May 23, 2025 • 42 mins
WDIA's Stan Bell, of the Morning Show, sat down with Allyson Smith and Constance Brown, Esq.
Today's conversation promoted the "free" Expungement Clinic scheduled for May 24, 2025 at the Levi Branch Public Library.
This event is sponsored by the Shelby County General Sessions Court Clerk's Office--Tamara A. Sawyer, Clerk
Today's conversation promoted the "free" Expungement Clinic scheduled for May 24, 2025 at the Levi Branch Public Library.
This event is sponsored by the Shelby County General Sessions Court Clerk's Office--Tamara A. Sawyer, Clerk
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Memphis, Boring and Brad walking the walk and talking and talk.
It's the Stan Belle Morning Show, weekday morning from six
to ten am on the Heart and Soul of Memphis,
ten to seventy WD.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
I A man, I'm everyone, what a way to bring
in our special guests. Got two women in the building.
From all accounts, I can say, they got the four b's,
they got brains, they they got beauty, they're black, and
they're born again.
Speaker 3 (00:26):
I'm all okay on that? Am I right? You can talk?
Speaker 4 (00:28):
You absolutely right?
Speaker 3 (00:31):
Born again?
Speaker 2 (00:32):
Yeah, the hello againhs on that part. We got brains,
they got beauty, they black and it born again. Don't
say it like you mean every woman?
Speaker 3 (00:45):
Shoot uh?
Speaker 2 (00:47):
And by what what I mean by that? Ladies and gentlemen,
let me tell you something. These ladies in the studio
right now. Allison Smith, Community and Legislative Engagement Manager with
the Shelby County General Sessions Court Clerk's Office, Donable Tammy Sawyer, sir,
you sir, you know when you when you get in office,
(01:10):
you got to put some respect on that.
Speaker 3 (01:11):
You might have to call a tamera caught, that's right.
And then we have Constance.
Speaker 5 (01:21):
Brown Esquire, Hello, Hello, e s Q.
Speaker 3 (01:26):
Period.
Speaker 2 (01:29):
The chairwoman, Memphis Bar Association Access to Justice Committee is
in the house. Were so glad that I can tell
you I call your attorney Brown, you can.
Speaker 3 (01:39):
Call me there if you like.
Speaker 2 (01:40):
You can call it what you won't to. You done
pass the bar and you did a dog on things.
So if you the chairwoman, that means you passed the
barb with flying colors, no doubt. Memphis Bar Association Access
to Justice Committee.
Speaker 3 (01:53):
All right, So we got them out of the green room.
Speaker 2 (01:55):
There here with me stand special people spotlight, Smith and Brown,
Brown and Smith.
Speaker 3 (02:01):
All right, we sound like a law firm.
Speaker 5 (02:04):
It does now.
Speaker 2 (02:07):
The people, all right, well you for the w I people,
that's for sure.
Speaker 3 (02:13):
Beautiful people radio as you can see up above your
head there.
Speaker 2 (02:16):
I gotta take this break because they got to do
some housekeeping and give us one thousand dollars nation wid keyword,
identify the.
Speaker 3 (02:23):
Station and pay these bills, you know, so on and
so forth.
Speaker 2 (02:25):
When we come back, ladies and gentlemen, I'm going to
chit chat a little bit, if you will, with these
extraordinarily talented gifted ladies. Knowledge with ladies, all about the
expungement screening, you say, Elison.
Speaker 4 (02:39):
We formally call it an expungement clinic, but we'll make
sure that everybody knows.
Speaker 6 (02:43):
That it is a screening.
Speaker 4 (02:45):
And when we come back from break, I'll explain a
little bit more.
Speaker 2 (02:48):
All right, you sound like you know what you're talking
When we come back from break, we felsh.
Speaker 3 (02:53):
Don't y'all know how to do this stuff, all right?
Speaker 2 (02:57):
Expungement that's the that's the magic word, right then, expungement,
Get rid of it, take it away, clear.
Speaker 5 (03:04):
Get it out, clear, fresh star fresh.
Speaker 3 (03:06):
I loved it. All right, We'll be right back.
Speaker 7 (03:08):
A rah.
Speaker 3 (03:08):
If you're talking about Mr Keller or you're talking about.
Speaker 2 (03:11):
Uh, this key word grand g r rah a n D.
It's worth one thousand dollars. Get your money, get your paper,
get your scribble, your bag, your grip, your your narrow,
all the good stuff. This is the last day for
the one thousand dollars nationwide keyword. And it's not too late.
Normally we do a little close to the top of
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the hour, but actually you can still announce that word
in time between nine and nine twenty five, uh for emphasis.
So you still got a chance to get your my
wd I a dot com And this is the last
day nine more chances will shot that keyword out and
that'll be a wrap for this particular quarter. As we
say in the business, All right, stand special people spotlight
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today every Friday, and.
Speaker 3 (03:58):
My guests are here. They confirmed with this to stand.
We coming.
Speaker 2 (04:01):
We're going to talk about the upcoming expungement fair, expungement clinic,
expungement screening, whatever.
Speaker 3 (04:08):
You want to call it.
Speaker 2 (04:09):
I think it's an opportunity, a great opportunity to promote
a great event for the community. With me this morning
in the studio the WI Studios manager, Allison Smith, community
and Legislative Engagement Manager with the Shelby County General Sessions
Court Clerk's Office. And also I have attorney Constance brown Esquire.
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She is the chair of the Memphis Bar Association Access
to Justice Committee.
Speaker 3 (04:34):
And thank you. Welcome to the show. Let me tell you, mikeself,
thanks for being here.
Speaker 2 (04:38):
You yeah, y'all came on in this thing ready to
rock and roll.
Speaker 3 (04:44):
I got the invitation.
Speaker 2 (04:45):
Actually I got some information that you guys were having
in an expungement clinic fair screening.
Speaker 3 (04:51):
I know you're miss Smith, you're kind of talk to
clarify and tell the exactly what it is. But when
I saw that.
Speaker 2 (04:57):
I said, this is something that needs to be talked about.
So a guy with your peoples and your people's got
with my people and we made this day work. Shout
out to marriage of peers.
Speaker 3 (05:13):
Yeah, k qu.
Speaker 2 (05:18):
She said, Bro Bell, I call it MP. She comes here,
SP said, brother Bell. We got something coming up, and
she said, exponge men. I said, say let's bring them
on now before we get to explosion me coming. I
got to ask how Allison has the family Smith has
the family.
Speaker 6 (05:36):
Family is doing good.
Speaker 4 (05:38):
My family is pretty small, so we're all close knit,
so we see each other pretty much every day. So
everybody is doing good. My mom is Regina Smith. She's
in high spears and she's rocking and rolling.
Speaker 3 (05:48):
He miss Smith, Regina, you're there. And your father, my.
Speaker 4 (05:55):
Father, he did pass in twenty twenty four.
Speaker 2 (06:00):
I'm sorry, serious, you know, I you know, I say
that was a smile because he's he's in a better
place right in the celestial.
Speaker 6 (06:07):
City and the celestious from now.
Speaker 3 (06:11):
My dad in the c C.
Speaker 2 (06:12):
That's what you say, My dad in the c C
Celestial City. Yeah, there you go. You still somehow managed
to keep that smile on your face.
Speaker 6 (06:19):
Serious that you doing you're doing it.
Speaker 3 (06:23):
You're doing and.
Speaker 2 (06:24):
Costace Brown Attorney. That's why. Yes, give me a little
background on yourself. You're from Memphis.
Speaker 5 (06:29):
I am nine.
Speaker 8 (06:31):
I've been in Memphis about five years now, but I'm
from clark Stille, Mississippi.
Speaker 2 (06:36):
The Mississippi Delta them my crooked letter, crooked letter.
Speaker 3 (06:39):
I hum back. I won't MA know your still Well,
that's all right.
Speaker 2 (06:45):
You said Clark's down Clarksdale, Mississippi, Coholma account Coholma County.
Speaker 7 (06:49):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (06:50):
Yeah, Now I'm gonna put you out on the spot.
Speaker 3 (06:53):
You graduate from Clarksdale High School, Turny.
Speaker 5 (06:55):
Brown, I did in two thousand and seven.
Speaker 3 (06:57):
Oh you a young son.
Speaker 2 (07:02):
Uh.
Speaker 5 (07:03):
Look, I don't hear that much.
Speaker 2 (07:06):
In the G category yet, but if you're in the
two thousand, you know you know you're in the p
y T category.
Speaker 3 (07:14):
I probably djate your promo with that O seven.
Speaker 2 (07:16):
Clark Still High High, Home of the Wildcat, of the Wildcat,
Oh old seventy.
Speaker 3 (07:21):
I was still rolling back there.
Speaker 7 (07:23):
Uh.
Speaker 3 (07:23):
And then you left Clarkstill High.
Speaker 2 (07:25):
You went on the what.
Speaker 8 (07:26):
I went to Old miss in Oxford, So I was
a rebel for four years. And while I was there,
I picked up social work and it taught me how
to really relate to people and to always meet people
where they are. And I did not know at the
time that it was gonna help me with being an attorney, but.
Speaker 5 (07:44):
It overlaps quite a bit school. I went to law
school in.
Speaker 8 (07:47):
Jackson, Mississippi, and Mississippi College School of Law.
Speaker 3 (07:50):
That's Hines County. That is yeah, yeah wow. So yeah,
you like to argue.
Speaker 5 (07:56):
Sometimes I'm more than I like.
Speaker 2 (07:59):
It's about like an argist, so I said in the
lawff young Dolf. I could resist that, but congratulations. I
know your parents proud of you, and your folks still
with us.
Speaker 8 (08:13):
Yes, So I would like to shout out my mom,
Patricia Brown. She's in Clarksdale. She's a teacher. She was
the mainest teacher I had. But she taught me a lot.
Speaker 5 (08:24):
She taught me a lot. And my dad come to Brown.
He's in Memphis.
Speaker 8 (08:28):
And my third parents is my grandmother and that's missus
Rosie Jones.
Speaker 5 (08:32):
I love her.
Speaker 8 (08:33):
We just lost her a couple of weeks ago, but
that was my best friend. But I know that she
you know, she's watching me and she was one of
my main motivators when I was going through college and
going through law school. Yeah, I got a shout out.
Speaker 3 (08:46):
Grandmama is in Zion. She's she's in a beautiful city,
she is. Yeah, Yeah, that's good.
Speaker 2 (08:52):
I'm so glad you'all transparent and you don't mind when
I asked a question like that and you said it with
a smile, you said lovingly, and you're reflecting no doubt
on the farm memories. At the same time, let me
go back to miss Smith, right, quicker? And you are
a native Memphian, right, yes, sir? What side of town
you're from?
