We are moving!

The Harry Phillips American Inn of Court is moving to the Nashville City Club for the 2026-2027 Inn year. The Nashville City Club is located at 200 2nd Avenue South, Nashville, TN 37201

Inn members and guests may park in the 222 Parking Garage located at 222 2nd Avenue South, Nashville TN 37201. This garage has entrances on both 2nd Avenue and 1st Avenue.

Follow the instructions below to receive discounted parking for $8.

You should park in a designated Restaurant/Retail Parking Spot only. If you are not already registered with Metropolis Parking – scan the QR code in the garage by the elevators or on the ground level to register your car and enter your license plate number and credit card information. Do this before leaving the parking garage. Once you have registered your car and current license plate, you do not need to register again. If you are already registered with Metropolis, do not scan the QR code in the garage – proceed to the Nashville City Club and pay for parking using the QR code at the reception desk.

Directions to Nashville City Club from 222 Parking Garage – Take the elevator to L (lobby), go through office building lobby main exit to 2^nd Avenue South, turn right. The City Club is at the corner of 2nd and Demonbreun. The entrance is on 2nd Avenue (Liggett Building). If the door is locked, ring the doorbell! The downstairs host has a QR code for discounted parking (currently $8).

The Merchant of Venice Mock Appeal Takes the Prize

In a close vote, the May 2022 team’s program – The Merchant of Venice Mock Appeal – edged out the November 2021 team’s program – Whiskey and the Law – to win the Harry Phillips AIC’s Best Program of the Year award. Based on the trial in Shakespeare’s play, the program focused on ethical issues arising from ethnic animus and conflicts of interest related to Shylock’s efforts to collect his “pound of flesh.”

Directed and produced by Donald Capparella and Hank Hildebrand, the trial featured Denice Hicks (“Best Actress”) as Portia; Brian Russell (“Best Actor”) as Shylock; Barbara Holmes (“Best Judge”) as the Duke of Venice; John Spragens (“Best Supporting Actor”) as Bassanio; and Bill Koch (“Most Skin in the Game”) as Antonio. Nick Leonardo and Nick Barris provided “live” color commentary during the trial. Donald Capparella and Hank Hildebrand argued the case on appeal before Judges Neal McBrayer, Anne Martin, and Luther Wright. A distinguished panel consisting of Chasity Goodner, Seannalyn Brandmeir, and Emily Mack presented simulated podcasts providing the legal and historical context for the play. Allison Cooley, Katherine Fischman and Stephanie Williams were the program’s indispensable key grips and stage managers.

The members of the team celebrated their success during a gala dinner on July 19, 2022 at the internationally famous Loveless Café. There are unconfirmed rumors that a major production company has approached the team about taking its program on a national tour.

Loveless Motel Celebration 2022 — Front row: Nick Barris, Bill Koch, Donald Capparella, Hank Hildebrand, and Brian Russell. Back row: Nick Leonardo, Barbara Holmes, Stephanie Williams Allison Cooley, Katharine Fischman, Chasity Goodner, Seanna Brandmeir, Denise Hicks, and John Spragins.

Aleta Trauger is the recipient of the American Inns of Court Professionalism Award for the Sixth Circuit

https://www.innsofcourt.org/AIC/Awards_and_Scholarships/Professionalism_Awards/Professionalism_Awards_Recipients/2020_6th_Trauger.aspx

2020 Professionalism Award for the Sixth Circuit

ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA—Aleta A. Trauger has been selected to receive the prestigious 2020 American Inns of Court Professionalism Award for the Sixth Circuit. Since 1998, she has served as a U.S. district judge in the Middle District of Tennessee.
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