Jim DeLanis

Jim DeLanis

Davidson County Election Commission Chair Jim DeLanis is suing Metro and his former employer, law firm Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz.

DeLanis said last year that Baker fired him after decades at the firm because of “threats and pressure” from two firm clients. He had been trying to force via the election commission an anti-tax ballot referendum to a countywide vote despite several judicial decisions ruling it illegal. The firm said that he retired.