Speaker 4 (09:07):
Well, Aulthor Jackson, North Memphis.
Speaker 6 (09:10):
Officially a social call.
Speaker 4 (09:11):
It midtown, but not quite. We're not quite at that
at that line yet. So we're still North.
Speaker 3 (09:16):
And where'd you go to high school?
Speaker 4 (09:17):
I went to a white station high school class of
twenty nineteen.
Speaker 3 (09:21):
Come on, but really twenty nine. I probably did.
Speaker 6 (09:26):
Your from you definitely.
Speaker 3 (09:27):
Did you ask somebody? Hell on, somebody twenty nineteen? The Spartans?
Speaker 2 (09:31):
Noah, did we turn up? That's all I need to know.
You better ask somebody, you know? So I got the
Spartans and they got the wild Oh yeah, it y'all
doing it. I know, folks are proud of you all.
You've you've come almost full circle. You know, you're living
your dream and that's what it's all about. You've landed
somehow in the Shelby kind of Joel Sessions Clerk coffice.
Speaker 3 (09:53):
And I said that right, you landed. So how long
y'all been with him?
Speaker 4 (09:57):
So it is officially been around eight months since we started.
We started in September twenty twenty four, you did, Allison, Yes, sir, Yes, sir.
And when I say we, I mean the new administration
of the General Sessions Court Clerk's Office under the leadership
of Clerk Tamra A Switt.
Speaker 3 (10:15):
Now you go put the tam a. Okay, that's right, Yeah,
put that a in there.
Speaker 2 (10:19):
And so your affiliation Tony Brown in the Bar Association,
how's that all come to play inside the General Sessions
Court Clerk's office.
Speaker 3 (10:28):
How does that work? Well?
Speaker 5 (10:31):
Yes, we're just partners.
Speaker 8 (10:32):
A large part of my role is the chair of
the committee, is to do a lot of outreach as
to serve as a liaison between the different organizations that
serve the community. And so I know miss Maria o
Seja over there in the in the Clerk's office, and
she connected me with Allison and we've been able to
work together and we've gotten quite a few partners geared
up for this clinic, and I'm just ready to see it.
Speaker 5 (10:56):
Just coming to fruition tomorrow.
Speaker 3 (10:57):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (10:58):
So tomorrow you said it's going to be give location
and all that and time all this begins.
Speaker 4 (11:06):
So the clinic is this Saturday, May twenty four, from
ten am to two pm. And we are hosting, as
we said at the beginning of Free Expungement Clinic at
Levi Library located at thirty six seventy six South Third Street, Memphis, Tennessee,
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three eight one oh nine and overflold parking will be
available next door at Riverside Missionary Baptist Church.
Speaker 2 (11:35):
So that's where you are, Okay. Now I can see
it and I can visualize that it's on leave. You're
gonna be on Levi Road.
Speaker 6 (11:42):
So it's at Levi Live Robrary.
Speaker 4 (11:44):
So we're gonna be on Third Street, next to side, yes, sir, okay,
right next to the church, yes, sir, Doctor Reginald.
Speaker 2 (11:51):
Boys absolutely shut out Doctor Reginald Well right, that's a
good ladmark. So that's that's good. You give me the
do the address again one more time?
Speaker 3 (11:59):
Is spent, sir.
Speaker 4 (12:00):
That is thirty six seventy six South third Street, Memphis, Tennessee,
three eight one o nine.
Speaker 3 (12:08):
Okay, that'll work.
Speaker 2 (12:10):
So and the time we'll be kicking things off ten am,
ten in the morning.
Speaker 6 (12:15):
Tomorrow, yes sir, Yes, sir. And we're in and that
too too.
Speaker 3 (12:19):
That's that's what the school. So what happens during that time?
Speaker 4 (12:24):
Yeah, So I'll just start with saying, like, so, we
want to be clear the clinic is a screening, not
an automatic expungement. There's a lot of misinformation going around
about what an expungement is and what we are eligible
and not eligible to do. But what we will be
doing is we'll be sitting down with people in our community,
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Shelby County constituents, reviewing their records and helping them figure
out what may be eligible under Tennessee law.
Speaker 3 (12:52):
Oh okay, sir, So anybody can come.
Speaker 4 (12:56):
Anybody who is a Shelby County constituents gets there, and
you know, just a general rule of thumb because it is,
you know a lot of people don't really know what
to bring or what to do. So a general rule
of thumb is we focus on Shelby County based misdemeanors
not feelingies. The charges must typically have no outstanding court
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costs or fees, and the charge should be at least
five years old. And it's also important to note that
expungement is a one time opportunity. So if you're eligible
and decide to move forward, this is your chance.
Speaker 3 (13:33):
So what do you mean by one time opportunities?
Speaker 2 (13:35):
So tomorrow's own chance you get to do this or
or you talking about once you get it done, you
can't come back again and say what, so how does
that work?
Speaker 3 (13:43):
Manious?
Speaker 4 (13:44):
So, once you are confirmed of what may be eligible,
so you can only get two convictions removed from your record.
Let's start there only two convictions and once those two
convictions are chosen and we are going through the process
of you know, setting you up for eligibility and the
process thereafter you must you must have it will only
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be this one time that that will be able to happen.
So once you go through with the expungement process, that
is the last and only time that you'll be able
to go through with. So we usually tell people, you know,
just to come to see what's on your record and
see what's what may be eligible.
Speaker 6 (14:22):
And if you don't know.
Speaker 4 (14:23):
Still come we have resources, but also we really want
to try not to turn anybody away, So we have
resources on site, we have attorneys on site, and its
constance can give us just a bit of insight into
how the law the legal professionals will be hand in
hand with us at tomorrow's clinic.
Speaker 2 (14:39):
Okay, before I bring on attorney Brown. So how long
is this gonna take once you step up to the
I guess the booths, the table, the you know, the
canp here, how it's set up once you how long
is it does it take to determine who's eligible? And
when they come out there tomorrow morning, they're not gonna
be out there all day, all them, no sir.
Speaker 6 (14:57):
No, sir.
Speaker 4 (14:58):
So it really is about I would say, at fifteen
to thirty minutes, sit down with one of our expert
expungement clerks, so they'll you know, check their record through
the through the systems that they use. And really it
just depends on how lengthy the record is, if there
is one. So it really just depends on a case
by case basis. But usually I would say constituents aren't
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really in that seat longer than thirty minutes, Yes, sir, okay.
Speaker 3 (15:26):
So you got food and drinks beverage out there.
Speaker 5 (15:29):
You will have a few refreshments, little refreshments.
Speaker 6 (15:32):
There's some doughnuts and coffee.
Speaker 2 (15:33):
Yes, So I'm gonna take another break. I'm gonna bring
Attorney Brown in here. Constains Brown will come in and
talk to us about the legal part of this. And
I know you said, mister Meeters, only.
Speaker 4 (15:43):
Two meanings is what our court handles, so they will
be only that's always.
Speaker 3 (15:46):
So I can't come out there and get expound.
Speaker 4 (15:50):
Well, the Criminal Course Office does do the feeling the expungement.
Oh that's right with clerk.
Speaker 3 (15:56):
Clerk he clumb, Yeah, I got you.
Speaker 2 (15:59):
Okay, So I take a break, Gosta Brown, you up
next that we're gona talk more about the expungement screening
that's coming up tomorrow. I want everybody, if the shoe
fits were come on out get this expungent information, expungement
information hunt and told the Memphis all right, welcome back, ladies.
Glad to have you back in the studio. Actually on
this side of the break, and we're talking this morning
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to Allison Smith, who is a manager with Shelby County
General Sessions.
Speaker 3 (16:26):
The Shelby County Clerks General Sessions.
Speaker 9 (16:27):
Off.
Speaker 2 (16:27):
I hope I got that right. And Alis Smith is
a manager there. We're talking to all things expungement today
and we have Attorney Constance Brown Esquire is in the
building and we're talking all the things expungement. And Miss
Brown is the chairperson of the Let me make sure
we got it. Yeah, the Memphis Bar Association Access to
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Justice Committee.
Speaker 5 (16:52):
Is that right?
Speaker 3 (16:53):
All right?
Speaker 2 (16:53):
So talk to us up Attorney Brown about the legal
part of it and exactly what they need to be
equipped with when they come to the expongement clinging tomorrow morning.
Speaker 5 (17:03):
Right right?
Speaker 8 (17:03):
So, I always recommend that you bring some type of
identification with you if you have it, just so we
can use that, because we use your identification to pull
up your records, just so we can see what's.
Speaker 5 (17:13):
All on there and what is qualifying.
Speaker 8 (17:16):
Although our focus tomorrow will be mostly on misdemeanors, if possible,
I can give you a little context. It's like the
difference between the misdemeanors and the felonies. Some people will
come with questions, no doubt, please do sure. So with
the misdemeanors, is Miss Smith stated you can get up
to two expunge if they are eligible, and how do
we determine eligibility. We look at the statues, the Tennessee statues.
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There is an inclusion list and an exclusion list of
both the misdemeanors and the felonies. And so our attorneys,
our volunteers, all of them are going to be trained.
They're going to be able to go through your record
and look at what's on those lists and compare them
and explain to you why something may be eligible and
why something may not be if there was a qualifying failing.
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It's important to know that you can only get one
of those off with a qualifying misdemeanor if you happen
to have a combination of the two. If you only
have failingies, you can only get one qualifying, feelingly off
of your record. I also want to mention, depending on
the class you know, we have Class DEE, we have
a for example, there are different timelines associated with those failingies.
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So you may have to wait five years, you may
have to wait ten years, may have to wait seven years.
It just depends on the type of failingy that you have. So,
like I said, all our volunteers will have their information,
they'll be able to definitely walk people through that. Even
though they may not be able to get any formalized
paperwork completed on the felony side, they'll at least have
an understanding when they go to two to one popular
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to the criminal court Clerk's office with those questions.
Speaker 2 (18:47):
That's a good information right there. That's good information. So
when they come out tomorrow, should they come early? I
know you say you started ten right and get your
mic up to miss Smith, but should they come just
have we been early or they'll still be seen in
the timely fashion they get right up there at ten
and one, maybe so eleven o'clock. How many folk canna
be out you know, on your side, fielding questions or
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answering questions, that kind of thing.
Speaker 4 (19:10):
So we do have an expand our expungement clerks team
is around for women who really are specialized and experts
in the area. So it'll be around four expoungement clerks,
but we will have a plethora of legal professionals on
site and they can also help with just the screen
and aspect and making sure and looking at that statue
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list to see what is actually expungeable and what you
know may be able to go into the next round
of looking into someone's record.
Speaker 2 (19:40):
So it turn it around back to you on the
legal part of it, so you will or will not
be able to clear their criminal records.
Speaker 3 (19:47):
You said, what two.
