Lisa Ramsay Cole is President and Managing Shareholder of Lewis Thomason, where she provides firmwide leadership focused on strategic growth, governance, talent development, and long-term sustainability. She works closely with the firm’s Board of Directors to guide strategic planning, operational excellence, and business development across the firm’s offices and practice groups. She also serves as Managing Shareholder of Lewis Thomason’s Nashville office.

In addition to her leadership responsibilities, Lisa serves as the firm’s General Counsel, advising on legal ethics, professional responsibility, risk management, governance, and compliance matters. She is an ex officio member of the Board of Directors and the shareholder compensation committee.

Lisa is an experienced trial lawyer who represents employers, healthcare providers, hospitals, physicians, insurers, and other businesses in complex civil litigation. Her practice focuses on employment law, labor and employment disputes, professional liability and medical malpractice defense, workers’ compensation defense, and general liability litigation. She regularly advises clients facing workplace claims, professional negligence allegations, and other high-exposure litigation matters.

Lisa is also a Tennessee Supreme Court Rule 31 Mediator and helps parties resolve employment, healthcare, and commercial disputes through mediation and other alternative dispute resolution methods. She is known for providing practical, client-focused solutions that help organizations manage risk and resolve disputes efficiently.

AFFILIATIONS

• American Bar Association
• Tennessee Bar Association
• Nashville Bar Association
• American Bar Foundation, Life Fellow
• Tennessee Bar Foundation, Fellow
• Nashville Bar Foundation, Trustee, Fellow

PROFESSIONAL HONORS AND ACTIVITIES

• Named to The Best Lawyers in America©, Employment Law – Management Litigation – Labor and  Employment; Personal Injury Litigation—Defendants; and Workers’ Compensation Law — Employers
• Best Lawyers® 2014, 2019, 2021, 2022 & 2023 Workers’ Compensation Law “Lawyer of the Year” in Nashville
• Featured in 2019 Best Lawyers “Women in the Law” Business Edition
• Named to Mid-South Super Lawyers Top 100 Tennessee Attorneys
• Member, Board of Women’s Fund of the Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee, 2018-2022
• Named Best of the Bar in Nashville  2018, 2019, 2022 & 2023
• Named on the list of “Mid-South Super Lawyers,” 2010 – 2020
• AV-rated by Martindale-Hubbell
• Graduate, Leadership Nashville, 2013
• Recipient, Nashville Business Journal’s 2014 Women of Influence Award, Company Executive
• Member, Tennessee Bar Association Glass Ceiling /Women in Profession Committee, 2023 – present
• Tennessee Bar Association Lawyer Well-Being Committee, 2012 -2015; 2018 -2023
• Elder, Westminster Presbyterian Church
• Advisory Board member, University of Tennessee College of Law Institute for Professional Leadership
• Member, Dean’s Circle, University of Tennessee College of Law
• Member, Board of Trustees, Bethel University
• ALFA International Managing Partner Forum, Vice-Chair (2023-2024)
• ALFA International Managing Partner Forum, Chair (2024-2025)
• Member, Dean’s Advisory Board Belmont School of Law

COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES

Ms. Cole is very active in community and professional organizations. Ms. Cole was appointed by ABA President Robert Grey to serve a three-year term on the ABA Standing Committee on Pro Bono and Public Service.  Ms. Cole was a Member of the Board of Women’s Fund. Ms. Cole has chaired various aspects of fundraisers and volunteered for the Sexual Assault Center, Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital, the Nashville Symphony, Belle Meade Historical Site, the Ensworth School, the Harpeth Hall School, Montgomery Bell Academy, the American Heart Association, and the Nashville Public Library.

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