NAFUSA Immediate Past President Hal Hardin was recently honored at the Tennessee Bar Association Convention with this year’s prestigious William M. Leech Jr. Public Service Award, presented by the TBA’s Young Lawyers Division Fellows. The Leech Award is presented each year to a Tennessee lawyer who has given outstanding service to the legal profession, the legal system and the local community.

Hardin also participated at the convention on a panel with Congressman Bob Clement and Judge Ken Starr in the Bench/Bar CLE discussion of historical events.

Continuing his involvement in bar activities, on June 26, 2019, Hardin interviewed the Hon. Gilbert Merritt Jr., Senior Judge of the United States Circuit Court for the Sixth Circuit, as part of the oral history project of the Nashville Bar Association. Judge Gilbert served as the United States Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee earlier in his career.