Tonya Kennedy Cammon, an attorney with the Chattanooga firm Grant, Konvalinka & Harrison, P.C., has been named a fellow of the Federal Bar Foundation. There are currently 216 fellows of the Foundation from across the country, including seven sitting or retired associate justices of the United States Supreme Court.
Ms. Cammon joins the Honorable Christopher H. Steger, United States Magistrate Judge, of Chattanooga, and Martin D. Holmes, a Nashville attorney, as the only three fellows from the state of Tennessee.
The mission of the Federal Bar Foundation is to promote and support legal research and education, promote the science of jurisprudence, facilitate the administration of justice, and foster improvements in the practice of federal law. The Foundation also provides scholarships and grants which support community outreach projects and pro bono work. The fellows program was established in 2002 to recognize individuals who have demonstrated exceptional commitment to and leadership within both the FBA and the legal community, said officials.
Ms. Cammon currently serves as one of two FBA vice presidents for the Sixth Circuit, which encompasses the states of Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee. She formerly held several leadership positions in the Chattanooga Chapter of the FBA, including serving as the chapter’s president in 2011. She has served on the Board of Governors of the Chattanooga Bar Association, as president of the Southeastern Tennessee Lawyers’ Association for Women and was honored by being named a fellow of the Tennessee Bar Association Young Lawyer Division in 1999.
A native of Mississippi, upon her graduation from the University Of Mississippi School Of Law, Ms. Cammon served as law clerk to Chief Justice Armis E. Hawkins. She moved to Chattanooga and joined Grant, Konvalinka & Harrison, a full-service law firm, in 1993. Ms. Cammon’s practice focuses primarily on employment matters, health care and litigation.