Background
Hess, Amy Morris was born on September 11, 1947 in New York City.
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Amy Morris Morris Hess
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Amy Morris Hess, American Law educator. Bar: New York 1973, Virginia 1975, Tennessee 1985. Recipient Outstanding Teacher award University Tennessee Alumni Association, 1994, Bass, Berry & Sims award for outstanding service to legal profession, 1994; graduate fellow American Association of University Women, 1970-1971.
Education
Bachelor, Barnard College, 1968; Juris Doctor, University of Virginia, 1971.
Career
Associate, Kelley Drye & Warren, New York City, 1971-1975; partner, Carwile & Hess, Charlottesville, Virginia, 1976-1980; visiting assistant professor College of Law, U. Tennessee, Knoxville, 1979-1980; associate professor, U. Tennessee, Knoxville, 1981-1990; professor, U. Tennessee, Knoxville, since 1990; associate professor, U. Colorado Law School, Boulder, 1980-1981. Visiting professor U. Missouri Law School, Columbia, 1989-1990, University Texas School Law, summer 1991. Member Tennessee joint committee Uniform Probate Code, since 1995.
Achievements
Membership
Risk manager Children's International Summer Village, Knoxville, 1990-1993. Member endowment fund committee Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church, 1993-1994. Member American Bar Association (editor Real Property, Probate and Trust journal since 1997, assoc.editor 1989-1997, chairman taxation subcommittee on significant developers 1991-1995, taxation subcommittee on grantor trusts 1995-1997, vice chairman probate andtrust commission on post-mortem income tax problems of estates and trusts formerly income taxation of estates and trusts 1989-1995), Tennessee Bar Association, Tennessee Lawyers' Association for Women, Knoxville Bar Association, League of Women Voters, Phi Kappa Phi (U. Tennessee chapter Executive Committee, 1993-1998, president 1996-1997).
Interests
Connections
Daughter of Bernard H. and Ruth Katharine (Batchker) Morris. Divorced; 1 child, Carlos Alberto.
Awards
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Recipient Outstanding Teacher award University Tennessee Alumni Association, 1994, Bass, Berry & Sims award for outstanding service to legal profession, 1994. Graduate fellow American Association of University Women, 1970-1971.Recipient Outstanding Teacher award University Tennessee Alumni Association, 1994, Bass, Berry & Sims award for outstanding service to legal profession, 1994. Graduate fellow American Association of University Women, 1970-1971.