Elizabeth Usman

[Jeffrey Usman @Prawfish]

Congratulations to all those who passed the Tennessee bar! TN’s traditional swearing-in ceremony before the TN Supreme Court is a wonderful experience for you & loved ones! For those who did not pass this time, I know plenty of excellent lawyers who did not pass the first time

[Jeffrey Usman @Prawfish]

Impressive, 2023 TN bar exam takers had a 1st time pass rate that was up about 7% & re-exam takers up about 6% from the July 2022 results -- and kudos to my former @BelmontLaw students & colleagues on claiming the crown for TN law schools in 2023 with the highest pase rate

[Elizabeth Usman @ProfLadyUsman]

Find me on Threads @ ladyusman

[Jeffrey Usman @Prawfish]

Best of luck to everyone taking the Tennessee bar exam on Tuesday and Wednesday

[Elizabeth Usman @ProfLadyUsman]

Find me on Threads @ ladyusman

[Elizabeth Usman @ProfLadyUsman]

Applications are open for 3 new trial court positions - something for @BelmontLaw alums to consider.

[Jeffrey Usman @Prawfish]

TN Trial Ct Vacancy Comm'n is taking applications for 3 new positions - Crim Ct Judge for the 13th District (Clay/Cumberland/DeKalb/Overton/Pickett/Putnam/White) & Cir Ct Judges for 19th (Montgomery/Robertson) & 22nd (Giles/Lawrence/Maury/Wayne) - info at https://t.co/vMp6hMqXqb

[Ross Guberman & BriefCatch @legalwritingpro]

Just admit that the start of this long Justice Kennedy sentence makes you think of Law & Order:

"In the criminal justice system, the constant, indeed unending, duty of the judiciary is to seek and to find the proper balance between the necessity for fair and just trials and the importance of finality of judgments."

[Elizabeth Usman @ProfLadyUsman]

Littlest Usman had her first ballet recital yesterday. She had a ball. @Prawfish & I were there for nearly 4 hours to watch her perform for 4 minutes. Question to veteran ballet parents: always this long?

[Jeffrey Usman @Prawfish]

Certainly now more commonly known as Presidents' Day, the holiday by statute remains officially Washington's Birthday (5 USC 6103) federally & Washington Day (TCA 15-1-101) in TN -cheers to America's indispensable man from the Revolution through the molding of the 1st Presidency

[Jeffrey Usman @Prawfish]

Had a great time at @BelmontLaw’s alumni homecoming CLE event — honored to have moderated the judicial perspectives panel featuring Chancellor @iasheamyles & Judges Cowan & @FloydsLaw — great insights from these three terrific Belmont Law alums

[Joe Regalia @writedotlaw]

Finding great legal writing isn't that hard. Just look to the best—like the crack shot attorneys at @KelloggHansen

There's a reason @DavidLat called them the "uber-elite, D.C.-based litigation boutique."

They make it look so easy.

Let's see how. 1/x

[Elizabeth Usman @ProfLadyUsman]

This actually made me lol.

[Christopher Miller @chrizmillr]

Wow, I can't believe this is in the new House Rules package. McCarthy gave up WAY too much to become Speaker.

[Simon Holland @simoncholland]

Shoutout to everyone who said they would start eating healthy in the new year and already decided to wait until Monday.

[Philip Lymbery @philip_ciwf]

‘The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper’
W.B. Yeats

[Elizabeth Usman @ProfLadyUsman]

concur

[Jeffrey Usman @Prawfish]

The use of this type of legislative history to attempt overcome the plain language of the movie which has more than 2 times as many Christmas references as dead terrorists (exceptional thieves) is error, the movie is practically Rudolph, also dispositive see below

[Jeffrey Usman @Prawfish]

Kudos to @CaneRidgeHS & its Academy of Law on facilitating an excellent civics engagement opportunity for their students - the students heard arguments in two cases, asked great questions of the judges during a Q&A, and toured the courthouse -- great to meet these future lawyers

[Jeffrey Usman @Prawfish]

The ability of a free people to vote is such a precious treasure - a right earned through the courage & sacrifice of those who came before from Boston & Philadelphia to Gettysburg & Omaha Beach to Seneca Falls & Selma - election day remains a beautiful thing, a sacred trust

[Elizabeth Usman @ProfLadyUsman]

Overruled.

[Jeffrey Usman @Prawfish]

Not a huge fan of gorefest or jump out of your seat horror films, but lingering deeply disturbing films those I can go for that around Halloween - loved the tradition as a @Georgetown undergrad of watching the Exorcist at Gaston Hall- think I might know what I am watching tonight