sentences:  Named in honor of Judge D. L. Lansden, a former Tennessee Supreme Court chief justice, the chair was established at the law school in 2018 through a trust established by his son, Dick L. Lansden Jr., and his wife Martha S. Lansden.Dick L. Lansden Jr. was a partner of the law firm that later became Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis, LLP, one of the oldest firms in Tennessee.Rossi formerly served as the Harry M. Walborsky Professor at Florida State University College of Law (where he taught from 1995 until 2012), and also has taught as a visiting professor at Harvard Law School (2009) and the University of Texas School of Law (2000–01).