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E174 – Jerry Summers’s Morning Cup

The views expressed represent the opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the Chattanooga Area Chamber of Commerce, its staff, or its board of directors.

Jerry Summers has spent 60 years as one of Chattanooga’s most tenacious criminal defense lawyers, but law wasn’t even his first choice (or second, or third). 

In this episode, Jerry shares how a shoulder injury ended his baseball career and set him on an unexpected path, why he left the DA’s office after 28 months because he’d rather get people out of jail than put them in, and how the lawyer who got a D in constitutional law ended up arguing before the Supreme Court (and winning).</p

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My Morning Cup is hosted by Mike Costa of Costa Media Advisors and produced by SpeakEasy Productions

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E174 – Jerry Summers’s Morning Cup