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Schoolfield:
Out of the Ashes 1958 - 1982 |
Author |
Jerry (Gerald) H. Summers |
ISBN |
978-1-935186-91-5 |
Publisher |
Waldenhouse Publishers, Inc. |
Description |
6"x9" hard cover; 288
pages on archival paper; 152 photographs; $34.99 |
Availability |
November 2017 |
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Author:
Summers, Rufalo and Rogers
Suite 800, James Building
735 Broad Street
Chattanooga, TN 37402
423-265-2385
jsummers@ssummersfirm.com |
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Second volume on the life of Criminal Judge
Raulston Schoolfield after his impeachment by Tennessee General
Assembly, July, 1958. Covers his subsequent disbarment from the
practice of law; his multi-faceted political career up to 1974;
and his election and re-election as a non-lawyer judge, ending
with his death in October, 1982. 152 photographs |
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Library of Congress Control Number:
2017914129
BIO020000-Biography & Autobiography-lawyers & judges;
HIS036060-History-United States-20th century;
LAW06000-Law-legal history
Type and Desing by Karen Paul
Stone
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Schoolfield Out of the Ashes provides a wealth of intriguing details on his
disbarment and traces its impact through Schoolfield's next 24
years, giving both credit and criticism to this colorful and
complex political and legal force in the Chattanooga community.
While focus is on the "controversial and extraordinary individual,"
the backdrop of myriad personalities provides depth and delightful
anecdotes for this must-read book.
~ William Muecke Barker,
retired Chief Justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court
Some lawyers are viewed as being a lawyer's
lawyer. Some judges are viewed as being a judge's judge. Jerry
H. Summers, Esquire, in his deeply researched work, Schoolfield
Out of the Ashes 1958-1982 reveals that Honorable Raulston Schoolfield
was indeed a people's lawyer and a people's judge. Thank you,
Jerry, for the opportunity to enjoy your work.
~ Lance Bracy, Retired
Chief Disciplinary Counsel for the State of Tennessee
Jerry Summers has completed the tale of
Raulston Schoolfield by walking the reader through Schoolfield's
disbarment, his efforts to regain his law license, and his post-impeachment
political career. As he did in Rush to Justice? Tennessee's
Forgotten Trial of the Century, and in true trial lawyer
fashion, Jerry Summers presents the facts, witness by witness,
detail by detail, all corroborated by documentary evidence. In
Schoolfield: Out of the Ashes, Jerry relinquishes his
closing argument and allows readers to reach their own judgments
about the enigmatic Schoolfield. Students of Tennessee justice
and history can now rest easy that the full story of Raulston
Schoolfield is archived for future generations who also will
reach their own verdicts about Schoolfield, the lawyer, the judge,
the politician, and the man.
~ Penny White, University
of Tennessee law professor and former Tennessee Supreme Court
Justice.
Jerry Summers has written a lively exploration
of one of the most colorful members of the bar of our time. Raulston
Schoolfield was always controversial, and Summers' second book
on him, Shoolfield Out of the Ashes, continues to capture the
many nuances of this fascinating character in the latter part
of his life.
~ Mickey Robbins, Investment
Advisor, Patten and Patten, Chattanooga, Tennessee
To successfully write books on legal history,
authors need to identify great stories involving fascinating
characters involved in conflicts and disputes that teach lessons
that resonate even today. In Schoolfield: Out of the Ashes,
Jerry Summers has done just that. One of the
great trial lawyers in Tennessee history, Summers meticulously
documents the life and battles of Judge Schoolfield. Equally
important, he has turned those details into an amazing story.
~ Mark Curriden,
Dallas Morning News legal writer
and co-author of award winning book, Contempt of Court |
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About the Author:
. . Jerry H. Summers is a practicing attorney in Chattanooga,
Tennessee. He has served as an assistant district attorney and
municipal judge since he began the practice of law in 1966. His
entire life has been lived in Chattanooga, Tennessee except for
seven years in St. Petersburg, Florida between the ages of seven
and fourteen.
. . During his professional career, he has been president of
the Chattanooga Bar Association and Chairman of the Chattanooga
Bar Foundation. He has been state president of both the Tennessee
Trial Lawyers Association and the Tennessee Association of Criminal
Lawyers and as a member of the national board of directors of
both groups.
. . He has argued cases before the United States and Tennessee
Supreme courts and has been involved in numerous landmark decisions
in both civil and criminal law.
. . His peers in the legal profession have elected him to membership
in the International Academy of Trial Lawyers, American College
of Trial Lawyers, International Society of Barristers, American
Board of Trial Advocates, American Board of Criminal Lawyers,
and he has been selected every year since 1983 as one of the
Best Lawyers in America, in both personal injury and criminal
law. By an unsolicited vote of the lawyers of Tennessee, he has
consistently been selected as one of the "Best 100 Lawyers
in Tennessee" and "Mid-South Super Lawyers."
. . In his personal life, he has served as president of the Central
High School Alumni/Supporters Association, legal pro bono
counsel to Orange Grove Center and Area IV Special Olympics in
Chattanooga. At his alma mater, the University of the South at
Sewanee Tennessee, he has been a class agent and member of the
Order of the Purple and Charlotte Manigault societies. A member
of the Development Council and Dean's Circle at the University
of Tennessee at Knoxville College of Law, he was co-chairperson
of the law school's portion of the One Billion Dollar Capital
Campaign successfully concluded.
. . Orange Grove Center and the Chattanooga Bar Association have
both honored him as Philanthropist of the Year for his community
work.In 2014 the University of the South at Sewanee selected
him as the Distinguished Alumnus for that year, and in 2016 the
University of Tennessee at Knoxville picked him as one of four
Distinguished Alumni from that institution.
Other books by this author:
- The Turtle and the Lawyer
ISBN: 978-1-935186-62-5 Waldenhouse Publishers, Inc., Walden,
TN
- Rush
to Justice? Tennessee's Forgotten Trial of the Century-Schoolfield
1958
ISBN: 978-1-935186-63-2 Waldenhouse Publishers, Inc., Walden,
TN
- Stanley
J. Farmer: We Called Him Coach
ISBN: 978-1-935186-92-2 Waldenhouse Publishers, Inc., Walden,
TN
- Several articles on law office management,
defense of alcohol related offenses;
- Rregular contributor to Chattanooga
Times Free Press on local history subjects.
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