Speaker 2 (19:49):
Misdemeanors is the max to qualify, so if they have,
so if they have four or five, what you have
to pick betweenty two you.
Speaker 5 (19:59):
Would have to choose them.
Speaker 8 (20:01):
That's why it's good to sit with someone and let
them tell you what's eligible, what's not, and what could
hinder you from getting a job that you may be
seeking or housing because sometimes people's records can't prevent them
from getting certain outs, right.
Speaker 5 (20:15):
Even a mister Maner, depending on what it is.
Speaker 8 (20:18):
And I will also say that I would like to
shout out some of those partners. So we do have
Butler Snow helping out. That's a firm in Memphis. They
have locations other words otherwise as well. And then we
have West Tennessee Legal Services and we have the ME
and a al fil for the Sigma role on the chapter.
Speaker 5 (20:36):
They're going to be helping.
Speaker 8 (20:37):
With the logistics and making sure everyone knows where to go.
We have a Tennessee Bar Association's Young Lawyer Division as well.
And I believe and make sure I didn't leave out
leave off anyone.
Speaker 5 (20:50):
I think that's it.
Speaker 2 (20:51):
Okay, So by definition, let's look at expungement. Oh babwe,
thank you to those who are going to be serving.
And I'm gonna be out there tomorrow. And I heard
all the parties that you said. That's pretty much all
of them, right, Yes, kudos to them, even their alphas.
Speaker 5 (21:12):
Looking for.
Speaker 2 (21:15):
A news spy to come shut it down. I'm just kid,
but yeah, I bet that's great. Partnership is everything, man, everything.
Expungement by definition, correct me if you know if I'm wrong.
It's a legal process that allows individuals to petition the
court to have certain criminal records sealed or erased from.
Speaker 3 (21:35):
Their public record. Right, i'mbout doing so far, Okay.
Speaker 2 (21:38):
So an exponge record generally cannot be accessed by the public,
including employers, landlords, and how about educational institutions, colleges and
stuff like that.
Speaker 5 (21:52):
That's the same, So.
Speaker 3 (21:53):
They can't get it. They can't. Then I premitted that information.
Speaker 8 (21:56):
I will say, depends on the type of background check
this on run, because we have had instances where the
record has been successfully explounged, meaning when we try to
look at up. We can't even find it. But people
have called and said, hey, I'm trying to get this job.
Maybe it's on a federal level or maybe it's dealing
with like finances, and it will come up. So they
just kind of have to explain that a way that
they did get those services. But it just depends on
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the type of background that is being rung by this
future employer.
Speaker 2 (22:24):
So what's different in this expungement clinic fair scrinting than
the one I think that clerk Coon does is that
she's criminal court colu Right.
Speaker 4 (22:34):
So I would like to just like paint the picture
of like the clerk's office. We're just a piece in
the process of expungements. So criminal Court curd therapiece and
expunge in the felonies, and we're a piece in expunge
of the misdemeanors. After we deem eligibility or we tell
consistuents what may be eligible, they then their applications are
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then sent to another entity, the DA's office, and then
after that they have to go through other legal personnels
to get the actual expungement e race. So we are
a piece in the process. We're a piece in the
fresh start.
Speaker 2 (23:10):
That's what I'm talking about. So thank you, miss Smith.
And I was listening to you, Attorney Brown. You know
you're passionate about this. It sounds like it's almost personal.
You know something hand I really don't.
Speaker 8 (23:25):
And so that's that's what's crazy, right. So but I
will say, pro bono to me is very personal. So
before I even got a license to practice law, I
used to volunteer. I used to drive to Memphis and
volunteer at the clinic at Benjamin Hooks Library because my mentor,
he was a part of launching that. And while I
was there, I was able to see how much.
Speaker 5 (23:45):
You can learn.
Speaker 8 (23:46):
And then from that being there, I made connections and
that's how I got my very first job in Memphis,
and I was running the pro bono program for Memphis
Erea Leagual Services. While I was there, I was charged
with training other attorneys on different areas of the law,
one of which was expongements, which I knew nothing about.
So someone had to train me and show me how
to do it. And I was intimidated because I knew
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nothing about criminal law, had no interest in criminal law.
But once I learned it and I saw how impactful
it was and I could see the success stories and
you could really track someone that you helped. I saw
how important it was to the community. So from there
I just started trying to launch as many.
Speaker 5 (24:25):
As I could.
Speaker 8 (24:26):
I've done some of them solo, but I will say
I have a huge support system, so when people know
I'm trying to do something, they'll just come together and
help me out.
Speaker 2 (24:33):
Yeah, and you said it's pro bono, which that means
for free, pretty much a lama's term. Yes, I remember
General Sessions Court clerk clerk saw you. I remember early
on when she got in that position, she said that
her office would be waiving the one hundred dollar fee.
Speaker 6 (24:48):
So that actually did happen.
Speaker 4 (24:50):
Yeah, early in her term, Clerk sirty did weigh one
hundred dollars clerks feed and so when so the important
of that, So if someone came to our clinic and
before we could even dive deep into the aspect of
their cases there, we have to be a fee there.
We have to pay one hundred dollars to even just
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have that checked. So Clerk Stawyer came in and decided
that we're going to erase the barriers to this process
and we're going to make it more accessible for the
people who need it most, which is our people.
Speaker 2 (25:24):
I think that's great, you know, because if you've got
somebody that understands the challenges, then it's better, you know,
and one who can create it, you know. And she said, look,
let's help constituents who qualify obtain the fresh start. And
that's what expungement is all about. We're talking this morning.
We're so glad that they're here. Allison Smith, who's a
manager with the Clerk's Office General Sessions, and of course
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Constance brown esquires with us, kind of talking to us,
representing that she's the chair of the Memphis Bar Association
Access to Justice Committee. If you have a comment, a question,
anything concerning this, make sure you reach out to me
right now. We here not only one five three five
nine three for two eight hundred and five zero three
nine three for two eight three three five three five
nine three four two.
Speaker 3 (26:07):
We're here for you.
Speaker 2 (26:07):
It's gonna take quick break me right back, Hart and
Solo Memphis AM ten seventy eight w D I eight okay,
and we're back. And we mean that in that drop
right there. I hope you were listening. Sending people back
over all right, every Friday. We do stand special people
Spotlight today no exception. We're so excited to have our
friends in here, our partners in here. And let me
tell you something, Coak Sawyer is doing an absolutely fantastic
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job over there.
Speaker 3 (26:32):
Uh.
Speaker 2 (26:32):
And I think having a partnership with the Memphis Bar
Association Access to Justice Committee, that's a key partnership.
Speaker 3 (26:40):
And I'm going to give the I'm want to give a.
Speaker 2 (26:41):
Shout out to those partners of additional partners as uh
Toorny Brown had mentioned. But I definitely, you know, really
we don't take it lightly that I know you guys
got to have partners pretty much to make all of
this stuff happen.
Speaker 7 (26:51):
Uh.
Speaker 2 (26:51):
The Shelby County Circuit Court Office shout out to you all.
Butler Snow Law Firm, Right Sigamare Roll, Lambda Chapter of
Alpha Fai Alpha Fraternity, Incorporated, and West Tennessee Legal Services.
My star line is ringing, ladies, so let me let
me pick it up Starlight ring You gotta get right
to it. Tell good morning Hello. You have the radio
live starline. Who goes there?
Speaker 10 (27:12):
Good morning?
Speaker 3 (27:14):
What Hello? It is? Tap us out clerk clerk you
on the radio on the radio.
Speaker 2 (27:22):
Yeah, what we owe the pleasure you got the clerk,
You got some great representatives in this studio, though, what's
on your mind?
Speaker 3 (27:28):
Clerk?
Speaker 2 (27:28):
Saw you they're doing okay? Are they getting the word out.
Speaker 10 (27:31):
For I had to call in because I heard you
shading the first fan the first shout out to the
office with reporting tomorrow.
Speaker 3 (27:39):
Yeah.
Speaker 10 (27:40):
But Thompson Toorny Brown and my dear Alice and Smith,
our community engage to the legislative manager. Yeah, have done
an amazing droft this morning.
Speaker 7 (27:52):
Uh.
Speaker 10 (27:52):
I don't have much to add. I just want to
share with everybody. It's a great opportunity and by Attorney
Brown for me, uh, this is about the service to
the community. Our office does a lot of evictions where
you know, entangled in the criminal division. So usually when
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people interact with general Sessions, it's not the best day
of their life. And so this is the opportunity for
us to pay it forward and give back to the
community when we see people doing things to get their
life on the right track, that you can help them.
I'm really excited that the miss as Far Association is
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joining us this time and hope you continue that partnership
because people often have you know, really in depth records
and situations that they need help with and just a
partner with something with someone like Attorney Brown whose part
is in service for our community, for our people is incredible.
And I can't say enough about future Attorney Alison Smith.
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She's a bright spot with community. She's passionate about black people,
passionately about Uh. Just excited to be there tomorrow. Buy
a library serving the community and hopefully you'll come out
and give us a donated spending. You gonna be there.
Speaker 3 (29:17):
You want to bring the ones and tunes out there?
You want me to.
Speaker 2 (29:21):
You lying there like I saw you doing that. You
do keep a shovel, I know you. Yeah, boosts on
the ground. Uh all right, you know what I might
not swing by, get a chance to see uh doctor
Reginald Boys over there at Riverside.
Speaker 3 (29:36):
And then get a chance to.
Speaker 10 (29:41):
Shout your bride out.
Speaker 2 (29:42):
You know. Yeah, of course you know I got you
since then I was gonna be running it tomorrow. Looks
like I've been gonna get money and now black and
gold there. But but but thank you so much. I
appreciate you.
Speaker 7 (29:56):
Uh.
Speaker 2 (29:56):
We've been talking with General Sessions called clerk Tammy Saw.
You're on the star Line, Sheppard County. All right, so
tomorrow all roach lead to this expungement clinic. Let me
tell you where you need to go once again. It
is tomorrow ten am to two. Is clinic details now
tomorrow Saturday, May two to four. We're gonna be at
Levi Branch, thirty six seventy six high Is that right?
Speaker 3 (30:20):
Highways? Sees the one that what you call but no
don't it goes to both. We'll just make it plain.
Speaker 2 (30:25):
You would be thirty six seventy six what south third
and make it plain that's right here in Memphis. And
you just heard from our journal Sessions called clerk Clerk
Sawyer announcing that the office would waive the one hundred
dollars fee to file a petition for expungement of a conviction.
If you think you need some help and assistance, we'll
to find out I you qualify.
Speaker 3 (30:43):
Please ma'am, please sir, coming.
