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Cate Farone Graduates Summa Cum Laude
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 Highlighted in FACCT April Newsletter
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...
Smith-Wright Highlighted in FACCT April Newsletter
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...
Congratulating Cate Farone
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...
Smith-Wright Hires New Office Manger, Ashley Castle
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 Joins the Team
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 Supports ATHENA- Celebrating Exemplary Women
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...
Celebrating 100 Years of Women’s Right to Vote
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...
Wright recently presented on Ag Law and Succession Planning for the Farm
Sonya Wright spoke on one of her favorite topics recently, the farm. Growing up on a beef and tobacco farm just outside of Lebanon where she now currently lives, Wright enjoys sharing with others about her experiences with agriculture and the law. She recently spoke...
Wright Named as an Attorney for Justice for 2020
Sonya Wright has been named as an Attorney for Justice for 2020. The Attorney for Justice program is the Supreme Court's Pro Bono recognition program. To qualify, an attorney must complete a minimum of 50 pro bono hours annually. Ms. Wright is listed on page 6 of the...
Wright to Serve as 15th Judicial District Bar President
Sonya Wright was recently selected to serve as the President and board member for the 15th Judicial District Bar Association. The 15th Judicial District is made up of Jackson, Macon, Smith, Trousdale, and Wilson Counties. The 15th Judicial District Bar Meetings are...
Wright Speaks At Animal Law Event
Sonya Smith Wright recently spoke at the FACCT Livestock 911 Conference in Knoxville. Wright spoke on the importance of law enforcement in helping manage both livestock abuse cases as well as fencing laws and related issues. Farm Animal Care Coalition of Tennessee...
Legacy Gathering for Woman’s Club of Murfreesboro Draws Support from Smith-Wright Law
Smith-Wright Law is proud to be a sponsor again this year for the 2nd Annual Legacy Gathering. This year's event will be at the Tasty Table on Saturday July 20 from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. A preservation campaign is underway to help raise funds for the organization's meeting...
Smith-Wright Law Supports Secret Garden Party for Discovery Center
The Discovery Center held its annual Secret Garden Party fundraising event and Smith-Wright Law was on hand to help with this special garden week. Chartered in 1986 as Children’s Museum Corporation of Rutherford County, the Discovery Center provides hands-on education...
Smith-Wright sponsors Rutherford CABLE ATHENA Awards
The attorneys at Smith-Wright Law pride themselves on actively assisting women in the legal field and community at large through various programs such as ATHENA. The ATHENA Award Program was developed to recognize and honor outstanding business and professional...