J. Eric Butler is a Shareholder in the firm and manages the firm’s Tax Practice and Estate Planning Practice Group. Mr. Butler focuses his legal practice in the areas of federal and state taxation, business formations, complex commercial litigation, tax controversy matters, white collar criminal defense, and estate planning/probate matters. Mr. Butler handles a large range of business and tax … Read More
Deakins
Laura Deakins, a shareholder in the Memphis office, focuses her civil litigation practice primarily on the defense of corporations, as well as doctors and hospitals in healthcare liability matters. She has extensive appellate experience, arguing and briefing many matters before the appellate courts. Prior to joining Lewis Thomason, Ms. Deakins served four years as the judicial law clerk to the … Read More
Castleberry
Mark Castleberry, a shareholder based in the firm’s Knoxville office, has a varied litigation-based practice focusing on the area of health care law to include medical malpractice and long-term care defense, as well as, product liability defense, business litigation, insurance law, personal injury defense, and professional negligence. Mr. Castleberry has extensive experience as lead counsel representing numerous clients in complex, … Read More
Mynatt
William A. Mynatt, Jr., a shareholder and Supreme Court Rule 31 Mediator, is based in the firm’s Knoxville office. Mynatt was born in Knoxville, Tennessee and grew up there with a decade divided by several years in Chicago, Illinois, and the Maryland suburbs of the District of Columbia. Mynatt’s practice emphasizes courtroom and pretrial litigation, primarily representing parties in domestic … Read More
Sheppeard
Sarah Y. Sheppeard is a shareholder and a Supreme Court Rule 31 Mediator in the firm’s Knoxville office. Sarah practices in the areas of domestic relations, estates, commercial law and general civil litigation. She is a past-president of the Tennessee Bar Association and has chaired the Tennessee Bar Association Litigation Section and CLE Committee. She has been a lecturer with … Read More
Towe
Mikel Towe is a shareholder in the firm’s Knoxville office and joined the office in 2013 after graduation from law school. Mr. Towe graduated from the University of Tennessee College of Law and devotes his practice to civil litigation focusing primarily in the areas of insurance litigation involving automobile and trucking accidents, products liability, commercial liability, general liability, as well … Read More
Bursi
Natalie Bursi, a shareholder in the firm’s Memphis office, focuses her practice primarily in the areas of health care liability defense and insurance defense. She has assisted in trying civil matters to verdict in Tennessee state and federal court. During law school, Ms. Bursi worked as an intern for the Shelby County District Attorney’s Office and served as an extern … Read More
Vescovo
Mr. Vescovo, managing partner of the Memphis office, practices in the area of civil litigation, handling matters in state and federal courts. He has substantial experience in jury and bench trials in Tennessee, Mississippi and Arkansas. He has defended claims involving medical malpractice, insurance bad faith, and governmental tort liability. Mr. Vescovo is a Rule 31-listed mediator in general civil … Read More
Sullivan
Christopher Sullivan, a shareholder, practices in the Memphis office of Lewis Thomason. He has been a litigator for twenty years with a varied practice encompassing many aspects of civil litigation, including transportation, healthcare liability, civil rights, and personal injury. Mr. Sullivan has tried numerous civil and criminal cases in state and federal court. Mr. Sullivan also proudly serves as an … Read More
Shannon
Casey Shannon is a shareholder at Lewis Thomason and is located in the Memphis office. His practice focuses on corporate and transactional work, from intellectual property licensing and registration to business organization formation and governance. Central to that practice is his significant municipal and economic development law experience, having worked with the City of Memphis, Shelby County, the E.D.G.E. Industrial Development … Read More