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

Jonathan L. May spoke on Medicare Set-Asides in Workers’ Compensation at the National Business Institute’s Advanced Workers’ Compensation Seminar. Mr. May is an associate in Lewis Thomason’s Memphis office and practices in the area of civil litigation, handling matters in state and federal courts throughout Tennessee. He has substantial experience defending claims involving workers’ compensation and insurance bad faith. In … Read More

Justin N. Joy will speak on Cybersecurity: Lessons Learned and Future Tools at the Sawyers & Jacobs, LLC Bank Tech Summit October 22-24, 2014. Justin N. Joy is shareholder in the firm’s Memphis office. To see all information regarding the Sawyers & Jacobs, LLC Bank Tech Summit click here.

Whitney Henry Kimerling has been named on the Nashville Bar Foundation’s 1st Leadership Class.  The nine-month professional development program will kick-off in September and run through May 2015. Whitney Henry Kimerling is an associate attorney in the Nashville office of Lewis Thomason.  Ms. Kimerling’s general civil litigation practice focuses on product liability.  Her experience also includes medical malpractice, premises liability, … Read More

By: Janet Hayes Unless you have been living under a rock, you are bound to have heard about the Supreme Court’s recent decision in what is now referenced simply as “the Hobby Lobby case.” From the water cooler to social media to glamour magazines, the decision has been debated and dissected unlike any legal case in recent history. It is … Read More

 By: David N. Garst   In the United States, parties to lawsuits are granted broad rights to obtain information possessed by other parties and witnesses in relation to the dispute.  the process for obtaining this information is called “discovery.” Courts permit many forms of discovery, including written questions, oral examination of witnesses, entry upon land (inspection of the project site) … Read More

By:  Brian S. Faughnan   I am a relatively fortunate lawyer. In addition to being permitted to write this column from time to time, representing lawyers and law firms gives me a decent sense of ethical issues that are being faced by lawyers in their daily practice across our state. I admit it’s a rough justice kind of calculation, but … Read More

“Many small business owners simply don’t have time to stay current on (HR) requirements and unknowingly put themselves at risk for hefty fines.” – John J. Britton, Attorney at Law, Lewis, Thomason, King, Krieg & Waldrop, P.C.     John Britton is a shareholder in the firm’s Knoxville office.  

    Randy Bibb will speak on “New Developments & Trends in Product Liability Law” at Tennessee Attorney Memo’s Personal Injury Law Conference on September 26th, 2014.

          The Court of Appeals of Tennessee at Knoxville Affirms The Judgment of The Trial Court. This appeal arises from the dismissal of a tenured teacher. The Union County Board of Education (“the Board”) dismissed Tina Wilder (“Wilder”) following an incident involving underage drinking at Wilder’s lake cabin. Wilder, contesting her dismissal, filed a petition for … Read More