Stevan L. Black - Memphis, TN

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • University of Tennessee College of Law, Knoxville, Tennessee, 1973
    Juris Doctorate
    Law Review: Tennessee Law Review, Member

• Non Legal Education

  • Mississippi State University, Starkville, Mississippi, 1970
    B.S., Bachelor of Science
    Major: Chemistry

Current Employment Position(s)

• Founding Member

Classes and Seminars

• “Family Case Law Update,” Memphis Bar Association Bench Bar Conference, Destin, Florida, May, 2011
  
• “Tax Considerations in Family Law Cases,” Memphis Estate Planning Council, Memphis, Tennessee, 2008
  
• “Family Law Tax Issues,” Tennessee Society of Certified Public Accountants Federal Tax Conference, Franklin, Tennessee, 2004
  
• “Tax Law for the Rest of Us – Family Law Tax Issues,” Tennessee Bar Association, Memphis and Nashville, 2004
  
• “The Significance of Relative Fault in Property Division and Alimony: A Survey,” Law Education Institute, Aspen, Colorado, 2003
  
• “Divorce – Alimony and Property Issues,” Memphis Bar Association Bench Bar Conference, Destin, Florida, May 2001
  
• “Tax Issues in Family Law Cases,” Memphis Bar Association, 1999
  
• “Making the Record on Appeal,” Memphis Bar Association Bench Bar Conference, Destin, Florida, 1999
  
• “Making Tax Laws Work for Your Client,” Tennessee Bar Association, Family Law Section, 1994
  
• “Hedonic Damages: The Pleasure Principle,” Law Education Institute, Vail Colorado, 1990 and 1992, Orlando, Florida, 1991
  
• “Summary Judgment After Celotex,” Vail, Colorado, 1991

Representative Cases

• Hyneman v. Hyneman, 152 S.W.3d 549 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2003)
• Honeycutt v. Honeycutt, 152 S.W. 3rd 556 (Tenn. App. 2003)
• Burlew v. Burlew, 40 S.W.3d 465 (Tenn. 2001)
• Goodman v. Goodman, 8 S.W.3d 289 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1999)
• Dellinger v. Dellinger, 958 S.W.2d 778 (Tenn. App. 1997)
• Herrera v. Herrera, 944 S.W.2d 379 (Tenn. App. 1996)
• Black v. Blount, 938 S.W.2d 394 (Tenn. 1996)
• Culp v. Culp, 917 S.W.2d 233 (Tenn. App. 1995)
• Malone v. Malone, 842 S.W.2d 621 (Tenn. App. 1992)
• Halloran v. Kostka, 778 S.W.2d 454 (Tenn. App. 1988)
• Seessel v. Seessel, 748 S.W.2d 422 (Tenn. 1988)

Published Works

Articles

• Agency: Right of Injured Party to Hold Master Liable Under Doctrine of Respondeat Superior Tennessee Law Review, Vol. 40, 1973
  

Bar Admissions

• Tennessee, 1973
• U.S. District Court Western District of Tennessee
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Mississippi
• U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit
• U.S. Court of Federal Claims
• U.S. Supreme Court
• U.S. District Court Middle District of Tennessee

Specialties and Certifications

• Tennessee Supreme Court Rule 31 Listed Family Mediator

Other Affiliations

• Memphis Bar Association, 1978 - 1983 (Discipline and Ethics Committee)
• Memphis Bar Association, 1985 - Present (Fee Dispute Committee)
• Tennessee Bar Association (Member)
• American Bar Association (Member)

Fraternities and Sororities

• Phi Alpha Delta