Faculty Profile: Paul Plant

An advocate of service to the community, Plant has served as President of the Lawrenceburg Kiwanis Club, President of the Lawrence County Chamber of Commerce, and was a charter class member of Leadership Lawrence County. In 1995, Plant was named Citizen of the Year by the Lawrence County Chamber of Commerce. Plant was Chairman of the 175th Anniversary Celebration of the City of Lawrenceburg, was Chairman of the Fund Raising Drive to construct the Gazebo in the middle of the Lawrenceburg Square, and has played a pivotal role in many other positive activities in Lawrence County.
Plant's success as a trial advocate has led to his invitation to become a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates, a national organization whose membership is limited to lawyers who possess a high degree of skill, integrity, and experience as trial advocates. Plant was elected President of the Tennessee Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates in 2001. Plant is a Fellow and Past Chair of the Tennessee Bar Foundation, a member of the American Bar Association and the Tennessee Bar Association, where he served as a member of the Board of Governors and Secretary and Speaker of the House of Delegates. He served as a hearing officer for the Tennessee Supreme Court Board of Professional Responsibility 1993-1999, and served on the Advisory Board of the Cumberland School of Law for a number of years. He has served as a Supreme Court designated member of the Tennessee Judicial Ethics Committee.