for over forty years. He was not only anRead more →