They ran and ran and ran. They ran  up mountains, and they ran down valleys. They ran past skyscrapers in Nashville, and past barns and silos in the Tennessee countryside. They ran in the bright sunlight of a picture-perfect autumn day, and they ran in the darkness of a chilly night. They ran for the sheer joy of running, and … Read More

On October 23, 2014, the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit handed down a major victory for Lewis Thomason.         The victorious appellate team consisted of Dale Bay, Janet Hayes, Daniel Olivas, and Emily Mack. The case challenged the very essence of the business of our client and its contractual relationship with companies throughout … Read More

This morning at 7:30 a.m., Bob Chapski left downtown Chattanooga for an 8 mile run, heading up Tennessee Highway 41 in the general direction of our Nashville offices. It was the first leg of the Tennessee Ragnar Relay, a nearly 200 mile race from Chattanooga to Nashville, as Bob leads “LT United”, a team of 11 runners from the LT … Read More

Lewis Thomason is willing to tackle any challenge. On October 24-25, lawyers from Lewis Thomason’s Knoxville, Nashville and Memphis offices are participating in TN Ragnar under the name LT United.  To follow LT United (Lewis Thomason) use this link….. LT United @LTUnitedTN.      

Historic Rivalries have always been the hallmark of the National Football League. Nothing captures public interest like a good battle between strong adversaries. This year, however, traditional team battles may be eclipsed by the current off-field clash between women’s groups and the league itself. While the league has been publicly dealing with an image crisis related to allegations of player … Read More

Rehim Babaoglu Stephen C. Barton R. Dale Bay J. Randolph Bibb, Jr. Leslie F. Bishop John J. Britton Charles W. Cagle Robert F. Chapski Joseph M. Clark Lisa Ramsay Cole Brian S. Faughnan David N. Garst Lawrence F. Giordano William H. Haltom, Jr. Albert C. Harvey J. Kimbrough Johnson Michael E. Keeney John King Richard W. Krieg Marcy Dodds Magee … Read More

Rodney A. Fields, the Managing Shareholder at Lewis Thomason’s Knoxville office, will be a featured speaker at the UT College of Law Career Center’s “The Managing Partners Forum.” To kick off the school year, leaders of several prominent Tennessee law firms will speak to UT Law students at the first Managing Partners Forum, set for Wednesday, August 27. Panelists will … Read More

  Leslie F. Bishop will be speaking at M. Lee Smith’s eighth annual Tennessee Workers’ Compensation Conference in Nashville on  November 20-21, 2014.  For more information click here.   Leslie F. Bishop, a Lewis Thomason shareholder, is responsible for all aspects of a general defense litigation practice, with an emphasis in workers’ compensation and employment law. Her employment practice ranges … Read More

In 2013, the Tennessee Legislature passed dramatic reforms to the Workers’ Compensation Act, Tenn. Code Ann. § 50-6-101, et seq., which went into effect on July 1, 2014. It would be impossible to provide a full summary of those changes in this space, but here are some of the most significant ones: The legislature changed the definition of “injury” to … Read More

When the Union County school board voted July 30 to enroll 626 first-year students in the Tennessee Virtual academy, applause and smiles broke out. The vote demonstrated the benefit of hiring a smart lawyer.                                                     … Read More