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About the Commission

The Tennessee Commission on Continuing Legal Education and Specialization (TCCLES) is an agency of the Supreme Court of Tennessee created by Supreme Court Rule 21.

The Commission:

  • Awards or denies CLE credit to over 9,000 continuing legal education courses across the country each year.
  • Tracks CLE attendance and compliance for over 19,000 Tennessee attorneys.
  • Certifies almost 300 Tennessee attorneys as specialists in 14 areas of law.

Commission Staff

David N. Shearon, JD, MAPP
Executive Director

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Andrea Curl
Associate Director, JD, MBA

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Diana Braddock
Executive Assistant - Communications
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Teresa Seibert
Executive Assistant - Provider Services, Events

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Teresa Herron
Executive Assistant - Attorney Services
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Beth Harris
Executive Assistant - Operations

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Eleven Commission members (9 attorneys and 2 lay members) are appointed by the Tennessee Supreme Court to oversee the functions of the Commission. The Supreme Court also assigns a Justice as liaison. Those Commissioners and the liaison Justice are:

Commission Members
Randy N. Chism, Esq. Chair
Union City, TN
 
Gregory M. Duckett, Esq.
Memphis, TN
Dalton L. Townsend, Esq. Vice Chair
Knoxville, TN
 
Edward T. Kindall, Esq.
Nashville, TN
Joy B. Day, Esq. Treasurer
Nashville, TN
 
John C. "Jack" Burgin, Esq.
Knoxville, TN

Cammile McMullen
Memphis, TN
 

Eleanor Bright Fleming
Nashville, TN
John D. Pellegrin, Esq.
Gallatin, TN
 
Marcy Walker
Johnson City, TN
Thomas C. Greenholtz, Esq.
Chattanooga, TN
 
Justice Gary R. Wade
Knoxville, TN