Mark Harmon

1 week ago | knoxnews.com | Mark Harmon

Kafkaesque is an unusual but important word. It refers to situations that are surreal, nightmarish, and disorienting, often involving bureaucratic complexity and a sense of oppression or helplessness. The term honors Franz Kafka, the Bohemian existentialist writer who was born in 1883 in Prague and died in 1924 of tuberculosis. As we look at current news coming out of Washington, D. C., and Nashville, Tennessee, it’s hard not to see it as anything other than a Kafkaesque dystopia.

Nov 4, 2024 | knoxnews.com | Mark Harmon

Show Caption Hide Caption Voters in Knoxville face key vote on the future of electionsVoters in Knoxville, TN, will have a choice to vote on the future of how city council members are chosen. State Rep. Elaine Davis (District 18, Knoxville) and I met way back in 2006 when we both were Democrats running for local office. We were part of an informal group of candidates who supported term limits.

Oct 17, 2024 | csglaw.com | Mark Harmon

2024 Securities Transfer Association Annual Conference: The Legal HorizonOn October 23, from 3:30 – 4:30 pm, Mark A. Harmon, Of Counsel in the CSG Law Litigation Group, will be speaking at the 2024 Securities Transfer Association’s Annual Conference on the “The Legal Horizon” panel in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Mr. Harmon will evaluate current legal hurdles and those around the corner for transfer agents and their clients. For additional information or to register, please click here.

Oct 7, 2024 | knoxviews.com | Mark Harmon

As we rapidly tumble toward the 2024 election, I thought it might be best to frame the presidential choice in terms of two figures who did not live to see the 21st century but who are key to understanding Donald Trump’s approach to life, and Kamala Harris’ approach to democracy. They respectively are the malicious lawyer Roy Cohn, and the anti-blacklisting hero John Henry Faulk. continued...

Sep 13, 2024 | knoxviews.com | Mark Harmon

The Supreme Court begins a new term, and resumes its trashing of American legal traditions, the first Monday in October. That should remind us of the stakes in the upcoming election, but it’s also a time to recall how we got to our Clarence Thomas problem. He has been a Supreme Court justice for nearly 33 years, longer than the two dozen years of service from the man he was nominated to replace, Thurgood Marshall.