News & Events

This year marks the 101st Anniversary of Women’s Right to Vote.  There will be a celebration on Saturday, August 21, 2021 from 11:00 a.m. - Noon at Centennial Park. Speakers include Mayor John Cooper, Metro Parks Director Monique Horton Odom, Ellen Eskind Lehman,...

On Tuesday, July 27, 2021 Smith-Wright Law was pleased to donate 48 backpacks to United Way's Stuff the Bus. These backpacks are being filled with schools supplies donated to United Way by other members of the community and will be distributed to children in...

Taste of Rutherford is an annual fundraiser benefiting Main Street Murfreesboro. The event is a celebration that highlights local food and beverage vendors in Rutherford County. Smith-Wright Law is a proud sponsor of the event, which will be hosted at Cannonsburgh...

Stuff the Bus is an annual initiative by the United Way of Rutherford and Cannon Counties to ensure that students are able to go back to school with all the school supplies they need. Smith-Wright Law is joining the initiative to help collect backpacks for students in...

Smith-Wright Law Attorneys Sonya Wright and Kristen Harvey attended the Secret Garden Party in support of the Discovery Center at Murfree Spring. The Secret Garden Party is an annual summer soiree, typically hosted the first week of June in Downtown Murfreesboro. This...

Smith-Wright Law Congratulates Patti James and Meagan Flippin for being the 2021 Athena Award Winners. Patti James, of PB&J Consulting, received the 2021 Rutherford ATHENA Award and Meagan Flippin, of the United Way of Rutherford and Cannon Counties, received the...

Smith-Wright Law is a proud Hole Sponsor for the first Pediatric Golf Tournament, presented by the Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Foundation. Proceeds from the tournament benefit the Dr. Jim Boerner Nursery-Pediatric Fund and will be used to support Ascension Saint...

Cate Farone graduated from Middle Tennessee State University on May 7th with summa cum laude Latin honors. Her two medals represent her successful completion of an undergraduate Honors Thesis and her Buchanan Fellowship. She will be attending Belmont Law School this...

Smith-Wright Law is honored to have been highlighted in the April newsletter of the Farm Animal Care Coalition of Tennessee (FACCT) as a sponsoring organization. The FACCT works to support the health and welfare of livestock in Tennessee. Their mission is particularly...

Cate is Middle Tennessee State University’s 2021 Norman L. Parks Award recipient. She received this honor for her academic excellence in Political Science, Pre-Law. Cate holds the highest overall GPA of any graduating Pre-Law senior. She also received the Political...

On March 1, a new office manager joined the team at Smith-Wright Law. Ashley Castle graduated from Belmont University with a liberal arts degree in 2018. She began her professional career by completing internships with non-profits in Middle Tennessee. She went on to...

Kristen Harvey is a Murfreesboro native with strong ties to the community. Her practice focuses primarily on estate planning for individuals and families, as well as adoptions and contract drafting and negotiations. Harvey began her career in the music industry, first...

Smith-Wright Law wants to congratulate each of the women that were nominated for this year's ATHENA International Leadership awards and the Young Professional Leadership Awards. The ATHENA Award recognizes an individual who excels in her profession, gives back to the...

The spectacular Tennessee Woman Suffrage Monument was dedicated on Tuesday, August 18, 2020, the 100th anniversary of Tennessee’s all-important ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment which gave women the right to vote. Sonya Wright has supported the...