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A young, eager Howard H. Baker Jr. and equally eager Robert F. Worthington joined to form Baker Worthington in Knoxville in 1957, and in many ways this represented Huntsville’s Baker law firm establishing a presence in Tennessee's third-largest city. Initially the relationship was social, the two meeting when their wives were in a mutual friend's wedding. But it wasn't long before this evolved into a productive business partnership of two sought-after, talented lawyers. While Baker was a superb litigator, Worthington brought additional skills that helped manage the business side of the Firm. Baker was able to focus on his first love of trying cases and Worthington made sure the office ran smoothly.
The relationship grew as did the practice. Baker entered the U.S. Senate in 1966 and left the management of the Firm in Worthington's capable hands. During this time the practice continued to thrive. Soon the firm of Heiskell, Donelson, Bearman, Adams, Williams & Caldwell opened for business in Knoxville. In 1994, Baker Donelson as we know it today found a new look as one of Knoxville's legal elite with the merger of the Baker Worthington and Heiskell Donelson firms.
Today the Knoxville legacy continues, with the Firm maintaining a strong relationship with the city. This is perhaps most evident in the Howard H. Baker, Jr. Center for Public Policy on the University of Tennessee campus.
KNOXVILLE (WATE) - President Obama has nominated a Knoxville lawyer to serve on a federal bench.
Pamela L. Reeves has been nominated by the president to serve on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee.
According to the White House, Reeves has worked at the law firm of Reeves, Herbert & Anderson, P.A. in Knoxville since 2002, where she has both mediation and litigation practices concentrating on employment and contract matters.
Reeves received her J.D. in 1979 from the George C. Taylor College of Law at the University of Tennessee and her B.A. with highest honors in 1976 from the University of Tennessee.
She is the first woman to serve as President of the Tennessee Bar Association. Reeves also served as the former Chairwoman of the Knox County Election Commission.

ROBERT R. DAVIES, was born in Akron, Ohio in 1965. He attended Vanderbilt University where he received his B.E. in Civil Engineering in 1987. He is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers and Chi Epsilon Engineering Honor Society. He was also a member of the varsity basketball team at Vanderbilt. Mr. Davies received his Juris Doctor degree from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville in 1990. Prior to entering private practice in 1993, Mr. Davies was a Deputy Law Director for Knox County, Tennessee, primarily in litigation.

Mr. Davies is an experienced trial lawyer in jury and non-jury cases of most types, with an emphasis on civil rights, Governmental Tort Liability Act, inverse condemnations, workers’ compensation and labor law, personal injury, automobile accidents, products liability, civil rights, construction and real estate and government law. He is a member of the Knoxville, Tennessee and American Bar Associations. He was previously a partner with the law firm of Stokes, Fansler & Williams of Knoxville.