Speaker 2 (30:46):
Out and be with us tomorrow at the clinic. You
will receive assistance with determining eligibility for expungement. Right, ladies, Yeah,
completing the expungement paper work, under standing the legal process, right,
Attorney Brown and connecting with legal resources. And you said
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the keyword of tourny brown, pro bono, pro bono and
just something something that you do as a lawyer. You say,
you know what, it's a calling in your compassionate and
all of that in your service. All right, take my
last break right back? All right, this WR listener rights,
(31:30):
good morning. Standing to your guests in the subject space
is expungement to stand up. Ask the ladies this situation
if you got a misdemeanor and was told you could
have your record e sponge, if you stay out of
trouble for a year but did not sign papers to
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take advantage of because you did not understand the process.
Speaker 3 (31:55):
This was back in the nineties for me. So can
you have it done now? Ladies? Words?
Speaker 5 (32:00):
So I definitely come.
Speaker 8 (32:02):
So what I would say is definitely come out to
the clinic tomorrow so that someone can pull up your
record and see what's going on, because from what I'm hearing,
it sounds.
Speaker 5 (32:10):
Like it could have been a judicial diversion.
Speaker 8 (32:12):
Which means there was some type of terms you had
to fulfill for something to come off of your record,
and you would have to have a certificate of completion
or something to demonstrate that they occurred.
Speaker 5 (32:21):
But just come to the clinic.
Speaker 8 (32:23):
Let's want to pull your record and see exactly what's
going on. That way, we can see if that's eligible
or if it if it's been expunged.
Speaker 2 (32:30):
Since then, Thank you, Miss Candair uh and thank you
Turning Brown. Miss Canaria wrote the latter. I appreciate that
this WI listen rites Hello, hmm interesting. I'm trying to
I'm trying to pull it back up. What I have,
take what I'll pull it back up and then I'll
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go to the uh go to the fall line. I'll
put it back back. A couple of casts, I think
they're pressing wanted to get some information from you. Let's
go here, w d I come morning, Thanks for waiting
on your life.
Speaker 3 (33:01):
What say you? I guess yeah, good morning morning sir.
Speaker 9 (33:06):
Yeah, yes, I mean I can respect you.
Speaker 3 (33:10):
You are.
Speaker 7 (33:11):
You are an intelligent woman who survived through Mississippi. You
did all everything you did, all your education was from
Mississippi and uh, you know here in messis when I
grew up. I graduated in high school in nineteen eighty three.
I you know, I graduated with Ricky Wilkins, Keith Norman,
(33:34):
Eric Givens. Uh you know Carver Carver High School and Philps.
Speaker 3 (33:41):
You know.
Speaker 7 (33:41):
So, uh you know, back in them days, you used
to could hear that the white man would hold you back,
but you were in Mississippi and you didn't. You didn't
let the white man hold you back. You did everything
in Mississippi. And uh so I think that's I think
that's great. Uh And uh so you had to have
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a certain attitude, like like I'm thinking, like what Bobby
Ojay had here to survive, to survive that and to
go through college, you know, in Mississippi, and you know,
and get your your degree in Mississippi. And and like
the lady that was in Sanatobia, are you familiar with
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that situation that was dragged from a that was dragged
from a car somewhere down in Mississippi? She was dragged
from a car at a Walmart while she's waiting on
her grandmother.
Speaker 8 (34:36):
Oh oh yes, I did see that on the news,
but I'm not familiar.
Speaker 9 (34:39):
With Yeah, yeah, so stuff, you know, stuff like that happened.
Speaker 7 (34:43):
But see, that wouldn't happen to you because of your intelligence,
you know, because I'm sure you faced you had to see.
Speaker 9 (34:51):
Something like that before coming up in life.
Speaker 3 (34:55):
But with someone like you, you were you were a survivor.
Speaker 7 (34:58):
You knew you're intelligence, you knew what to do if
the police fooled you over. But you know, unfortunately she didn't.
So I'm I'm so proud to hear. I'm always so.
Speaker 9 (35:11):
Proud to hear when somebody from Mississippi you you.
Speaker 7 (35:13):
Went to high school, you went to college, you went
to law school in Mississippi.
Speaker 9 (35:18):
Uh, because uh uh in that and that's so very good.
So that's all I.
Speaker 7 (35:23):
Wanted to Uh, that's all I wanted to come in on.
So if you can share from experience, if you ever
had any with difficulties with dealing with uh you know,
racism in Mississippi or anything like that.
Speaker 9 (35:39):
Uh, you know, if you can share that, that's all right.
Speaker 7 (35:41):
If you never had an experience, I can understand that.
Speaker 2 (35:45):
Thanks for your comments, man, you view point on that everything. Man,
have a great weekend. Right back to the phone lines,
we go, w D I GOM.
Speaker 3 (35:51):
On the radio.
Speaker 11 (35:53):
Hey what's going on standing man?
Speaker 3 (35:55):
Yes, sir, Hey, I'll be quick.
Speaker 11 (35:58):
I want to first of all, just think congratulate the
young ladies for your success.
Speaker 3 (36:03):
You all are young. You're young enough to be my children.
Speaker 11 (36:06):
So I'm always proud to hear successful stories from young people.
But I want to ask a question of pertaining to
the exponsorent clinic.
Speaker 9 (36:15):
Will this be an.
Speaker 11 (36:16):
Indoor or outdoor event? Because I was thinking about the weather.
It should that be a determ to people. So that
was my question. But I really wanted to take congratulated
to you. I'd love to hear successful stories about young people.
Speaker 8 (36:28):
Well, thank you so much. And I'll just chime in
and I'll let Allison finish it up. There's a hybrid.
It's going to be indoors and outdoors. We have tens
set up outside and we will have the Justice bus
coming from Nashville, Tennessee, and that'll just be an extra
spacing of office space for volunteers to go out there
and consult with clients. So please still come out if
the weather is too too bad, Definitely choose safety first
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because we will have more of these. This is going
to be an ongoing partnership, so this will not be
the last time that you can come out.
Speaker 3 (36:58):
All right, come man, thank you so much. Yeah, yeah, yeah,
it's as miss right, Yes, sir, this.
Speaker 6 (37:05):
Is me right here. That was miss Conscio speaking, right.
Speaker 11 (37:08):
Okay, good morning, Miss Smith.
Speaker 3 (37:14):
All right speaking to thank you. I appreciate, appreciate, You're
more than welcome.
Speaker 2 (37:17):
A right speaking to Alison Smith, this tally listener rights
in subject space, Miss Allison spell your ain't right?
Speaker 7 (37:24):
A l L?
Speaker 3 (37:25):
Why so yeah, he said, Sam.
Speaker 2 (37:29):
I just wanted to take a moment to express my
appreciation for your interview with these ladies, particularly miss Allen
Smith on your radio show today as a Howard graduate.
Speaker 7 (37:39):
H you h you.
Speaker 3 (37:42):
I didn't get to that part. That's right, Come on, Bison, who.
Speaker 2 (37:46):
Is already making ways. Allison embodies the qualities of a
future great leader. Her passion for for helping marginalized communities,
along with her talent as a poet hit along with
her talent as a poet and her ambition to pursue
law truly sets her part. I'm thrilled to know her
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and have no no doubt that she will accomplish great things.
I encourage you to remind your listeners to remember her name.
She is poised to make a significant positive impact on
the future of our community, especially if we can keep
her engaged and supported.
Speaker 3 (38:24):
Here, mister Lawrence law my son, forget not my law.
Speaker 6 (38:35):
Thank you so much, mister, that's my work uncle.
Speaker 2 (38:39):
Tony Brown passing that box of tissue. I know, give
me some of it too, while you got what a
nice letter my law?
Speaker 3 (38:51):
All right, well there you have it. Okay.
Speaker 2 (38:54):
Oh and before I let you get out of here,
let me before I let you go, Before I let
you go, let me do this because I don't want
to forget Darris Tenor in the subject pace tenth anniversary,
Good morning, mister Bell. I'm Doris Tenor Lewis, and to
day is my tenth anniversary for me and my husband,
mister Joe B.
Speaker 3 (39:10):
Lewis. If possible, can you announce this great day for us.
Speaker 2 (39:14):
We were married ten years ago May twenty three, twenty fifteen,
I said, twenty fifteen, daar said Joe Lewis from Saint
Louis Mole from the Mold got it in the happy
tenth anniversary wedding anniversary for sure.
Speaker 3 (39:29):
One more, well, maybe a couple more. Good morning, stand.
Speaker 2 (39:31):
I want to wish myself happy seven to two seventy
second birthday. You bring the Bell birthday two places gravy
on the polace today and also my niece Lisa Bell,
she may be part of the Bell ring of family.
Speaker 3 (39:44):
Thank you, brother. That's from Maurice Brittmanton seventy two. That's
all right.
Speaker 2 (39:49):
And and before I get out of here, yesterday was
the birthday of Memphis, Tennessee Lazier are aware of that, right, Yes,
celebrations in that kind of thing.
Speaker 3 (40:01):
Yeah, May two to two, eighteen nineteen.
Speaker 2 (40:06):
Founded by John Overton, James Winchester, and the late President
Andrew Jackson. It was later saved from bankruptcy by rich
black businessman named drum Roll.
Speaker 3 (40:21):
Y'all know who Robaina Church. I got a school name
for him here in Memphis. Yeah, he saved him.
Speaker 9 (40:31):
Wow.
Speaker 2 (40:31):
So I wanted to bring that to your attention. Think
of DJ and man, there you go. We this lady says,
be where you go stand? If you could please add
to the occupation of role call where is it? Shout
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out to foster parents. It takes special people, all right,
Mss Adams. I will make a note of that on
the occupation of road call it if you could please
put foster parents on the list. That's all right, Dan, lady,
I want to thank you for coming by w Ed
I a man, it's been a pleasure for real. You
have shared some great information. Tomorrow, I believe it's going
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to be awesome rain or shine.
Speaker 3 (41:17):
Yeah, you said.
Speaker 2 (41:18):
Hybrid, so we could do a little indoors for the weather.
You know, Contingent plan is intention plan is indoors. Trying
to constant Brown and the great Alison Smith.
Speaker 3 (41:31):
How would you?
Speaker 2 (41:35):
And of course I had a big shout out to
the audible Tammy A. Sawyer, General Sessions Court Clerk Sheffick
County for this information and for allowing it to be
the fee to be waivered to be waived, and for
the and the and for all of the positive things
doing it and she's doing in the community. It's just
one of them. So tomorrow I give you.
Speaker 3 (41:54):
That time over time we need and where they need
to be again, Miss Smith, one more time.
Speaker 4 (41:59):
Yeah, be Saturday May twenty fourth, ten to two pm
and it's going to be held at thirty six seventy
six South third Street, Memphis, Tennessee, three eight one oh nine.
