On September 15, 2025, David Garst of Lewis Thomason’s Nashville office and Dale Crow, a Broker with the Nashville office of Brown & Brown, presented a seminar on the topic of Settlement Strategies for Design Professional Claims and Lawsuits at the Tennessee Engineers’ Conference in Franklin, Tennessee.  David Garst’s legal practice is focused on general construction law, with emphases on … Read More

Justin Joy was a recent presenter with the Memphis Bar Association on the ethical application of AI in the practice of law.  Justin’s presentation discussed the fundamentals of large language models and generative AI and how ethics rules intersect with GenAI use by lawyers.  Justin is a shareholder in Lewis Thomason’s Memphis office, where he leads the firm’s Cybersecurity Practice … Read More

Chuck Cagle was recently honored with the Tennessee Business Roundtable Chairman’s Medal in appreciation for his dedication and service to The Roundtable.  The Roundtable includes businesses and executives of Tennessee’s leading companies and works with leaders within Tennessee communities to build a better future for Tennessee and its people.  Lewis Thomason is a proud member of the Tennessee Business Roundtable.

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