Excerpt - David Kernell, the young Memphis man at the center of a controversy over Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s personal e-mail, has hired a Knoxville attorney to help him deal with the issue, his father, state Rep. Mike Kernell, said today. ~ snip ~ “He’s hired an attorney,” Mike Kernell said by phone this afternoon. Kernell confirmed that the lawyer is Wade V. Davies of Knoxville. ~ snip ~