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JENNY SMITH WRIGHT at the 2012 LAW DAY LUNCHEON The Liberty Bell Award is given to persons whose service to the community strengthens the American system of freedom under law. The factors the Liberty Bell Award Committee considers in determining who will receive the award are listed in your programs. One only needs to review the list of past recipients of the Liberty Bell Award to appreciate the caliber of individuals honored by this award as well as the diversity of talents at play in our community preserving our freedoms and our system of justice. Each of these persons embodies a spirit of service to others while recognizing and appreciating individual rights and responsibilities. These characteristics are demonstrated every day by this year’s recipient in her unique blend of volunteerism and public service. Jenny Wright is a lieutenant with the Chattanooga Housing Authority Police. As each of you knows, the Chattanooga Housing Authority exists to provide safe, decent, and affordable housing while promoting those community service programs that encourage the educational, personal development, and wealth building capabilities of the residents and participants they serve. The environment in which Lieutenant Wright works is home to many men, women, and children. Within that environment, it is incumbent upon her to address the fraud so often wrongfully perpetrated by some members of our society on others. Fraud is an intentional act. It is an act that victimizes others through deception. It may be fraud without a face such as fraudulent applications for services which, if the fraud is successful, deprives individuals legitimately meeting the criteria opportunities for housing or other services. It may be fraud which is perpetrated one on one and deprives the victim of personal property or opportunity. The way and manner in which Lieutenant Wright carries out her duties is an example not only to the citizens of the Chattanooga Housing Authority community, but to the other officers functioning in that environment. She must balance every day the tension between constitutional individual rights and the responsibilities of individuals to whom those rights are available. Her work has included in-service training under the applicable guidelines for officers, training for civilian employees whom she supervises, and public speaking within the Housing Authority and the greater Chattanooga area communities about the issues confronting those communities. She is a member of the Chattanooga Area Gang Exchange recently created to combat the problem of gang violence in Chattanooga. She investigates financial fraud and also assists persons in making arrangements to pay their debts owed to the Chattanooga Housing Authority. She daily enforces the law through investigation, arrest, prosecution, and testimony in court. Concurrently, in her volunteer life she assists clients of Metropolitan Ministries with electric, rent, and prescription expense when those clients in need seek the assistance of Metropolitan Ministries instead of resorting to fraudulent ways of dealing with their difficulties. Her training work for members of the police force as well as the civilian population instills an understanding of and appreciation of the rule of law in those who learn from her. Ms. Wright holds a Masters of Science in Public Administration and Public Safety Management. She also serves on the Vestry of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church where she is the Secretary of the Corporation and Clerk of the Vestry. Her service there encourages the parish’s outreach to the community. Even while in college, she held leadership positions including those of a disciplinary nature for persons violating an applicable code of conduct. Ms. Wright has excelled academically as well as professionally. She is the great-granddaughter of Gordon P. Street, Sr., the 1979 recipient of the Liberty Bell Award. Her family’s heritage of service to this community is recognized not only by this award, but also by Lieutenant Wright’s service as the Cotton Ball Queen in the year 2000. That organization was founded as a means to raise funds for the free ward at T.C. Thompson Children’s Hospital and continues today as a fund-raiser for various charitable organizations. We are fortunate to have such a well-rounded member of the Chattanooga community as this year’s recipient. I also believe she is probably the youngest recipient of the award. Mrs. Wright is married to John Wright who is here today and is the mother of two. _______________________________ ANGELA RIPPER receives the Angela A. Ripper, Assistant Vice President and Senior Counsel Angela has worked for Unum Group for sixteen years. In 2000, she helped start the Leave Management Center, a unit within Unum Group that administers FMLA and state leave laws for employers/customers. She continues to provide legal support for the Leave Management Center and has done so since its inception. Angela speaks at seminars nationally on FMLA and has been featured by DMEC with a representative from DOL to speak on FMLA. Angela also advises HR on decisions ranging from initial hires to disciplinary actions to termination. She also advises on RIF’s, reviews contracts, and advises the Leave Management Center. She also negotiates contracts for service for the Leave Management Center. Ms. Ripper received her BA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1986 and her JD from the University Of Tennessee College Of Law in 1989. She is a member of the American Bar Association and the Chattanooga Bar Association. She is on the National Advisory Board of In-house Counsel for M. Lee Smith Publishers. She serves on the Finance Board and is the past Chairperson of the school board for St. Jude Catholic School and serves on the school board for Notre Dame High School. Angela and her husband, Dan, have 2 children, Annie and Joseph. JACK JONES _______________________________________________________________________
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Law Day Program Highlights: ●Presentation of the 2012 Liberty Bell Award ●Presentation of the Law Day High School Essay Scholarship Recipient ▪Announcement of the Class of 2012 Fellows of the Chattanooga Bar Foundation SPONSORED BY HAMILTON COUNTY HERALD _______________________________________________________________ “Pillars of the Bar” Josiah Baker J. Guy Beatty Alvin Y. Bell Fletcher W. Bright Thomas A. Caldwell Paul Campbell, Jr. James G. Cate Honorable Fred Chalupsky Honorable Robert E. Cooper John William Dietzen W. L. Edwards Honorable Herschel P. Franks Jim Gentry John P. Guerry Hunter D. Heggie Robert D. Lawson, Sr. James C. Lee Paul R. Leitner Mark J. Mayfield Robert M. McAllester Robert L. McMurray Honorable Doug Meyer Honorable H. Ted Milburn Don Moore David E. Nelson Selma Cash Paty Honorable Samuel H. Payne Honorable John Y. Powers Honorable John F. Proctor Honorable Arvin H. Reingold Joel W. Richardson Honorable Clarence Shattuck Honorable Robert M. Summitt Joseph C. Wagner Kyle R. Weems Philip Bailey Whitaker, Sr. Shields WIlson ____________________________________________________
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