Speaker 6 (42:11):
And I'll just leave with this. There's no shame in
showing up for yourself.
Speaker 11 (42:16):
He's on it, popping.
Speaker 1 (42:17):
It is The Stan Belle Morning Show weekdates from sixty
ten am on the Heart and Soul of Memphis ten
seventy WD.
Speaker 7 (42:24):
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It's the Stan Belle Morning Show, weekday morning from six
to ten am on the Heart and Soul of Memphis,
ten to seventy WD.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
I A man, I'm everyone, what a way to bring
in our special guests. Got two women in the building.
From all accounts, I can say, they got the four b's,
they got brains, they they got beauty, they're black, and
they're born again.
Speaker 3 (00:26):
I'm all okay on that? Am I right? You can talk?
Speaker 4 (00:28):
You absolutely right?
Speaker 3 (00:31):
Born again?
Speaker 2 (00:32):
Yeah, the hello againhs on that part. We got brains,
they got beauty, they black and it born again. Don't
say it like you mean every woman?
Speaker 3 (00:45):
Shoot uh?
Speaker 2 (00:47):
And by what what I mean by that? Ladies and gentlemen,
let me tell you something. These ladies in the studio
right now. Allison Smith, Community and Legislative Engagement Manager with
the Shelby County General Sessions Court Clerk's Office, Donable Tammy Sawyer, sir,
you sir, you know when you when you get in office,
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you got to put some respect on that.
Speaker 3 (01:11):
You might have to call a tamera caught, that's right.
And then we have Constance.
Speaker 5 (01:21):
Brown Esquire, Hello, Hello, e s Q.
Speaker 3 (01:26):
Period.
Speaker 2 (01:29):
The chairwoman, Memphis Bar Association Access to Justice Committee is
in the house. Were so glad that I can tell
you I call your attorney Brown, you can.
Speaker 3 (01:39):
Call me there if you like.
Speaker 2 (01:40):
You can call it what you won't to. You done
pass the bar and you did a dog on things.
So if you the chairwoman, that means you passed the
barb with flying colors, no doubt. Memphis Bar Association Access
to Justice Committee.
Speaker 3 (01:53):
All right, So we got them out of the green room.
Speaker 2 (01:55):
There here with me stand special people spotlight, Smith and Brown,
Brown and Smith.
Speaker 3 (02:01):
All right, we sound like a law firm.
Speaker 5 (02:04):
It does now.
Speaker 2 (02:07):
The people, all right, well you for the w I people,
that's for sure.
Speaker 3 (02:13):
Beautiful people radio as you can see up above your
head there.
Speaker 2 (02:16):
I gotta take this break because they got to do
some housekeeping and give us one thousand dollars nation wid keyword,
identify the.
Speaker 3 (02:23):
Station and pay these bills, you know, so on and
so forth.
Speaker 2 (02:25):
When we come back, ladies and gentlemen, I'm going to
chit chat a little bit, if you will, with these
extraordinarily talented gifted ladies. Knowledge with ladies, all about the
expungement screening, you say, Elison.
Speaker 4 (02:39):
We formally call it an expungement clinic, but we'll make
sure that everybody knows.
Speaker 6 (02:43):
That it is a screening.
Speaker 4 (02:45):
And when we come back from break, I'll explain a
little bit more.
Speaker 2 (02:48):
All right, you sound like you know what you're talking
When we come back from break, we felsh.
Speaker 3 (02:53):
Don't y'all know how to do this stuff, all right?
Speaker 2 (02:57):
Expungement that's the that's the magic word, right then, expungement,
Get rid of it, take it away, clear.
Speaker 5 (03:04):
Get it out, clear, fresh star fresh.
Speaker 3 (03:06):
I loved it. All right, We'll be right back.
Speaker 7 (03:08):
A rah.
Speaker 3 (03:08):
If you're talking about Mr Keller or you're talking about.
Speaker 2 (03:11):
Uh, this key word grand g r rah a n D.
It's worth one thousand dollars. Get your money, get your paper,
get your scribble, your bag, your grip, your your narrow,
all the good stuff. This is the last day for
the one thousand dollars nationwide keyword. And it's not too late.
Normally we do a little close to the top of
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the hour, but actually you can still announce that word
in time between nine and nine twenty five, uh for emphasis.
So you still got a chance to get your my
wd I a dot com And this is the last
day nine more chances will shot that keyword out and
that'll be a wrap for this particular quarter. As we
say in the business, All right, stand special people spotlight
(03:56):
today every Friday, and.
Speaker 3 (03:58):
My guests are here. They confirmed with this to stand.
We coming.
Speaker 2 (04:01):
We're going to talk about the upcoming expungement fair, expungement clinic,
expungement screening, whatever.
Speaker 3 (04:08):
You want to call it.
Speaker 2 (04:09):
I think it's an opportunity, a great opportunity to promote
a great event for the community. With me this morning
in the studio the WI Studios manager, Allison Smith, community
and Legislative Engagement Manager with the Shelby County General Sessions
Court Clerk's Office. And also I have attorney Constance brown Esquire.
(04:30):
She is the chair of the Memphis Bar Association Access
to Justice Committee.
Speaker 3 (04:34):
And thank you. Welcome to the show. Let me tell you, mikeself,
thanks for being here.
Speaker 2 (04:38):
You yeah, y'all came on in this thing ready to
rock and roll.
Speaker 3 (04:44):
I got the invitation.
Speaker 2 (04:45):
Actually I got some information that you guys were having
in an expungement clinic fair screening.
Speaker 3 (04:51):
I know you're miss Smith, you're kind of talk to
clarify and tell the exactly what it is. But when
I saw that.
Speaker 2 (04:57):
I said, this is something that needs to be talked about.
So a guy with your peoples and your people's got
with my people and we made this day work. Shout
out to marriage of peers.
Speaker 3 (05:13):
Yeah, k qu.
Speaker 2 (05:18):
She said, Bro Bell, I call it MP. She comes here,
SP said, brother Bell. We got something coming up, and
she said, exponge men. I said, say let's bring them
on now before we get to explosion me coming. I
got to ask how Allison has the family Smith has
the family.
Speaker 6 (05:36):
Family is doing good.
Speaker 4 (05:38):
My family is pretty small, so we're all close knit,
so we see each other pretty much every day. So
everybody is doing good. My mom is Regina Smith. She's
in high spears and she's rocking and rolling.
Speaker 3 (05:48):
He miss Smith, Regina, you're there. And your father, my.
Speaker 4 (05:55):
Father, he did pass in twenty twenty four.
Speaker 2 (06:00):
I'm sorry, serious, you know, I you know, I say
that was a smile because he's he's in a better
place right in the celestial.
Speaker 6 (06:07):
City and the celestious from now.
Speaker 3 (06:11):
My dad in the c C.
Speaker 2 (06:12):
That's what you say, My dad in the c C
Celestial City. Yeah, there you go. You still somehow managed
to keep that smile on your face.
Speaker 6 (06:19):
Serious that you doing you're doing it.
Speaker 3 (06:23):
You're doing and.
Speaker 2 (06:24):
Costace Brown Attorney. That's why. Yes, give me a little
background on yourself. You're from Memphis.
Speaker 5 (06:29):
I am nine.
Speaker 8 (06:31):
I've been in Memphis about five years now, but I'm
from clark Stille, Mississippi.
Speaker 2 (06:36):
The Mississippi Delta them my crooked letter, crooked letter.
Speaker 3 (06:39):
I hum back. I won't MA know your still Well,
that's all right.
Speaker 2 (06:45):
You said Clark's down Clarksdale, Mississippi, Coholma account Coholma County.
Speaker 7 (06:49):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (06:50):
Yeah, Now I'm gonna put you out on the spot.
Speaker 3 (06:53):
You graduate from Clarksdale High School, Turny.
Speaker 5 (06:55):
Brown, I did in two thousand and seven.
Speaker 3 (06:57):
Oh you a young son.
Speaker 2 (07:02):
Uh.
Speaker 5 (07:03):
Look, I don't hear that much.
Speaker 2 (07:06):
In the G category yet, but if you're in the
two thousand, you know you know you're in the p
y T category.
Speaker 3 (07:14):
I probably djate your promo with that O seven.
Speaker 2 (07:16):
Clark Still High High, Home of the Wildcat, of the Wildcat,
Oh old seventy.
Speaker 3 (07:21):
I was still rolling back there.
Speaker 7 (07:23):
Uh.
Speaker 3 (07:23):
And then you left Clarkstill High.
Speaker 2 (07:25):
You went on the what.
Speaker 8 (07:26):
I went to Old miss in Oxford, So I was
a rebel for four years. And while I was there,
I picked up social work and it taught me how
to really relate to people and to always meet people
where they are. And I did not know at the
time that it was gonna help me with being an attorney, but.
Speaker 5 (07:44):
It overlaps quite a bit school. I went to law
school in.
Speaker 8 (07:47):
Jackson, Mississippi, and Mississippi College School of Law.
Speaker 3 (07:50):
That's Hines County. That is yeah, yeah wow. So yeah,
you like to argue.
Speaker 5 (07:56):
Sometimes I'm more than I like.
Speaker 2 (07:59):
It's about like an argist, so I said in the
lawff young Dolf. I could resist that, but congratulations. I
know your parents proud of you, and your folks still
with us.
Speaker 8 (08:13):
Yes, So I would like to shout out my mom,
Patricia Brown. She's in Clarksdale. She's a teacher. She was
the mainest teacher I had. But she taught me a lot.
Speaker 5 (08:24):
She taught me a lot. And my dad come to Brown.
He's in Memphis.
Speaker 8 (08:28):
And my third parents is my grandmother and that's missus
Rosie Jones.
Speaker 5 (08:32):
I love her.
Speaker 8 (08:33):
We just lost her a couple of weeks ago, but
that was my best friend. But I know that she
you know, she's watching me and she was one of
my main motivators when I was going through college and
going through law school. Yeah, I got a shout out.
Speaker 3 (08:46):
Grandmama is in Zion. She's she's in a beautiful city,
she is. Yeah, Yeah, that's good.
Speaker 2 (08:52):
I'm so glad you'all transparent and you don't mind when
I asked a question like that and you said it with
a smile, you said lovingly, and you're reflecting no doubt
on the farm memories. At the same time, let me
go back to miss Smith, right, quicker? And you are
a native Memphian, right, yes, sir? What side of town
you're from?
Speaker 4 (09:07):
Well, Aulthor Jackson, North Memphis.
Speaker 6 (09:10):
Officially a social call.
Speaker 4 (09:11):
It midtown, but not quite. We're not quite at that
at that line yet. So we're still North.
Speaker 3 (09:16):
And where'd you go to high school?
Speaker 4 (09:17):
I went to a white station high school class of
twenty nineteen.
