The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee has dismissed a significant and historic environmental class action lawsuit. A class of Plaintiffs comprised of owners of property adjoining a river first sued the Defendant, an upstream manufacturing facility, in 1989. In a continuous series of subsequent lawsuits, the Plaintiffs have repeatedly claimed that the facility causes water … Read More
NASHVILLE CHILDREN’S THEATRE NAMES LEWIS KING’S WINSTON HARLESS CHAIR
Nashville Children’s Theatre, the oldest professional children’s theatre in the country, recently named Lewis, King, Krieg & Waldrop attorney Winston Harless chairman of its board of trustees. Harless was previously a tenured professor of Theatre and Communication at Freed-Hardeman University and performed at Opryland U.S.A. He’ll now take over leadership duties at the 81-year-old institution that was originally opened as … Read More
TBA Names Lewis King Lawyer 2012 Summer Star of the Quarter
The Tennessee Bar Association (TBA) recently awarded its 2012 Summer Star of the Quarter Award to Katrina Atchley, an attorney in the Knoxville office of the Lewis, King, Krieg and Waldrop, P.C., law firm. Atchley was recognized for her work as Chair of the TBA Children’s Issues Committee and her work producing the coloring book CASA Speaks for Polly. As … Read More
Lindsy Stempel Joins Lewis King Law Firm
Lindsy Paduch Stempel, former senior law clerk to the Honorable Frank G. Clement, Jr. of the Tennessee Court of Appeals and Assistant Attorney General in the Office of the Tennessee Attorney General & Reporter, has joined the Nashville office of the Lewis, King, Krieg and Waldrop, P.C., law firm. Following graduation from Davidson College in 2002, Stempel spent two years … Read More
Civil Trial Lawyer Joins Lewis King Law Firm
Claire Thomas, an attorney devoted to civil trial practice in the state and federal courts of Tennessee and Florida, has joined the Nashville office of the Lewis, King, Krieg and Waldrop, P.C., law firm. Prior to joining Lewis King, Thomas practiced with the Wilson, Elser firm in Orlando. She focuses her practice in the areas of premises liability, products liability, … Read More
ATTORNEY LAWRENCE GIORDANO RECEIVES 2011 UT COLLEGE OF LAW OUTSTANDING ADJUNCT TEACHER AWARD
Lewis King attorney Lawrence “Larry” Giordano recently received the 2011 College of Law Outstanding Adjunct Teacher Award at the University of Tennessee College of Law Honors Banquet. Giordano, an Adjunct Professor of Law at the University Of Tennessee College of Law since 1994, teaches advocacy courses in Advanced Trial Practice, Trial Practice and Pretrial Procedures. A shareholder and law firm … Read More
Lewis King Law Firm Names New Shareholders
Mary Beth Haltom and Daniel W. Olivas have been named shareholders in the Nashville office of the Lewis, King, Krieg and Waldrop, P.C., law firm. Haltom concentrates her practice in the areas of commercial and business litigation, with an emphasis in commercial transportation litigation and franchise litigation. Olivas focuses on the areas of product liability, insurance coverage analysis and litigation, … Read More
Communications Veteran Named Chief Marketing Officer at Lewis King Law Firm
Ellen Robinson, a marketing and public relations executive with more than three decades of broad communications leadership experience, recently joined the law firm of Lewis, King, Krieg and Waldrop, P.C. as chief marketing officer. Prior to joining Lewis King, Robinson served as vice president of Moxley Carmichael, an East Tennessee public and media relations firm. “I’ve had the pleasure of … Read More