Lucius Hawes is a Board certified civil trial specialist in Tennessee and Kentucky. Kentucky law requires that we disclose that this is an advertisement. Kentucky requires that we disclose: "Kentucky does not certify specialities in legal fields."
- In Tennessee, board certification is governed by a rule of the Tennessee Supreme Court, and a website, http://www.cletn.com/, lists the requirements for certification, and provides a directory of all Tennessee certified specialists. Mr. Hawes is listed at http://www.cletn.com/SpecDetail.aspx?SID=013487. The name of the certifying agency is The Tennessee Supreme Court Commission on Continuing Legal Education and Specialization.
- In Kentucky, board certification is obtained by application to national specialty certification boards, including The National Board of Legal Specialty Certification (formerly known as The National Board of Trial Advocacy - NBTA), which maintains a website - http://www.nblsc.us/ - that lists the requirements for board certification, and provides a nationwide directory of certified specialists; and the list includes Mr. Hawes.
A website maintained by The American Bar Association, http://www.abanet.org/legalservices/specialization/source.html, provides a nationwide list of all boards and commissions providing legal specialty certification, including both entities certifying Mr. Hawes, who is the only certified specialist in the law firm.
