Richard L. Elliston, Attorney


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               Cleveland, Tennessee


Law Clerk, Summers of 1980 and 1981


Attorney, licensed to practice in the State of Tennessee in October, 1981


 


OTHER EMPLOYMENT


 


      ClevelandStateCommunity College    Cleveland, Tennessee


      Part-time instructor teaching Business Law 1 during Fall semesters of 1990 and


1991


 


     Cleveland National Bank                                    Cleveland, Tennessee


     Employed as mailman and courier during summers of 1978 and 1979


PERSONAL


Born September 19, 1955, in Cleveland, Tennessee, Graduated from Cleveland


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, January 2, 1993


Two adopted children. Chandler Scott Elliston, born January 6, 1995, and Samuel Winston Elliston, born March 28, 2003


 


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