Shareholder Justin Joy presented at National Business Institute’s “AI Meets Digital Communication: Securing Emails in Legal Settings” on February 20, 2025. He reviewed how to leverage AI to protect your firm and clients from cyber threats and presented best practices for email security, compliance, and ethical considerations. Justin leads Lewis Thomason’s cybersecurity practice group and is the firm’s privacy officer.  … Read More

Meagan Collver, a shareholder in Lewis Thomason’s Knoxville office, recently presented at the Tennessee Bar Association Tort & Insurance Forum on “Turning Tides: Trends in the Ever Evolving Tennessee Health Care Liability Act Jurisprudence.”  Meagan primarily focuses on  healthcare liability defense matters, including physicians and group medical practices. She is involved in complex litigation matters, such as representing board-certified practitioners, … Read More

On February 11 shareholder Paul Whitt spoke at the CSI Knoxville Chapter meeting.  Paul discussed risk allocation and insurance requirements in construction law.  Paul practices in the areas of construction law and litigation, including professional liability defense of design professionals, such as engineers, architects and surveyors, and representation of contractors, subcontractors and owners in construction defect related disputes. He also … Read More

Shareholder Sam Doak participated in a panel on discovery in the civil and criminal arenas at the Hamilton Burnette American Inns of Court recently.  Sam is in Lewis Thomason’s Knoxville office and has been a trial attorney for over 30 years.  He focuses his practice primarily on civil trial litigation, arbitration, and mediation in practice areas ranging from complex construction matters, … Read More

In the early evening hours of January 31st, the LT trial team of attorneys Dale Bay, Olivia Winnett, Jack Pickel, and paralegal Kim Wood – with support from their legal assistant Jennifer Rooker, received a defense verdict on behalf of a nurse practitioner who was sued for allegedly misdiagnosing a patient with sciatica after he was diagnosed the following morning with … Read More

Tania Freeman, Business Development Officer at Lewis Thomason in Nashville, has been named to the Association of Legal Administrators (ALA) Future Readiness Advisory Council. She will serve a 2-year term that will begin during the ALA’s 2025 Annual Conference in May. Freeman has been an active member of ALA for 13 years. ALA members are responsible for several vital roles … Read More

At the 2025 AWA annual banquet held recently, Judge Rhynette Hurd of the Shelby County Circuit Court was honored and AWA awarded scholarships to five University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys Law School Students.  Noor Obaji, associate in the Memphis office, was sworn in as president.  Rachel McCallister (Vice President), Laura Deakins (Scholarship Chair), Hallie Robison (Secretary), and Caroline Montoya … Read More

John R. Tarpley, shareholder in Lewis Thomason’s Nashville office, has been reappointed to the Alternative Dispute Resolution Commission by the Supreme Court of Tennessee at Nashville.  Tarpley has served on the Commission since 2022 and will continue serve until January 2028. Tarpley has been involved in complex litigation in the areas of transportation, tort, product liability, and a wide range … Read More

Article below written by Justin Joy and in December’s TBA Connect Business Law Section. Recent FTC Enforcement Action Gives 1-Star Rating for Misleading Consumer Reviews, Provides Reminder on New Rule for Businesses Consumer reviews and testimonials play a significant role in today’s marketplace. While individual consumers may place varying degrees of importance on these reviews, it’s clear that they can … Read More