A periodic Q & A session with a Lewis Thomason (LT) lawyer  Lewis Thomason: What is the best place you have ever visited? Nic Vescovo: That’s a tough one. I have to go with Machu Picchu, and specifically the mountain of Huayna Picchu.  My wife (Marianna) and I are working our way through the New Seven Wonders of the World. … Read More

Each year the Tennessee Bar Association selects a group of outstanding young lawyers across the state for Tennessee Bar Associate Leadership Law (“TBALL”). The Leadership Law class attends seminars throughout the Volunteer State as they nurture their leadership skills with respect to ethical, professional, and community service issues. This past week, the Tennessee Bar Association announced its Tennessee Bar Association … Read More

Sometimes Santa’s helpers work beside us every day, and we never see the hard work they do. For the last several years, Mark and Teresa Giuliani, Evan and Stephanie Giordano (Larry Giordano’s son), and Bill and Sheila Kunkel have ministered to the people of Appalachia through the purchase of hundreds of toys and lots of food. Each year the Crazy … Read More

Chuck Cagle has recently conducted four Superintendent and School Leader Academies on topics including discipline for special education students and teacher employment and tenure issues in Knoxville, Murfreesboro, Jackson and Athens. A total of 380 school leaders representing 142 school systems attended the sessions. Chuck is truly a Tennessee Teachers’ lawyer. Charles W. (Chuck) Cagle is a shareholder and chair … Read More

Congratulations to Maggie Cooper Roney who was elected to the Board of Directors for the Memphis Bar Association. Maggie Roney is a shareholder in the firm’s Memphis office. A native Memphian, Ms. Roney has a diverse litigation practice throughout West Tennessee, with particular emphasis in representing defendants in healthcare liability, transportation, and personal injury litigation. Ms. Roney has successfully defended numerous cases prior … Read More

Margaret Cooper Roney is  featured in Memphis The City Magazine’s Women to Watch. Women to Watch is in the October issue, page 111.  To see Women to Watch please click here. Maggie Roney is a shareholder in the firm’s Memphis office. A native Memphian, Ms. Roney has a diverse litigation practice throughout West Tennessee, with particular emphasis in representing defendants in healthcare liability, … Read More

Mikel Towe has been elevated to the position of Vice-President of the Knoxville Bar Association Barristers, Young Lawyers’ Division.  As Vice-President, he will automatically be bumped to President at next year’s annual meeting. We congratulate Mikel on his election. Mikel Towe is an associate in the firm’s Knoxville office practicing in the areas of employment law, insurance defense, personal injury, landlord/tenant law, … Read More

Bill Haltom was recently elected President of the Tennessee Supreme Court Historical Society (TSCHS).  His special election was due to the illness and ultimate passing of TSCHS President John Chambers. TSCHS is an organization of Tennessee lawyers and judges dedicate to promoting and understanding the rule of law and the importance of an independent judiciary in maintaining appropriate checks and … Read More

As we approach the heart of the holiday season, I hope everyone will, “Eat, drink and be merry.” This saying, of course, comes from the Bible: “Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry.” Ecclesiastes 8:15. I think it fair to say that “drink” … Read More

Pilgrims. Pumpkins. Turkeys. That’s what I think of in November. Let me be clear, I love Thanksgiving. Mainly because I love food, and partially because I am thankful. But how much of that Thanksgiving picture from my 3rd grade textbook is rooted in reality? Truth be told, we know very little about the first Thanksgiving celebration. We know there was no … Read More