There are 6 article(s) tagged Burch Porter & Johnson:

• September 2024

  • Mike Cody, Memphis ‘lion’ for justice, dies at 88

    Mike Cody represented Martin Luther King Jr. in court, helped found Memphis Area Legal Services and was one of the people behind Breakaway Running. 

    By Jane Roberts September 17, 2024

• December 2022

  • Sanford: Legal argument aside, the link between an unsolved rape and Eliza Fletcher’s murder is clear

    Barring some technicality in the law, there is nothing complicated about whether there is a link between Alicia Franklin’s rape and Eliza Fletcher’s murder.

    By Otis Sanford December 15, 2022

• November 2022

  • Halls of justice more gracious because Erick Anderson walks them

    Erick Anderson walked into the Burch Porter & Johnson law firm 40 years ago this month as a Manpower temp in charge of running the crank-shaft elevator.

    By Jane Roberts November 11, 2022

• December 2020

  • Longtime Germantown, Collierville attorney dies

    Tom Cates, who spent many years as an attorney for Germantown and Collierville, died Wednesday. He is survived by his wife and four children.

    By Abigail Warren December 24, 2020

• August 2020

  • U of M, ‘private entity’ plan dorm-like development stretching from Central to Poplar

    The Office of Planning & Development says the zoning on Deloach prohibits the proposed development totaling 135 units and 529 bedrooms. But the U of M contends it is exempt from zoning regulations.

    By Tom Bailey August 28, 2020

• May 2019

  • Tennessee sued over voter registration law

    Six groups, including a Memphis-based law firm, filed suit this week challenging Tennessee’s new third-party voter registration law, contending it violates “fundamental” constitutional rights with the threat of civil and criminal penalties.

    By Sam Stockard May 04, 2019