Background
Butler Fonville, Lara was born on April 9, 1968 in Jackson, Tennessee, United States.
Butler Fonville, Lara was born on April 9, 1968 in Jackson, Tennessee, United States.
Rhodes College (Bachelor of Arts, 1990). University of Memphis (Juris Doctor, 1993).
Worked at Thomason, Hendrix, Harvey, Johnson & Mitchell (Memphis, Tennessee) specializing in General Civil and Criminal Practice in all Courts. Professional Liability, Products Liability, Health Care, Insurance, Corporations, Banking, Trademark and Patent, Media, Immigration, Domestic and Administrative Law, Estate Planning and Probate Law, Real Estate, Bankruptcy, Construction Law, Mortgage Banking, Zoning and Land Use, Environmental Law. Admitted to the bar, 1993, Tennessee.
Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award in Contracts I. Member, Memphis State Law Review, 1992-1993.
Author: "Cowe by Cowe v. Forum Group, Incorporated.: Wrongful Life and the Dilemma of Comparing Impaired Existence with Nonexistence," 22:4 Memphis State University Law Review.
Member: Memphis Bar Association (Member, Board of Directors, Young Lawyers Division, 1995-1997. President Elect, Family Law Section).
Founded in 1967 as Thomason, Crawford and Hendrix, the firm changed its name in 1982 upon the elevation of West. Frank Crawford to the Tennessee Appellate Bench.
Of the ten largest law firms in Memphis, Thomason, Hendrix, Harvey, Johnson & Mitchell is the youngest and one of the fastest growing. Through participation in national and international bar associations and organizations, the firm has established and maintains an active relationship with lawyers and law firms in most large American cities and in the United Kingdom, France, Australia, Germany, Switzerland and the Czechoslovakian Republic.
Member, Memphis State Law Review, 1992-1993.