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Wright Named 2016 Chair, Murfreesboro Campaign for Equal Justice

Sonya S. Wright was recently selected to serve as the 2016 Chair of the Murfreesboro Campaign for Equal Justice.  The Campaign for Equal Justice helps provide funding for the Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberland.  Since 1977, the Murfreesboro...

SW Supports Lions Fore Eyes Golf Challenge

SW Supports Lions Fore Eyes Golf Challenge

Smith-Wright Law, PLLC recently sponsored the Lions Fore Eyes Golf Tournament at the Indian Hills Golf Course.  The Murfreesboro Noon Lions Club's core mission is to take an active interest in civic, cultural, social and moral welfare of the community. The Noon Lions...

SW Proud to Sponsor the Rutherford ATHENA Awards Set for April 28

SW Proud to Sponsor the Rutherford ATHENA Awards Set for April 28

The ATHENA Award Program was developed to recognize and honor outstanding business and professional individuals for excellence in their chosen fields, for providing valuable service to their community and for actively assisting women in their attainment of...

Steve Elkins Joins Smith-Wright

We are pleased to announce that Steve Elkins has joined our team.  Steve concentrates his practice in the areas of general business and employment law, administrative and regulatory matters, and estate administration and probate.  He brings to the firm an...

New Year’s Resolutions at SW – Get Your Will in Place for 2016

New Year’s Resolutions at SW – Get Your Will in Place for 2016

We hope that your New Year is off to a great start! We have kicked off the New Year by moving into our new location just a few doors down on the Murfreesboro Square at 122 North Church Street. We hope that you will stop by to see us soon. As part of our opening and to...

Sonya Wright Again Named Attorney for Justice in 2015

Sonya Wright Again Named Attorney for Justice in 2015

The Tennessee Supreme Court, in an effort to encourage attorneys and firms to provide pro bono services, recognizes those attorneys that have provided at least 50 hours of pro bono services throughout the year. Sonya Wright met and exceeded that requirement in 2015...

Santa on the Square

Santa on the Square

Smith-Wright, along with other local businesses, is helping bring Santa to the square for the Annual Christmas Tree Lighting.  The event coordinated by Main Street Murfreesboro is set for Friday, December 4th at 6:00 p.m.  Santa and Mrs. Claus will be on hand for the...

SW Celebrates Veterans’ Day at the VA

SW Celebrates Veterans’ Day at the VA

Sonya Wright and other members of the local bar association, including retired Chancellor and veteran Robert Corlew, visited the Tennessee State Veterans’ Home in Murfreesboro on November 11, 2015 to celebrate Veterans’ Day. During the visit, gift bags were delivered...

SW On Hand to Help With SCALES Program at Cumberland University

SW On Hand to Help With SCALES Program at Cumberland University

Sonya Wright, an alumni of Cumberland University, participated in the recent SCALES program at CU.  Over 1200 students from local area schools came to CU to hear oral arguments in front of the Supreme Court for the State of Tennessee.  Prior to the oral arguments,...

Wine Around the Square at Smith-Wright

Smith-Wright opened the firm doors again this year to host the 4th Annual Wine Around the Square event benefitting the Power of Pink, Rutherford County's premier fundraising program for breast cancer detection and treatment. The Power of Pink program was begun 11...

Smith-Wright Supports Discovery Center Secret Garden Party

Smith-Wright Supports Discovery Center Secret Garden Party

Education is extremely important to the members of the firm.  Smith-Wright showed its support to the Discovery Center this year by helping to sponsor the Secret Garden Party.  Proceeds from the Secret Garden Party will support educational programs and exciting...

U.S. Supreme Court – Wright Admitted to Practice

Sonya Smith Wright was recently sworn in as member of the United States Supreme Court Bar.  Circuit Court Judge M. Keith Siskin sponsored Wright’s admission as well as 8 other attorneys from the Rutherford Cannon County Bar Association. Judge Siskin, Wright, and the...

The Perfect 36 Society

Thirty-six states were required to ratify the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution in 1920 so that women could win the right to vote. The Tennessee Woman Suffrage Monument, Inc., is a statewide grassroots organization that seeks to memorialize the work done by...