Bar records & milestones
Living records from the Tennessee bar rolls, computed from official public records each time this page loads. Every entry links to the attorney's full record.
Earliest bar number on record
Christy Ransone
Bar No. 000000
The lowest bar number still carried on the public rolls.
Earliest bar number still active
William Michael Roberts
Bar No. 000001 - admitted 1978 - 48 years - Memphis
The longest-standing bar number that remains in active practice today.
Earliest admission on record
Lois Dillard Bejach
Bar No. 000004 - admitted 1911 - 115 years
The oldest admission date carried on the public rolls.
Longest-practicing active attorney
James C McSween Jr
Bar No. 000426 - admitted 1954 - 72 years - Newport
The earliest admission date among attorneys practicing today.
Newest member of the bar
Joseph Wesley Meidl
Bar No. 043989 - admitted 2026
The most recent admission on the public rolls.
Highest bar number issued
Rian Rainey
Bar No. 567890
The most recently issued number on the public rolls.
Fifty-year members still active
828
Attorneys admitted fifty or more years ago who remain in active practice.
Admissions by decade
Admission dates as carried on the public rolls; earliest records may be incomplete.