Speaker 3 (09:21):
Come on, but really twenty nine. I probably did.
Speaker 6 (09:26):
Your from you definitely.
Speaker 3 (09:27):
Did you ask somebody? Hell on, somebody twenty nineteen? The Spartans?
Speaker 2 (09:31):
Noah, did we turn up? That's all I need to know.
You better ask somebody, you know? So I got the
Spartans and they got the wild Oh yeah, it y'all
doing it. I know, folks are proud of you all.
You've you've come almost full circle. You know, you're living
your dream and that's what it's all about. You've landed
somehow in the Shelby kind of Joel Sessions Clerk coffice.
Speaker 3 (09:53):
And I said that right, you landed. So how long
y'all been with him?
Speaker 4 (09:57):
So it is officially been around eight months since we started.
We started in September twenty twenty four, you did, Allison, Yes, sir, Yes, sir.
And when I say we, I mean the new administration
of the General Sessions Court Clerk's Office under the leadership
of Clerk Tamra A Switt.
Speaker 3 (10:15):
Now you go put the tam a. Okay, that's right, Yeah,
put that a in there.
Speaker 2 (10:19):
And so your affiliation Tony Brown in the Bar Association,
how's that all come to play inside the General Sessions
Court Clerk's office.
Speaker 3 (10:28):
How does that work? Well?
Speaker 5 (10:31):
Yes, we're just partners.
Speaker 8 (10:32):
A large part of my role is the chair of
the committee, is to do a lot of outreach as
to serve as a liaison between the different organizations that
serve the community. And so I know miss Maria o
Seja over there in the in the Clerk's office, and
she connected me with Allison and we've been able to
work together and we've gotten quite a few partners geared
up for this clinic, and I'm just ready to see it.
Speaker 5 (10:56):
Just coming to fruition tomorrow.
Speaker 3 (10:57):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (10:58):
So tomorrow you said it's going to be give location
and all that and time all this begins.
Speaker 4 (11:06):
So the clinic is this Saturday, May twenty four, from
ten am to two pm. And we are hosting, as
we said at the beginning of Free Expungement Clinic at
Levi Library located at thirty six seventy six South Third Street, Memphis, Tennessee,
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three eight one oh nine and overflold parking will be
available next door at Riverside Missionary Baptist Church.
Speaker 2 (11:35):
So that's where you are, Okay. Now I can see
it and I can visualize that it's on leave. You're
gonna be on Levi Road.
Speaker 6 (11:42):
So it's at Levi Live Robrary.
Speaker 4 (11:44):
So we're gonna be on Third Street, next to side, yes, sir, okay,
right next to the church, yes, sir, Doctor Reginald.
Speaker 2 (11:51):
Boys absolutely shut out Doctor Reginald Well right, that's a
good ladmark. So that's that's good. You give me the
do the address again one more time?
Speaker 3 (11:59):
Is spent, sir.
Speaker 4 (12:00):
That is thirty six seventy six South third Street, Memphis, Tennessee,
three eight one o nine.
Speaker 3 (12:08):
Okay, that'll work.
Speaker 2 (12:10):
So and the time we'll be kicking things off ten am,
ten in the morning.
Speaker 6 (12:15):
Tomorrow, yes sir, Yes, sir. And we're in and that
too too.
Speaker 3 (12:19):
That's that's what the school. So what happens during that time?
Speaker 4 (12:24):
Yeah, So I'll just start with saying, like, so, we
want to be clear the clinic is a screening, not
an automatic expungement. There's a lot of misinformation going around
about what an expungement is and what we are eligible
and not eligible to do. But what we will be
doing is we'll be sitting down with people in our community,
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Shelby County constituents, reviewing their records and helping them figure
out what may be eligible under Tennessee law.
Speaker 3 (12:52):
Oh okay, sir, So anybody can come.
Speaker 4 (12:56):
Anybody who is a Shelby County constituents gets there, and
you know, just a general rule of thumb because it is,
you know a lot of people don't really know what
to bring or what to do. So a general rule
of thumb is we focus on Shelby County based misdemeanors
not feelingies. The charges must typically have no outstanding court
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costs or fees, and the charge should be at least
five years old. And it's also important to note that
expungement is a one time opportunity. So if you're eligible
and decide to move forward, this is your chance.
Speaker 3 (13:33):
So what do you mean by one time opportunities?
Speaker 2 (13:35):
So tomorrow's own chance you get to do this or
or you talking about once you get it done, you
can't come back again and say what, so how does
that work?
Speaker 3 (13:43):
Manious?
Speaker 4 (13:44):
So, once you are confirmed of what may be eligible,
so you can only get two convictions removed from your record.
Let's start there only two convictions and once those two
convictions are chosen and we are going through the process
of you know, setting you up for eligibility and the
process thereafter you must you must have it will only
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be this one time that that will be able to happen.
So once you go through with the expungement process, that
is the last and only time that you'll be able
to go through with. So we usually tell people, you know,
just to come to see what's on your record and
see what's what may be eligible.
Speaker 6 (14:22):
And if you don't know.
Speaker 4 (14:23):
Still come we have resources, but also we really want
to try not to turn anybody away, So we have
resources on site, we have attorneys on site, and its
constance can give us just a bit of insight into
how the law the legal professionals will be hand in
hand with us at tomorrow's clinic.
Speaker 2 (14:39):
Okay, before I bring on attorney Brown. So how long
is this gonna take once you step up to the
I guess the booths, the table, the you know, the
canp here, how it's set up once you how long
is it does it take to determine who's eligible? And
when they come out there tomorrow morning, they're not gonna
be out there all day, all them, no sir.
Speaker 6 (14:57):
No, sir.
Speaker 4 (14:58):
So it really is about I would say, at fifteen
to thirty minutes, sit down with one of our expert
expungement clerks, so they'll you know, check their record through
the through the systems that they use. And really it
just depends on how lengthy the record is, if there
is one. So it really just depends on a case
by case basis. But usually I would say constituents aren't
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really in that seat longer than thirty minutes, Yes, sir, okay.
Speaker 3 (15:26):
So you got food and drinks beverage out there.
Speaker 5 (15:29):
You will have a few refreshments, little refreshments.
Speaker 6 (15:32):
There's some doughnuts and coffee.
Speaker 2 (15:33):
Yes, So I'm gonna take another break. I'm gonna bring
Attorney Brown in here. Constains Brown will come in and
talk to us about the legal part of this. And
I know you said, mister Meeters, only.
Speaker 4 (15:43):
Two meanings is what our court handles, so they will
be only that's always.
Speaker 3 (15:46):
So I can't come out there and get expound.
Speaker 4 (15:50):
Well, the Criminal Course Office does do the feeling the expungement.
Oh that's right with clerk.
Speaker 3 (15:56):
Clerk he clumb, Yeah, I got you.
Speaker 2 (15:59):
Okay, So I take a break, Gosta Brown, you up
next that we're gona talk more about the expungement screening
that's coming up tomorrow. I want everybody, if the shoe
fits were come on out get this expungent information, expungement
information hunt and told the Memphis all right, welcome back, ladies.
Glad to have you back in the studio. Actually on
this side of the break, and we're talking this morning
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to Allison Smith, who is a manager with Shelby County
General Sessions.
Speaker 3 (16:26):
The Shelby County Clerks General Sessions.
Speaker 9 (16:27):
Off.
Speaker 2 (16:27):
I hope I got that right. And Alis Smith is
a manager there. We're talking to all things expungement today
and we have Attorney Constance Brown Esquire is in the
building and we're talking all the things expungement. And Miss
Brown is the chairperson of the Let me make sure
we got it. Yeah, the Memphis Bar Association Access to
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Justice Committee.
Speaker 5 (16:52):
Is that right?
Speaker 3 (16:53):
All right?
Speaker 2 (16:53):
So talk to us up Attorney Brown about the legal
part of it and exactly what they need to be
equipped with when they come to the expongement clinging tomorrow morning.
Speaker 5 (17:03):
Right right?
Speaker 8 (17:03):
So, I always recommend that you bring some type of
identification with you if you have it, just so we
can use that, because we use your identification to pull
up your records, just so we can see what's.
Speaker 5 (17:13):
All on there and what is qualifying.
Speaker 8 (17:16):
Although our focus tomorrow will be mostly on misdemeanors, if possible,
I can give you a little context. It's like the
difference between the misdemeanors and the felonies. Some people will
come with questions, no doubt, please do sure. So with
the misdemeanors, is Miss Smith stated you can get up
to two expunge if they are eligible, and how do
we determine eligibility. We look at the statues, the Tennessee statues.
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There is an inclusion list and an exclusion list of
both the misdemeanors and the felonies. And so our attorneys,
our volunteers, all of them are going to be trained.
They're going to be able to go through your record
and look at what's on those lists and compare them
and explain to you why something may be eligible and
why something may not be if there was a qualifying failing.
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It's important to know that you can only get one
of those off with a qualifying misdemeanor if you happen
to have a combination of the two. If you only
have failingies, you can only get one qualifying, feelingly off
of your record. I also want to mention, depending on
the class you know, we have Class DEE, we have
a for example, there are different timelines associated with those failingies.
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So you may have to wait five years, you may
have to wait ten years, may have to wait seven years.
It just depends on the type of failingy that you have. So,
like I said, all our volunteers will have their information,
they'll be able to definitely walk people through that. Even
though they may not be able to get any formalized
paperwork completed on the felony side, they'll at least have
an understanding when they go to two to one popular
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to the criminal court Clerk's office with those questions.
Speaker 2 (18:47):
That's a good information right there. That's good information. So
when they come out tomorrow, should they come early? I
know you say you started ten right and get your
mic up to miss Smith, but should they come just
have we been early or they'll still be seen in
the timely fashion they get right up there at ten
and one, maybe so eleven o'clock. How many folk canna
be out you know, on your side, fielding questions or
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answering questions, that kind of thing.
Speaker 4 (19:10):
So we do have an expand our expungement clerks team
is around for women who really are specialized and experts
in the area. So it'll be around four expoungement clerks,
but we will have a plethora of legal professionals on
site and they can also help with just the screen
and aspect and making sure and looking at that statue
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list to see what is actually expungeable and what you
know may be able to go into the next round
of looking into someone's record.
Speaker 2 (19:40):
So it turn it around back to you on the
legal part of it, so you will or will not
be able to clear their criminal records.
Speaker 3 (19:47):
You said, what two.
Speaker 2 (19:49):
Misdemeanors is the max to qualify, so if they have,
so if they have four or five, what you have
to pick betweenty two you.
Speaker 5 (19:59):
Would have to choose them.
Speaker 8 (20:01):
That's why it's good to sit with someone and let
them tell you what's eligible, what's not, and what could
hinder you from getting a job that you may be
seeking or housing because sometimes people's records can't prevent them
from getting certain outs, right.
