(Chattanooga, TN/February 3, 2011) Susan Elliott Rich of Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC, has been elected a Fellow of the Tennessee Bar Foundation, an association of 730 attorneys across the state. Invitations to membership, which is a position of honor, were extended to 35 attorneys this year by the Board of Trustees. The introduction of new Fellows took place at the annual Fellows' Dinner in Nashville.
Ms. Rich, shareholder in the Firm's Chattanooga office, concentrates her practice in commercial lending, banking, real estate, corporate and health care law. She has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America® in banking law, real estate law and structured finance law since 2005. She has also twice been recognized by The Best Lawyers in America® as a Chattanooga "Lawyer of the Year," for Banking and Finance Law in 2011 and for Real Estate Law in 2009.
The Bar Foundation's purpose is two-fold: to honor attorneys who have distinguished themselves in the profession and to administer a grant making program, Interest On Lawyers' Trust Accounts (IOLTA), which has awarded grants in excess of $17 million to law-related, public interest projects throughout Tennessee.