DPBC’s Jacob A. Vanzin is among 35 attorneys across the state of Tennessee selected for the TBA’s 2025 Leadership Law program. The Tennessee Bar Association Leadership Law (TBALL) program began in 2004 and seeks to equip Tennessee lawyers with the vision, knowledge, and skills necessary to serve as leaders in their profession and local communities. The selected participants will attend sessions across the state designed to teach and encourage leadership, as well as discuss issues in the courts, policymaking in state government, and the importance of community service.
Vanzin joined DPBC in 2022 after practicing for almost a decade in Franklin. He focuses his practice primarily on appeals, commercial litigation, and real estate disputes, with a particular interest in easement, right-of-way, and eminent domain cases.
To see the press release from Tennessee Bar Association and see the full list of the 2025 participants please click here.
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Michael Bressman serves as Professor of the Practice of Law at Vanderbilt Law School where he has taught a variety of courses over the last 15 years. This year, Professor Bressman received the Hall-Hartman Award honoring excellent teaching for one of the first-year sections of Contracts. He also teaches Intellectual Property and the Arts Clinic, and directs the Law School’s clerkship program.

