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 Fellow of the Nashville Bar Foundation
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
David Draper
David Draper recently participated in a panel at the ALFA International Client Seminar on supply chain and price volatility in the construction industry. Whether by pandemic, inflation, war, protective tariffs or increased competition for a finite supply, scarcity of parts and materials and their price volatility have triggered project delays and project cancellations. As a consequence, owners and developers, designers … Read More
Noor Obaji
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
Baker’s Man
During the throes of the pandemic, we all struggled to distract ourselves from the apocalypse. We subscribed to every streaming service. We renovated every corner of our homes. We knitted. We painted. We picked up instruments we haven’t played since grammar school. (May God save the soul of anyone who tried playing the recorder.) We tested the contours of our … Read More
Movie Lawyers of All Time
When your bar association asks you to do something, whenever and wherever possible, you say “yes.” At least, that was the thought at the forefront of my mind when Marsha and Cathy suggested an idea for a new DICTA column and reached out to me to see if I would be willing to start writing again. They wanted a simple … Read More
David Garst
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
Heidi Barcus and Joseph Clark.
Attorneys considered among the top in their field receive elite acknowledgment. Congratulations to Heidi Barcus and Joseph Clark.
Jacqueline B. Dixon
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
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