Schoolfield: Out of the Ashes 1958-1982

Author: Jerry (Gerald) H. Summers

ISBN: 978-1-935186-91-5

Description:

6″x9″
hard cover
288 pages
archival paper
152 photographs

Library of Congress Control Number: 2017914129

Proceeds from the sale of Schoolfield: Out of the Ashes 1958-1982 will go to Orange Grove Center (OGC), a 501(c)(3) Charitable organization under the Internal Revenue Status. Copies of Schoolfield: Out of the Ashes 1958-1982 can be purchased directly from Orange Grove Center, 615 Derby Street, Chattanooga, Tennessee 37404 – or – www.orangegrovecenter.org.

What People Are Saying About This Book:

Schoolfield Out of the Ashes provides a wealth of intriguing details on his disbarment and traces its impact through Schoolfield’s next 24 years, giving both credit and criticism to this colorful and complex political and legal force in the Chattanooga community. While focus is on the “controversial and extraordinary individual,” the backdrop of myriad personalities provides depth and delightful anecdotes for this must-read book.

~ William Muecke Barker, retired Chief Justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court

Some lawyers are viewed as being a lawyer’s lawyer. Some judges are viewed as being a judge’s judge. Jerry H. Summers, Esquire, in his deeply researched work, Schoolfield Out of the Ashes 1958-1982 reveals that Honorable Raulston Schoolfield was indeed a people’s lawyer and a people’s judge. Thank you, Jerry, for the opportunity to enjoy your work.

~ Lance Bracy, Retired Chief Disciplinary Counsel for the State of Tennessee

Jerry Summers has completed the tale of Raulston Schoolfield by walking the reader through Schoolfield’s disbarment, his efforts to regain his law license, and his post-impeachment political career. As he did in Rush to Justice? Tennessee’s Forgotten Trial of the Century, and in true trial lawyer fashion, Jerry Summers presents the facts, witness by witness, detail by detail, all corroborated by documentary evidence. In Schoolfield: Out of the Ashes, Jerry relinquishes his closing argument and allows readers to reach their own judgments about the enigmatic Schoolfield. Students of Tennessee justice and history can now rest easy that the full story of Raulston Schoolfield is archived for future generations who also will reach their own verdicts about Schoolfield, the lawyer, the judge, the politician, and the man.

~ Penny White, University of Tennessee law professor and former Tennessee Supreme Court Justice.

Jerry Summers has written a lively exploration of one of the most colorful members of the bar of our time. Raulston Schoolfield was always controversial, and Summers’ second book on him, Shoolfield Out of the Ashes, continues to capture the many nuances of this fascinating character in the latter part of his life.

~ Mickey Robbins, Investment Advisor, Patten and Patten, Chattanooga, Tennessee

To successfully write books on legal history, authors need to identify great stories involving fascinating characters involved in conflicts and disputes that teach lessons that resonate even today. In Schoolfield: Out of the Ashes, Jerry Summers has done just that. One of the great trial lawyers in Tennessee history, Summers meticulously documents the life and battles of Judge Schoolfield. Equally important, he has turned those details into an amazing story.

~ Mark Curriden, Dallas Morning News legal writer and co-author of award winning book, Contempt of Court