August 30, 1889, Mayor Condon of Knoxville conveyed the information to the board of aldermen that he had been notified by the proper authorities of the Knoxville, Cumberland Gap & Louisville Railroad Company that their road had been completed according to contract as a standard gauge road and that connections had been made at Cumberland Gap with the Louisville & Nashville railroad, and that he had appointed J. C. Anderson and William Park to make an investigation of the condition and quality of the road. September 27, 1889, the railroad company made a demand on the city of Knoxville for the $225,000 in bonds or the same amount in cash, in accordance with the contract with the city, made as above related, their road having been, as they said, completed according to their contract. The entire matter was referred by the board of mayor and aldermen to the finance committee to investigate and report back to the board.
L&N Station circa 1915
L&N Station, Knoxville, circa 1915
October 12, 1889, two reports were submitted, a majority and minority report, the former signed by George W. Albers and Samuel B. Boyd, Jr., being to the effect that the railroad company had not complied with its contract, but in what particulars the report did not state. The opinion of the majority was sustained by the opinion of Attorney Joseph W. Sneed. The minority report, signed by W. C. Perry, was to the effect that the railroad company had complied with its contract in every particular — that the rails were of steel, the roadbed well tied, the bridges and trestles in good shape, and that connection had been made with the Louisville & Nashville railroad in Claiborne county, 460 feet south of the Tennessee state line. The minority report was adopted by the board of mayor and aldermen. "On October 25, 1889, Alderman Perry requested that the city attorney be instructed to draw up an ordinance authorizing the issuance of the bonds of the city for the $225,000 to the Knoxville, Cumberland Gap & Louisville Railroad Company, and on November 8, following, such an ordinance was passed on its first reading by the following vote: Aye — J. D. Selby, Barry, Knaffle, Jones, Horne, Perry and McDaniel; and nays — Boyd and Albers.
November 22, 1889, Mr. Templeton and Major T. S. Webb, attorneys for the railroad company, presented the case of the company to the council, asking for the issue of the bonds, and the city attorney expressed his opinion. Alderman Perry called up the ordinance for the issue of the bonds for its second reading, and on motion of Alderman McDaniel the entire matter was referred to a committee of five aldermen, to be assisted by the city attorney, to investigate the financial condition of the company — this committee being composed of Aldermen Selby, Boyd, McDaniel, Knaffle and Albers. December 20 this committee reported to the board that they had investigated the financial condition of the company in connection with the city attorney and Gen. Hood, and had been informed by the company that the stock book was in New York city, which fact from necessity terminated their investigations. They had been informed, however, that the company owned no stock, having turned it over to the construction company, which had disposed of it together with the first mortgage bonds, which this company had sold in order to enable it to build the road.
November 21, 1890, W. P. Washburn, presented an argument to the board in favor of the Knoxville, Cumberland Gap & Louisville Railroad Company, stating that they had completed the road in accordance with their contract to its final connection with the Louisville & Nashville railroad, at Cumberland Gap, and that the company then made application for the issuance of the bonds, or the payment of so much money in cash. The city council replied by passing the following series of resolutions:
"Whereas, The matter of the issuance of $225,000 in bonds of this city to the Knoxville, Cumberland Gap & Louisville Railroad Company has been heretofore fully investigated by a former board with the assistance of expert railroad engineers, of the city attorney and a special attorney employed by the city; and, "Whereas, The board making the investigation was the one legally existing at the time of the expiration of the railroad company's contract with the city, and was in full possession of all the facts in the case, and after such investigation reached the conclusion adverse to the issuance of said bonds; and,
"Whereas, This board is unwilling to issue bonds of the city which may be subject to the charge or even suspicion of invalidity and believes that any bonds now issued in response to the application at present made by the Knoxville, Cumberland Gap & Louisville Railroad Company, would be subject to such a charge; and,
"Whereas, This board has not the same opportunities of forming correct judgment in the premises as were possessed by its predecessors and does not feel warranted in reversing the action of its predecessors, therefore,
"Be it resolved, That, while this board has the desire and purpose to regard and satisfy all just demands against the city, it declines to comply with the request now made by the Knoxville, Cumberland Gap & Louisville Railroad Company, and to the end that the question may be put at rest, suggests to said company the propriety of securing a determination thereof in the courts of the country, with the purpose of thereby securing a final and indisputable settlement of the rights of the parties and of saving the obligations of the city from attack or suspicion in the event the courts shall adjudge that the city must issue the bonds."
The Knoxville, Cumberland Gap & Louisville Railroad Company thereupon brought suit against the city for the purpose of compelling it to issue the bonds, filing its original bill December 20, 1890, the city filing its answer in January, 1891, setting up more than twenty different defenses — technical and meritorious — the principal one being that the railroad company had not constructed its road within the time and according to the terms prescribed in the contract. Another defense was that Knoxville's subscription had, prior to the suit, been assigned by the railroad company to the Cumberland Gap Construction Company, and that the railroad company had no legal interest in the subscription. The railroad company thereupon amended their bill and alleged the assignment of the subscription to the Cumberland Gap Construction Company and made that company a co-complainant. After voluminous argument on both sides of the case, Chancellor Gibson, on June 19, 1893, held that the terms of the contract had been in all respects complied with by the railroad company, and that the construction company, as assignee of the contract of subscription, was entitled to the city's bonds, and decreed their issuance.
The city appealed the decree to the supreme court, which, on November 20, 1894, held that the railroad company had cornplied in all respects with the terms of its contract and was entitled to the bonds or to the cash on November 21, 1890, provided the railroad company was then able or was able on November 20, 1894, to deliver to the city the stock subscribed for; but as the court was not satisfied that the railroad company was able to deliver the stock oil either date, it ordered and decreed that the cause be remanded to the Chancery court at Knoxville to be there referred to the clerk and master for proof and report on this point.

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