RICHARD LEE ELLISTON
Benton, Tennessee 37307
(423) 665-2286
EDUCATION
EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW, Atlanta, Georgia
Received Juris Doctor Degree, June, 1981
VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY, Nashville, Tennessee
Received B.A. in English, Cum Laude, May, 1978
Related work in Physics
ACTIVITIES
PUBLIC OFFICE: Member of Bradley County Election Commission 1998 to 2006, Chairman 2005-2006
FRATERNAL: Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of Tennessee,
member of Jurisprudence Committee from 1997 to 1993, served as chairman
Cleveland Lodge No. 134 F. & A.M.
Past Master (1988), served as Treasurer 1993-2007
CIVIC: Member of Cleveland Lions Club
Past President (1995)
PROFESSIONAL: Member of Tennessee Bar Association
Member of Bradley County Bar Association, Treasurer from 1982
to 2000
Member of Cleveland-Bradley Chamber of Commerce
POLITICAL: Bradley County Democratic Party
Chairman (1989-1991), Treasurer (1991-1993)
LAW SCHOOL: Student Legal Services, Caseworker and Treasurer
COLLEGE: Vanderbilt Prison Project. Involved tutoring inmates in basic
math and English Grammar skills
Photographer for college yearbook
LEGALLY RELATED EXPERIENCE
Assistant General Counsel, State of Tennessee, Department of Children’s Services, from August, 2006 to January, 2012
Education Attorney
Certified as Child Welfare Law Specialist by National Association of Counsel for Children.
Richard L. Elliston, Attorney Cleveland, Tennessee
Engaged in general practice of law as sole practitioner from May, 1982 to August, 2006. Practiced in all Courts of the Tenth Judicial District of the State of Tennessee, Hamilton County Circuit and Chancery Courts, U.S. Bankruptcy Court and U.S. District Court.
Returned to private practice January 28, 2012.
Richard
L. Banks Law Office
Law Clerk, Summers of 1980 and 1981
Attorney,
licensed to practice in the State of
OTHER EMPLOYMENT
Part-time instructor teaching Business Law 1 during Fall semesters of 1990 and
1991
Cleveland National Bank
Employed as mailman and courier during summers of 1978 and 1979
PERSONAL
Born
Day School in May, 1974, class Valedictorian
Member of First Baptist Cleveland, teaching fourth and fifth grade boys’ Sunday School since August, 2011.
Closely associated with parents' retail florist business from early childhood
Married to
Pamela Jane Smith,
Two adopted
children. Chandler Scott Elliston, born