Six attorneys have been named shareholders at Lewis Thomason. Three attorneys are based in Knoxville two in Nashville and one in Memphis Heidi Barcus in the Knoxville office has represented hospitals, physicians, nurses and other health care professionals in healthcare liability matters for over 25 years. Barcus is licensed in Tennessee and Kentucky and has successfully defended numerous regional and local health … Read More

Last month, in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr., Lisa Ramsay Cole shared reflections on our Special Counsel John Manson and his many accomplishments inside and outside the practice of law. This month, we are excited to share reflections on a number of contributors to Black History, including Judge Leland Clure Morton, who played an integral part in desegregating Nashville … Read More

Lewis Thomason’s hospitality and retail attorneys attended the ALFA Hospitality and Retail Practice Group Seminar which was held January 25-27.  Ben Jones was the Program Chair of the event and invited attendees to go “Back to the Future” as they examined what the new normal looks like post-pandemic.  John Tarpley participated in a roundtable discussion on making mediations successful in … Read More

As an expansion of the firm’s highly regarded criminal defense service, Lewis Thomason is launching a statewide government investigations practice group.  Jim Weatherly, John Manson, Miles McDowell, Preston Hawkins, and Chris Sullivan offer more than 50 years of combined experience within the group. “These five attorneys have experience in the representation of businesses and employees subject to State and Federal … Read More

Chuck Cagle, shareholder and chair of the Education Law and Government Relations Practice Group in Lewis Thomason’s Nashville office, has been appointed the Education Council Chair of the Tennessee Business Roundtable Board. Founded in 1983, the Roundtable has partnered successfully with five Governors and hundreds of businesses, non-profit and government stakeholders to create and promote policies which have contributed significantly to … Read More

Mary Beth White was part of a panel for a webinar for the Trucking Industry Defense Association on 30(b)(6) depositions.  The webinar provided tips and practical advice on how to prepare a trucking company’s safety director for a corporate representative deposition in which the plaintiff’s attorney will be using Reptile Theory tactics to disparage the trucking company and its safety … Read More

John Tarpley recently spoke to the 2023 Tennessee Bar Association Leadership Law class.  John established the Tennessee Bar Association Leadership Law program in 2003 and took this opportunity to discuss the history of the program with this year’s participants.  John is a former President of the Tennessee Bar Association and served on the TBA’s Executive Committee for a number of … Read More

Congratulations to Samantha Bennett and Andrea Malkin on their win in the Tennessee Court of Appeals.  The case involved the failure to timely move for substitution of parties after the death of one of the two plaintiffs.  The trial court granted  the  defendants’  motion  to  dismiss  for  failure  to  timely  substitute a parties, and the Tennessee Court of Appeals affirmed the … Read More

At the Annual Meeting last year, I told people that we were going to spend this year in celebration. After nearly two years of enduring a pandemic that kept people indoors and away from one another, I thought we all needed an opportunity to come together and celebrate. Moreover, we had cause to celebrate. The pandemic brought uncertainty. It brought … Read More