Justin Joy and Edd Peyton are the featured speakers at the University of Mississippi law School “CLE by the Hour” program at the Hilton Hotel in Memphis, beginning today. Justin is lecturing on “Changes in Federal Discovery Practice After the December 1, 2015 Rule Amendments and Other Developments You Should Know,” and  Edd Peyton is speaking on “Promoting Diversity in the … Read More

Brian Faughnan of LT Memphis just started his annual Ethics Roadshow. His unique interactive and audience-friendly CLE program began in Memphis on December 9. He was in Nashville December 10. This week he will head to Johnson City Chattanooga, Knoxville, and Cookeville. Brian S. Faughnan practices in the firm’s Memphis office.  In addition to the area of lawyer ethics and … Read More

Members of the LT Construction Practice Group presented seminars to design professionals across the state this week as part of the Crow Friedman Group’s Annual Roadshow and then presented seminars to joint sessions of the Tennessee Society of Professional Engineers (“TSPE”), American Counsel of Engineering Companies (“ACEC”), and the American Institute  of Architects (“AIA”). On December 2, Loy Waldrop presented … Read More

Each year the Tennessee Bar Association selects a few outstanding young lawyers from across the state for the Tennessee Bar Association Leadership Law Class. These extraordinary young lawyers attend seminars and programs across the state designed to enhance their vision, knowledge and skills necessary to serve as leaders in the legal profession and in the community as a whole. The … Read More

  Over the years, LT has set the pace, so to speak, for marathoners, half-marathoners, and triathletes. For example, in October, 12 intrepid LT runners ran as “LT United” in the Tennessee Ragnar Relays, covering nearly 200 miles from Chattanooga to Nashville. On Saturday, November 21, Wally Irvin survived on of the most challenging endurance events of them all, the … Read More

The defense team of Emily Mack and Brad Craig won a major victory on November 18 in the Tennessee Court of Appeals. The case of Hall v. ISA was a negligence action involving the annual ICE! Exhibit at Gaylord’s Opryland Hotel. While attending the exhibit, the plaintiff slipped and fell at the top of an ice slide which was a … Read More

Jared Garceau was profiled in the November issue of DICTA… Jared Garceau is an associate in the firm’s Knoxville office practicing in the areas of business and commercial law, construction, and general civil litigation. See the full article on page 14 here DICTA

Lewis Thomason Memphis has a long tradition of leadership in the Memphis Bar Association Young Lawyers Division. By our count, no less than eight Lewis Thomason lawyers have served as President of the Memphis Bar Association Young Lawyers Division over the past forty years. Last Thursday night, Jonathan May continued that tradition as he was elevated to the position of … Read More

Bill Haltom was one of the five speakers on November 13th where a capacity crowd gathered at the Knoxville Convention Center for a celebration of the 125th anniversary of the founding of the University of Tennessee Law School. Bill entertained the crowd with a lot of self-deprecating humor about his own experiences as a first year law student at the … Read More