Lawrence Eugene Ault passed away peacefully at his home on December 21, 2009, at age 61.  Lawrence was born July 1, 1948 and graduated from East Tennessee State University and then the YMCA Law School in Nashville, Tennessee (now known as the Nashville School of Law), in 1979.  He began practicing law with Carl E. “Dutch” Reischling, a prominent Knoxville attorney and his mentor, that same year.  Lawrence was an Eagle Scout, and a proud member of Kappa Alpha fraternity, Cherokee Lodge #728, F&AM, Scottish Rite 33rd Degree, York Rite, Sons of the Revolution and the Kerbela Temple Provost Guard, as well as being Past Exalted Ruler of the Knoxville Elks Lodge, BPOE.  Lawrence received many awards and recognitions over his long legal career, and was especially honored to be chosen Knoxville’s Top Lawyer for 2009 in October of that year. Lawrence is survived by his sister, Mary Lou Wilson, who resides in Seymour, Tennessee with her husband, Dewayne.