Speaker 5 (20:15):
Even a mister Maner, depending on what it is.
Speaker 8 (20:18):
And I will also say that I would like to
shout out some of those partners. So we do have
Butler Snow helping out. That's a firm in Memphis. They
have locations other words otherwise as well. And then we
have West Tennessee Legal Services and we have the ME
and a al fil for the Sigma role on the chapter.
Speaker 5 (20:36):
They're going to be helping.
Speaker 8 (20:37):
With the logistics and making sure everyone knows where to go.
We have a Tennessee Bar Association's Young Lawyer Division as well.
And I believe and make sure I didn't leave out
leave off anyone.
Speaker 5 (20:50):
I think that's it.
Speaker 2 (20:51):
Okay, So by definition, let's look at expungement. Oh babwe,
thank you to those who are going to be serving.
And I'm gonna be out there tomorrow. And I heard
all the parties that you said. That's pretty much all
of them, right, Yes, kudos to them, even their alphas.
Speaker 5 (21:12):
Looking for.
Speaker 2 (21:15):
A news spy to come shut it down. I'm just kid,
but yeah, I bet that's great. Partnership is everything, man, everything.
Expungement by definition, correct me if you know if I'm wrong.
It's a legal process that allows individuals to petition the
court to have certain criminal records sealed or erased from.
Speaker 3 (21:35):
Their public record. Right, i'mbout doing so far, Okay.
Speaker 2 (21:38):
So an exponge record generally cannot be accessed by the public,
including employers, landlords, and how about educational institutions, colleges and
stuff like that.
Speaker 5 (21:52):
That's the same, So.
Speaker 3 (21:53):
They can't get it. They can't. Then I premitted that information.
Speaker 8 (21:56):
I will say, depends on the type of background check
this on run, because we have had instances where the
record has been successfully explounged, meaning when we try to
look at up. We can't even find it. But people
have called and said, hey, I'm trying to get this job.
Maybe it's on a federal level or maybe it's dealing
with like finances, and it will come up. So they
just kind of have to explain that a way that
they did get those services. But it just depends on
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the type of background that is being rung by this
future employer.
Speaker 2 (22:24):
So what's different in this expungement clinic fair scrinting than
the one I think that clerk Coon does is that
she's criminal court colu Right.
Speaker 4 (22:34):
So I would like to just like paint the picture
of like the clerk's office. We're just a piece in
the process of expungements. So criminal Court curd therapiece and
expunge in the felonies, and we're a piece in expunge
of the misdemeanors. After we deem eligibility or we tell
consistuents what may be eligible, they then their applications are
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then sent to another entity, the DA's office, and then
after that they have to go through other legal personnels
to get the actual expungement e race. So we are
a piece in the process. We're a piece in the
fresh start.
Speaker 2 (23:10):
That's what I'm talking about. So thank you, miss Smith.
And I was listening to you, Attorney Brown. You know
you're passionate about this. It sounds like it's almost personal.
You know something hand I really don't.
Speaker 8 (23:25):
And so that's that's what's crazy, right. So but I
will say, pro bono to me is very personal. So
before I even got a license to practice law, I
used to volunteer. I used to drive to Memphis and
volunteer at the clinic at Benjamin Hooks Library because my mentor,
he was a part of launching that. And while I
was there, I was able to see how much.
Speaker 5 (23:45):
You can learn.
Speaker 8 (23:46):
And then from that being there, I made connections and
that's how I got my very first job in Memphis,
and I was running the pro bono program for Memphis
Erea Leagual Services. While I was there, I was charged
with training other attorneys on different areas of the law,
one of which was expongements, which I knew nothing about.
So someone had to train me and show me how
to do it. And I was intimidated because I knew
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nothing about criminal law, had no interest in criminal law.
But once I learned it and I saw how impactful
it was and I could see the success stories and
you could really track someone that you helped. I saw
how important it was to the community. So from there
I just started trying to launch as many.
Speaker 5 (24:25):
As I could.
Speaker 8 (24:26):
I've done some of them solo, but I will say
I have a huge support system, so when people know
I'm trying to do something, they'll just come together and
help me out.
Speaker 2 (24:33):
Yeah, and you said it's pro bono, which that means
for free, pretty much a lama's term. Yes, I remember
General Sessions Court clerk clerk saw you. I remember early
on when she got in that position, she said that
her office would be waiving the one hundred dollar fee.
Speaker 6 (24:48):
So that actually did happen.
Speaker 4 (24:50):
Yeah, early in her term, Clerk sirty did weigh one
hundred dollars clerks feed and so when so the important
of that, So if someone came to our clinic and
before we could even dive deep into the aspect of
their cases there, we have to be a fee there.
We have to pay one hundred dollars to even just
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have that checked. So Clerk Stawyer came in and decided
that we're going to erase the barriers to this process
and we're going to make it more accessible for the
people who need it most, which is our people.
Speaker 2 (25:24):
I think that's great, you know, because if you've got
somebody that understands the challenges, then it's better, you know,
and one who can create it, you know. And she said, look,
let's help constituents who qualify obtain the fresh start. And
that's what expungement is all about. We're talking this morning.
We're so glad that they're here. Allison Smith, who's a
manager with the Clerk's Office General Sessions, and of course
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Constance brown esquires with us, kind of talking to us,
representing that she's the chair of the Memphis Bar Association
Access to Justice Committee. If you have a comment, a question,
anything concerning this, make sure you reach out to me
right now. We here not only one five three five
nine three for two eight hundred and five zero three
nine three for two eight three three five three five
nine three four two.
Speaker 3 (26:07):
We're here for you.
Speaker 2 (26:07):
It's gonna take quick break me right back, Hart and
Solo Memphis AM ten seventy eight w D I eight okay,
and we're back. And we mean that in that drop
right there. I hope you were listening. Sending people back
over all right, every Friday. We do stand special people
Spotlight today no exception. We're so excited to have our
friends in here, our partners in here. And let me
tell you something, Coak Sawyer is doing an absolutely fantastic
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job over there.
Speaker 3 (26:32):
Uh.
Speaker 2 (26:32):
And I think having a partnership with the Memphis Bar
Association Access to Justice Committee, that's a key partnership.
Speaker 3 (26:40):
And I'm going to give the I'm want to give a.
Speaker 2 (26:41):
Shout out to those partners of additional partners as uh
Toorny Brown had mentioned. But I definitely, you know, really
we don't take it lightly that I know you guys
got to have partners pretty much to make all of
this stuff happen.
Speaker 7 (26:51):
Uh.
Speaker 2 (26:51):
The Shelby County Circuit Court Office shout out to you all.
Butler Snow Law Firm, Right Sigamare Roll, Lambda Chapter of
Alpha Fai Alpha Fraternity, Incorporated, and West Tennessee Legal Services.
My star line is ringing, ladies, so let me let
me pick it up Starlight ring You gotta get right
to it. Tell good morning Hello. You have the radio
live starline. Who goes there?
Speaker 10 (27:12):
Good morning?
Speaker 3 (27:14):
What Hello? It is? Tap us out clerk clerk you
on the radio on the radio.
Speaker 2 (27:22):
Yeah, what we owe the pleasure you got the clerk,
You got some great representatives in this studio, though, what's
on your mind?
Speaker 3 (27:28):
Clerk?
Speaker 2 (27:28):
Saw you they're doing okay? Are they getting the word out.
Speaker 10 (27:31):
For I had to call in because I heard you
shading the first fan the first shout out to the
office with reporting tomorrow.
Speaker 3 (27:39):
Yeah.
Speaker 10 (27:40):
But Thompson Toorny Brown and my dear Alice and Smith,
our community engage to the legislative manager. Yeah, have done
an amazing droft this morning.
Speaker 7 (27:52):
Uh.
Speaker 10 (27:52):
I don't have much to add. I just want to
share with everybody. It's a great opportunity and by Attorney
Brown for me, uh, this is about the service to
the community. Our office does a lot of evictions where
you know, entangled in the criminal division. So usually when
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people interact with general Sessions, it's not the best day
of their life. And so this is the opportunity for
us to pay it forward and give back to the
community when we see people doing things to get their
life on the right track, that you can help them.
I'm really excited that the miss as Far Association is
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joining us this time and hope you continue that partnership
because people often have you know, really in depth records
and situations that they need help with and just a
partner with something with someone like Attorney Brown whose part
is in service for our community, for our people is incredible.
And I can't say enough about future Attorney Alison Smith.
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She's a bright spot with community. She's passionate about black people,
passionately about Uh. Just excited to be there tomorrow. Buy
a library serving the community and hopefully you'll come out
and give us a donated spending. You gonna be there.
Speaker 3 (29:17):
You want to bring the ones and tunes out there?
You want me to.
Speaker 2 (29:21):
You lying there like I saw you doing that. You
do keep a shovel, I know you. Yeah, boosts on
the ground. Uh all right, you know what I might
not swing by, get a chance to see uh doctor
Reginald Boys over there at Riverside.
Speaker 3 (29:36):
And then get a chance to.
Speaker 10 (29:41):
Shout your bride out.
Speaker 2 (29:42):
You know. Yeah, of course you know I got you
since then I was gonna be running it tomorrow. Looks
like I've been gonna get money and now black and
gold there. But but but thank you so much. I
appreciate you.
Speaker 7 (29:56):
Uh.
Speaker 2 (29:56):
We've been talking with General Sessions called clerk Tammy Saw.
You're on the star Line, Sheppard County. All right, so
tomorrow all roach lead to this expungement clinic. Let me
tell you where you need to go once again. It
is tomorrow ten am to two. Is clinic details now
tomorrow Saturday, May two to four. We're gonna be at
Levi Branch, thirty six seventy six high Is that right?
Speaker 3 (30:20):
Highways? Sees the one that what you call but no
don't it goes to both. We'll just make it plain.
Speaker 2 (30:25):
You would be thirty six seventy six what south third
and make it plain that's right here in Memphis. And
you just heard from our journal Sessions called clerk Clerk
Sawyer announcing that the office would waive the one hundred
dollars fee to file a petition for expungement of a conviction.
If you think you need some help and assistance, we'll
to find out I you qualify.
Speaker 3 (30:43):
Please ma'am, please sir, coming.
Speaker 2 (30:46):
Out and be with us tomorrow at the clinic. You
will receive assistance with determining eligibility for expungement. Right, ladies, Yeah,
completing the expungement paper work, under standing the legal process, right,
Attorney Brown and connecting with legal resources. And you said
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the keyword of tourny brown, pro bono, pro bono and
just something something that you do as a lawyer. You say,
you know what, it's a calling in your compassionate and
all of that in your service. All right, take my
last break right back? All right, this WR listener rights,
(31:30):
good morning. Standing to your guests in the subject space
is expungement to stand up. Ask the ladies this situation
if you got a misdemeanor and was told you could
have your record e sponge, if you stay out of
trouble for a year but did not sign papers to
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take advantage of because you did not understand the process.
