John Tarpley, a shareholder in the Nashville office, spoke at the ADR Commission’s 2025 Advanced Mediation Techniques Workshop for mediators in state and federal court. He joined Chief Judge Anne Martin of the Davidson County Trial Courts and Chief Judge Chip Campbell of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee.  John has devoted a significant portion of … Read More

Lewis Thomason shareholder Heidi Barcus was the featured speaker at the recently held 2025 Equal Justice University.  Heidi, the current Tennessee Bar Association president, thanked those who are working in the important area of access to justice.  She further spoke on the importance of educating lawyers on the many ways to support legal services, which are currently facing threats to … Read More

Christina Guyton, an associate in Lewis Thomason’s Memphis office, was recently published in Food and Drug Law Journal, Volume 79, Number 2.  The piece entitled Too Many Cooks in the Kitchen—How the Proposed Consolidation of the Overlapping Governmental Agencies Tasked with Pesticide Regulation is Deficient in Resolving Food-Safety Concerns can be accessed by clicking on title.

Lewis Thomason’s Memphis office recently hosted second-year law students from the University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law who made Law Review.  The office hosted lunch for a “Tour de Note topic, discussing potential note-writing topics, providing tips and tricks for being on law review, and general writing advice.

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Kevin Baskette and Kent Francis recently obtained a defense verdict in a wrongful death healthcare liability trial in Shelby County Circuit Court.  The plaintiff alleged that a urology clinic’s staff members failed to document and forward clinical complaints, which caused the patient’s death.  After four days of trial, the court awarded a directed verdict at the close of all proof, … Read More

Adam Rust, a shareholder in Lewis Thomason’s Knoxville office, has been appointed Chair of the Transportation Committee for the International Association of Defense Counsel (“IADC”).  The IADC membership is comprised of the world’s leading corporate and insurance lawyers and insurance executives. Members represent the largest corporations around the world, including the majority of companies listed in the FORTUNE 500. Rust … Read More

Chris McCarty spoke at the Tennessee School Boards Association summer meeting on booster clubs and school support organizations.  He discussed the legal requirements for these organizations such as fundraising, officers, and nonprofit status.  Chris, a shareholder in our Knoxville office, focuses his practice in employment law, education law, and civil litigation. He represents clients in both state and federal courts … Read More

Michael Goode has published Revocable Trusts and Irrevocable Trusts with Practical Law. Practical Law provides expert-down-the-hall legal know-how for subscribers. These subscribers include more than 13,000 in-house counsel and more than 150,000 law firms. Michael’s resource discusses provides insights into the state’s laws and practices affecting revocable and irrevocable trusts, including key statutes such as the Tennessee Uniform Trust Code.  These … Read More