2013 Employment Seminar

It’s not too late!  We had a great time in Knoxville, but it is not too late to join us in Nashville. Please come join us for this free, informative, fun and accredited seminar (see below). Those in attendance will be entered into a drawing for tickets to a Saturday matinee of “The Lion King“.  Please e-mail Paige Reppert at [email protected]Read More

Thomason Hendrix Welcomes Rob Jolly

We recently welcomed Robert T. Jolly as the newest associate to Thomason Hendrix.  Mr. Jolly is a 2006 graduate of the University of Mississippi School of Law, where he participated in the Public Service Internship Program. Following law school, Mr. Jolly served as judicial law clerk to Chief United States Magistrate Judge John M. Roper in Gulfport, Mississippi. Mr. Jolly … Read More

LEWIS KING LAW FIRM APPOINTS RODNEY A. FIELDS KNOXVILLE MANAGING PARTNER

For more information, Contact: Ellen Robinson (865) 546-4646 Rodney A. Fields has been named the managing partner of the law firm Lewis, King, Krieg & Waldrop, P.C.’s Knoxville office. Fields joined the firm in 1991 and became a Shareholder in 1997. He serves on the firm’s Board of Directors and manages Lewis King’s Business Practice Group. In addition, Lisa Ramsay … Read More

DENIAL OF COVERAGE LEADS TO MILLION DOLLAR AWARD…Even in the Absence of Bad Faith

A look at Leverette v. Tennessee Farmers Mutual Ins. Co.   By:      Janet Strevel Hayes          “Bad faith.”  Two words that no insurance carrier wants to hear.  For years, hefty awards and penalties against insurance carriers have almost always been linked to those two horrific words.  However, in a recent decision by the Tennessee Court of Appeals, Leverette v. Tennessee Farmers … Read More

PETERSON PART OF TEAM DEVELOPING BLOUNT COUNTY YOUTH COURT PROGRAM.

Lynn Peterson is a Lewis King shareholder who practices primarily in the personal injury, workers’ compensation, insurance defense, malpractice, employment law, and general litigation areas of law. Members of the Leadership Blount Class of 2013 are creating a youth court program in the county as their class service project. Under the youth court model, nonviolent, first-time offenders who admit guilt … Read More

LISA RAMSAY COLE NAMED PRESIDENT/MANAGING SHAREHOLDER OF LEWIS KING LAW FIRM

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 3, 2013 For more information, Contact: Ellen Robinson (865) 546-4646 Lisa Ramsay Cole was recently named president and managing shareholder of the law firm Lewis, King, Krieg, and Waldrop, P.C. She became managing partner of the firm’s Nashville office in 2011 and will retain that position as well. An attorney with Lewis King for more than … Read More

LEWIS KING’S TARPLEY NAMED ABA JOURNAL EDITORIAL BOARD CHAIR

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 18, 2013 For more information, Contact: Ellen Robinson (865) 546-4646 John Tarpley, attorney with Lewis, King, Krieg & Waldrop, PC, has been named chair of the ABA Journal’s Board of Editors. Currently a member of the board, Tarpley was elected to the chair position by the American Bar Association’s Board of Governors at its February meeting … Read More

JASON M. PANNU NAMED SHAREHOLDER OF LEWIS, KING LAW FIRM

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 6, 2013 For more information, Contact: Ellen Robinson (865) 546-4646 Jason M. Pannu has been named a shareholder in the law firm of Lewis, King, Krieg and Waldrop, P.C.  He is based in the firm’s Nashville office and is licensed to practice law in Tennessee and Ontario, Canada. Pannu, a native of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, … Read More

Bill Haltom Concludes Statewide Civility Tour

Thomason Hendrix attorney Bill Haltom served as the speaker and moderator for a series of civility programs co-sponsored by the Tennessee Bar Association, the American Bar Association, the Howard H. Baker Center for Public Policy, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the First Amendment Center at Vanderbilt University.The civility tour began at the Univeristy of Memphis School of Law on … Read More