Speaker 3 (31:55):
This was back in the nineties for me. So can
you have it done now? Ladies? Words?
Speaker 5 (32:00):
So I definitely come.
Speaker 8 (32:02):
So what I would say is definitely come out to
the clinic tomorrow so that someone can pull up your
record and see what's going on, because from what I'm hearing,
it sounds.
Speaker 5 (32:10):
Like it could have been a judicial diversion.
Speaker 8 (32:12):
Which means there was some type of terms you had
to fulfill for something to come off of your record,
and you would have to have a certificate of completion
or something to demonstrate that they occurred.
Speaker 5 (32:21):
But just come to the clinic.
Speaker 8 (32:23):
Let's want to pull your record and see exactly what's
going on. That way, we can see if that's eligible
or if it if it's been expunged.
Speaker 2 (32:30):
Since then, Thank you, Miss Candair uh and thank you
Turning Brown. Miss Canaria wrote the latter. I appreciate that
this WI listen rites Hello, hmm interesting. I'm trying to
I'm trying to pull it back up. What I have,
take what I'll pull it back up and then I'll
(32:52):
go to the uh go to the fall line. I'll
put it back back. A couple of casts, I think
they're pressing wanted to get some information from you. Let's
go here, w d I come morning, Thanks for waiting
on your life.
Speaker 3 (33:01):
What say you? I guess yeah, good morning morning sir.
Speaker 9 (33:06):
Yeah, yes, I mean I can respect you.
Speaker 3 (33:10):
You are.
Speaker 7 (33:11):
You are an intelligent woman who survived through Mississippi. You
did all everything you did, all your education was from
Mississippi and uh, you know here in messis when I
grew up. I graduated in high school in nineteen eighty three.
I you know, I graduated with Ricky Wilkins, Keith Norman,
(33:34):
Eric Givens. Uh you know Carver Carver High School and Philps.
Speaker 3 (33:41):
You know.
Speaker 7 (33:41):
So, uh you know, back in them days, you used
to could hear that the white man would hold you back,
but you were in Mississippi and you didn't. You didn't
let the white man hold you back. You did everything
in Mississippi. And uh so I think that's I think
that's great. Uh And uh so you had to have
(34:04):
a certain attitude, like like I'm thinking, like what Bobby
Ojay had here to survive, to survive that and to
go through college, you know, in Mississippi, and you know,
and get your your degree in Mississippi. And and like
the lady that was in Sanatobia, are you familiar with
(34:26):
that situation that was dragged from a that was dragged
from a car somewhere down in Mississippi? She was dragged
from a car at a Walmart while she's waiting on
her grandmother.
Speaker 8 (34:36):
Oh oh yes, I did see that on the news,
but I'm not familiar.
Speaker 9 (34:39):
With Yeah, yeah, so stuff, you know, stuff like that happened.
Speaker 7 (34:43):
But see, that wouldn't happen to you because of your intelligence,
you know, because I'm sure you faced you had to see.
Speaker 9 (34:51):
Something like that before coming up in life.
Speaker 3 (34:55):
But with someone like you, you were you were a survivor.
Speaker 7 (34:58):
You knew you're intelligence, you knew what to do if
the police fooled you over. But you know, unfortunately she didn't.
So I'm I'm so proud to hear. I'm always so.
Speaker 9 (35:11):
Proud to hear when somebody from Mississippi you you.
Speaker 7 (35:13):
Went to high school, you went to college, you went
to law school in Mississippi.
Speaker 9 (35:18):
Uh, because uh uh in that and that's so very good.
So that's all I.
Speaker 7 (35:23):
Wanted to Uh, that's all I wanted to come in on.
So if you can share from experience, if you ever
had any with difficulties with dealing with uh you know,
racism in Mississippi or anything like that.
Speaker 9 (35:39):
Uh, you know, if you can share that, that's all right.
Speaker 7 (35:41):
If you never had an experience, I can understand that.
Speaker 2 (35:45):
Thanks for your comments, man, you view point on that everything. Man,
have a great weekend. Right back to the phone lines,
we go, w D I GOM.
Speaker 3 (35:51):
On the radio.
Speaker 11 (35:53):
Hey what's going on standing man?
Speaker 3 (35:55):
Yes, sir, Hey, I'll be quick.
Speaker 11 (35:58):
I want to first of all, just think congratulate the
young ladies for your success.
Speaker 3 (36:03):
You all are young. You're young enough to be my children.
Speaker 11 (36:06):
So I'm always proud to hear successful stories from young people.
But I want to ask a question of pertaining to
the exponsorent clinic.
Speaker 9 (36:15):
Will this be an.
Speaker 11 (36:16):
Indoor or outdoor event? Because I was thinking about the weather.
It should that be a determ to people. So that
was my question. But I really wanted to take congratulated
to you. I'd love to hear successful stories about young people.
Speaker 8 (36:28):
Well, thank you so much. And I'll just chime in
and I'll let Allison finish it up. There's a hybrid.
It's going to be indoors and outdoors. We have tens
set up outside and we will have the Justice bus
coming from Nashville, Tennessee, and that'll just be an extra
spacing of office space for volunteers to go out there
and consult with clients. So please still come out if
the weather is too too bad, Definitely choose safety first
(36:50):
because we will have more of these. This is going
to be an ongoing partnership, so this will not be
the last time that you can come out.
Speaker 3 (36:58):
All right, come man, thank you so much. Yeah, yeah, yeah,
it's as miss right, Yes, sir, this.
Speaker 6 (37:05):
Is me right here. That was miss Conscio speaking, right.
Speaker 11 (37:08):
Okay, good morning, Miss Smith.
Speaker 3 (37:14):
All right speaking to thank you. I appreciate, appreciate, You're
more than welcome.
Speaker 2 (37:17):
A right speaking to Alison Smith, this tally listener rights
in subject space, Miss Allison spell your ain't right?
Speaker 7 (37:24):
A l L?
Speaker 3 (37:25):
Why so yeah, he said, Sam.
Speaker 2 (37:29):
I just wanted to take a moment to express my
appreciation for your interview with these ladies, particularly miss Allen
Smith on your radio show today as a Howard graduate.
Speaker 7 (37:39):
H you h you.
Speaker 3 (37:42):
I didn't get to that part. That's right, Come on, Bison, who.
Speaker 2 (37:46):
Is already making ways. Allison embodies the qualities of a
future great leader. Her passion for for helping marginalized communities,
along with her talent as a poet hit along with
her talent as a poet and her ambition to pursue
law truly sets her part. I'm thrilled to know her
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and have no no doubt that she will accomplish great things.
I encourage you to remind your listeners to remember her name.
She is poised to make a significant positive impact on
the future of our community, especially if we can keep
her engaged and supported.
Speaker 3 (38:24):
Here, mister Lawrence law my son, forget not my law.
Speaker 6 (38:35):
Thank you so much, mister, that's my work uncle.
Speaker 2 (38:39):
Tony Brown passing that box of tissue. I know, give
me some of it too, while you got what a
nice letter my law?
Speaker 3 (38:51):
All right, well there you have it. Okay.
Speaker 2 (38:54):
Oh and before I let you get out of here,
let me before I let you go, Before I let
you go, let me do this because I don't want
to forget Darris Tenor in the subject pace tenth anniversary,
Good morning, mister Bell. I'm Doris Tenor Lewis, and to
day is my tenth anniversary for me and my husband,
mister Joe B.
Speaker 3 (39:10):
Lewis. If possible, can you announce this great day for us.
Speaker 2 (39:14):
We were married ten years ago May twenty three, twenty fifteen,
I said, twenty fifteen, daar said Joe Lewis from Saint
Louis Mole from the Mold got it in the happy
tenth anniversary wedding anniversary for sure.
Speaker 3 (39:29):
One more, well, maybe a couple more. Good morning, stand.
Speaker 2 (39:31):
I want to wish myself happy seven to two seventy
second birthday. You bring the Bell birthday two places gravy
on the polace today and also my niece Lisa Bell,
she may be part of the Bell ring of family.
Speaker 3 (39:44):
Thank you, brother. That's from Maurice Brittmanton seventy two. That's
all right.
Speaker 2 (39:49):
And and before I get out of here, yesterday was
the birthday of Memphis, Tennessee Lazier are aware of that, right, Yes,
celebrations in that kind of thing.
Speaker 3 (40:01):
Yeah, May two to two, eighteen nineteen.
Speaker 2 (40:06):
Founded by John Overton, James Winchester, and the late President
Andrew Jackson. It was later saved from bankruptcy by rich
black businessman named drum Roll.
Speaker 3 (40:21):
Y'all know who Robaina Church. I got a school name
for him here in Memphis. Yeah, he saved him.
Speaker 9 (40:31):
Wow.
Speaker 2 (40:31):
So I wanted to bring that to your attention. Think
of DJ and man, there you go. We this lady says,
be where you go stand? If you could please add
to the occupation of role call where is it? Shout
(40:51):
out to foster parents. It takes special people, all right,
Mss Adams. I will make a note of that on
the occupation of road call it if you could please
put foster parents on the list. That's all right, Dan, lady,
I want to thank you for coming by w Ed
I a man, it's been a pleasure for real. You
have shared some great information. Tomorrow, I believe it's going
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to be awesome rain or shine.
Speaker 3 (41:17):
Yeah, you said.
Speaker 2 (41:18):
Hybrid, so we could do a little indoors for the weather.
You know, Contingent plan is intention plan is indoors. Trying
to constant Brown and the great Alison Smith.
Speaker 3 (41:31):
How would you?
Speaker 2 (41:35):
And of course I had a big shout out to
the audible Tammy A. Sawyer, General Sessions Court Clerk Sheffick
County for this information and for allowing it to be
the fee to be waivered to be waived, and for
the and the and for all of the positive things
doing it and she's doing in the community. It's just
one of them. So tomorrow I give you.
Speaker 3 (41:54):
That time over time we need and where they need
to be again, Miss Smith, one more time.
Speaker 4 (41:59):
Yeah, be Saturday May twenty fourth, ten to two pm
and it's going to be held at thirty six seventy
six South third Street, Memphis, Tennessee, three eight one oh nine.
Speaker 6 (42:11):
And I'll just leave with this. There's no shame in
showing up for yourself.
Speaker 11 (42:16):
He's on it, popping.
Speaker 1 (42:17):
It is The Stan Belle Morning Show weekdates from sixty
ten am on the Heart and Soul of Memphis ten
seventy WD.
Speaker 7 (42:24):
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