Batson Nolan partner receives the Clarksville-Area Chamber of Commerce Lifetime Achievement Award

Batson Nolan is proud to announce that partner Dick Batson was presented with the Clarksville Area Chamber of Commerce Lifetime Achievement Award at the 115th Annual Dinner and Gala on June 9, 2020.  Mr. Batson has practiced with the firm for 63 years in a number of areas, most recently focusing on general business/corporate law and industrial development.  After graduating from Austin Peay State University in 1952, Mr. Batson received his law degree from Vanderbilt University School of Law in 1954.  After receiving his law degree, Mr. Batson served in the United States Army with the 11th Airborne Division and 101st Airborne Division before entering private practice with the firm.

In past years Mr. Batson has served in numerous community organizations and activities including serving as President of the Clarksville-Area Chamber of Commerce, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Clarksville Academy, serving on committees of the Tennessee Bar Association and as former Chairman of the Harriett Cohn Mental Health Center.  He also served as the first American Red Cross “Bloodmobile” Chairman in Montgomery County and served as a former Chairman of the Clarksville Chapter of the American Red Cross.  Mr. Batson served as legal counsel to the first Clarksville-Montgomery County Charter Commission for the Unification of the City and County governments, and he also served as the first Chairman of the Central Business Improvement District, later named the Downtown District Partnership, which was originally formed after the tornado of 1999.  He was active in the creation of the Clarksville-Montgomery County Economic Development Council and also the creation of the Clarksville-Montgomery County Tourist Commission.  Mr. Batson was one of the four founders of the Austin Peay State University Foundation and has served as a past president of the Foundation where he still serves on its Board of Trustees and Executive Committee.  Mr. Batson continues to serve as counsel for Clarksville Volunteer Health, Inc., the successor to Gateway Health System, Inc., and also as counsel for the Clarksville-Montgomery County Community Health Foundation.