Marshall Stair presented an update on the Fair Labor Standards Act at the East Tennessee Lawyers Association for Women this week.  Marshall concentrates his practice in employment law with an emphasis on the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA/wage & hour/overtime), insurance casualty defense, and general commercial and tort litigation. While attending law school, he worked for the United States Department … Read More

John Manson, Special Counsel in Lewis Thomason’s Nashville office, has been named a Fellow of the Nashville Bar Foundation. Fellows are chosen based on their devoted and distinguished service to the legal profession and the administration of justice and their adherence to the highest standards of professional ethics and personal conduct. Manson, a Nashville native, earned his bachelor’s degree in … Read More

Noor Obaji spoke at the University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law’s Diversity and Pre-Law Day on “My Life as a Lawyer.”  She discussed the challenges and triumphs of working as a lawyer.  Obaji is an associate in the firm’s Memphis office and she graduated from Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law in 2018. During law school, Ms. … Read More

On March 7, David Garst participated in the 2023 SpeakUP legislative engagement event sponsored by the American Institute of Architects Tennessee.  The seminar series took place at the Tennessee State Capitol Building.  Mr. Garst and Dale Crow of Risk Strategies presented a seminar entitled “Proven Contract Negotiation Techniques for Design Professionals” to architects and architectural educators from across Tennessee.  Mr. … Read More

Attorneys considered among the top in their field receive elite acknowledgment. Congratulations to Heidi Barcus and Joseph Clark.

Jackie Dixon, shareholder in the Nashville office, co-wrote the Cover Story in the March/April issue of the Tennessee Bar Journal on mothers and daughters who practice law, The Battle for Equality is Sometimes Fought in Inches. Jackie and Psonya C. Hackett (co-author) conducted interviews with several Tennessee Lawyers whose daughters followed in their footsteps. This article was originally published in … Read More

Chuck Cagle recently presented to doctoral level education classes at Lincoln Memorial University on “Conducting an Efficient and Productive IEP Meeting.”  Cagle is a frequent speaker on education matters.  He oversees the firm’s education practice group and has served as an adjunct professor at Vanderbilt University teaching courses in K-12 Education Law and Public Policy and the Law of Higher … Read More

Each year, no more than five percent of the lawyers in the state are selected by the research team at Super Lawyers to receive the designation of Super Lawyer. Super Lawyers, part of Thomson Reuters, is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The … Read More

Noor Obaji Elected Vice President for the Association for Women Attorneys in Memphis Noor Obaji, an associate in the firm’s Memphis office, has been elected Vice President for the Association for Women Attorneys in Memphis. The Association for Women Attorneys is a bar association of Memphis and Shelby County founded in 1979. Its members are dedicated to supporting each other … Read More