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Democratic lawmakers, legal organizations condemn bill to remove Nashville judge over absentee vote ruling Mariah Timms, Nashville Tennessean © Jae S. Lee / The Tennessean Davidson County Chancellor Ellen Hobbs Lyle presides Friday during trial on the first day of Nashville’s new business court. Leading legal organizations in Tennessee and Democratic lawmakers came to the defense Tuesday of an embattled Nashville judge targeted by Republicans over her decision in a voting rights case.  The legal groups and lawmakers are standing behind Davidson County Chancellor Ellen Ho...

House GOP is pushing removal of Nashville chancellor Both the Tennessee Bar Association and Nashville Bar Association on Tuesday issued statements forcefully opposing a push by Tennessee House Republicans to remove Davidson County Chancellor Ellen Hobbs Lyle because of her election-related rulings last year. “Judges must be able to decide controversial cases based on the facts and the law, not based on how their decision may be perceived by the legislature,” NBA President Mike Abelow said in a statement. “No judge in the history of our state has been removed because the legis...

Davidson County Chancellor Ellen Hobbs Lyle is under fire from Republicans over her decision last year in a voting rights case.

Abelow named president of Nashville Bar Association Friday, December 25, 2020, Vol. 44, No. 52 Mike Abelow, member at Sherrard Roe Voigt and Harbison, has been named 2021 president of the Nashville Bar Association. Abelow litigates complex business disputes, with a focus on business disputes that involve either party threatening to or filing for bankruptcy. He was a litigator with the Federal Trade Commission before moving to Nashville in 2007. Before becoming a board member of the NBA, Mike chaired the Federal Courts Committee and the Sister Cities Com...