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20 TortSource 1 (2017-2018)

handle is hein.journals/tortso20 and id is 1 raw text is: ldig LiNty Vol. 20, No. 1 TORT TRIAL & INSURANCE PRACTICE Fall 2017 Kati Sanford Goodner t is with a bit of nostalgia and some excitement, too, that our lortSource elitorial hoard brings you this last print elition of IIPSs Sectionwile newsletter. :Although lortSour< will still bring you the same practical alvice and uplates for which the newsletter has been valuel for the past 19 years, beginning with our Winter 2018 issue, the notification of each new issue of TortSource will arrive in your e-mail inbox instead of your mailbox, so please be on the lookout and make sure your e-mail address is up to date on your ABA profile and that you have opted in to receive e-mail from TIPS so that you can stay current with TortSource! Legal Leaders Raymond L. Panneton hile studying for the bar exam, I received the best piece of professional advice I have ever been given: Own your career. This is your career, not your firm's, and you will need to invest in it. From that day forward, I have made every professional decision through the lens of what investment is best for my career. In doing such, joining the American Bar Association and TIPS was the first and best investment I made for my career to ensure its long-term viability and success. For myself, as for most young lawyers, ambition and determination are rarely in short supply The challenge arises, however, to find outlets that allow young lawyers to become actively involved and make meaningful contributions. In my search for such an outlet, I rec- ognized that my membership in TIPS instantly began paying dividends. I was immediately continued on page 4 \t a time when there are so many things clamoring for your attention, it is only litting that our last print issue is a special eclition highlighting how to maximize your T IPS nenhership to get the nost value for your tine anl resources. \e lesignel this issue to provid1e in one single publication a brief oven iew of the many reasons why TlI'S is where you want to he \\ hether you are a veteran TlI'S member or a newly- mintel young lawyer (or law stulent), our articles in this edition cover all the basics about the Sectlon: how and where to go to get involved andl who to contact. From CLE to publishing opportunities, IroI conintee nenherships to public senice, this issue is a road map that also proviles personal notes from our members about what they value most about TI'S. So take a qluick look, linl your niche to get involvel, anl he watching for our lirst new electronic issue in \ inter 2018! + Kianfmord Goodner is a litigator in the Business & Commercial and Ta Practice Group~s of the Kinoxville, Tennessee. officeo e wis, T homason. Kiing Kirieg & \Waldrop, PC. where sl Locuses on business litigtion anld tax c ntroversy She is the execuive editor o llt TortSource eit-orfal hoard and serves as the YLD iuison to IPS Publicatons. She may be reached at hoodnerleiwisthomasonoI m. Lisa Jill Dickinson he Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section supports over 30 general committees. As a TIPS member, you can now join as many as you want for free! To get started, once you go online and join a general committee, you will receive the committee's news- letters and announcements. If you don't hear from the committee, you should contact the committee's chair. It's your choice to be either an active or passive member of a commit- tee-so don't fear joining a few! If you are invited to join a specific committee, you definitely should check it out. Whether you decide to stay or not, you will meet some great folks. For those of you with more time for bar activities, general committees offer numerous opportunities to get involved and to get your name out there. For writers, most commit- tees publish a committee newsletter containing short articles on issues of interest to lawyers continued on page 6 TORTSOURCE , FALL 2017 # Published in TortSource, Volume 20, No 1 © 2017 by the American Bar Association. Reproduced with permission. All rights reserved. This information or any portion thereof may not be copied or disseminated in any form or by any means or stored in an electronic database or retrieval system without the express written consent of the American Bar Association.

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