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 →We are pleased to announce that Robert Gatewood has joined the firm as a Senior Attorney.
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 →Charles (Chas) Higgins (pictured), Josh Lawhead, Melisa Moore and Mary Petrinjak have been selected as 2022 Fellows of the Memphis Bar Foundation. Beth Weems Bradley, a BPJ Member as well as a Fellow, currently serves as the President of the foundation.
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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 →
Congratulations to BPJ Associate Patrick Hillard on being selected as a member of the inaugural class of Presidential Fellows by the National Bar Association, the nation’s oldest and largest network of predominantly African-American lawyers and judges. Hillard is one of only four lawyers in the 12-memberRead more →