Michael S. Goode, special counsel in the Nashville office of Lewis Thomason, has been appointed by the American Bar Association as a member of the Standing Committee on International Trade in Legal Services. The primary purpose of the Standing Committee is to: monitor the GATS negotiations and the negotiations of other international trade agreements that involve the United States and … Read More

Justin Joy has several speaking engagements this month as he shares his business and technology acumen. This week he presents “Recent Developments in Discovery Practice and the Impacts of Pandemic-Accelerated Changes in Technology” at the Virtual Medical Malpractice Conference for Tennessee Attorneys. Justin’s presentation discusses the adaptations resulting from the pandemic and how it accelerated a number of recent trends in technology. Next … Read More

Brian Faughnan and Casey Shannon, both shareholders in the Memphis office, were named Fellows of the Memphis Bar Foundation. The Memphis Bar Foundation was established in 1982 by eighteen charter fellows to serve as the philanthropic arm of the Memphis Bar Association.  The Memphis Bar Foundation is a 501©(3) organization, which provides a platform for attorneys and others in the … Read More

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Chris McCarty was a presenter at the Southeastern Association of School Business Officials Conference and Discovery Forum this week. His presentation, “Employees, Contractors and Taxes: Wading Through Risky and Expensive Waters” discussed the risks associated with incorrect classification of employee and contractor.

Tennessee law firm Lewis Thomason recently fulfilled a priority of its strategic plan by forming InclusivLT, a diversity, equity, and inclusion committee (DE&I). The committee will be chaired by John R. Tarpley, a Nashville attorney whose practice focuses on complex litigation in the areas of transportation, tort, product liability, and a wide range of insurance-related matters in both state and federal courts.  Reflecting the diversity of the … Read More

Last week Lisa Cole was a panelist for the University of Tennessee College of Law’s “Thriving as a Lawyer” Class. The class is a part of UT’s Institute for Professional Leadership and was developed in collaboration with Adjunct Professor Candice Reed (UT Law ’00). Lisa and the other panelists discussed their perspective on wellness in the profession and offered advice to the law … Read More

David Chapman did a presentation at the 2020 EDR Summit in Houston with James Norris at Parham Engineering during which they did a mock deposition of an accident reconstruction expert citing common misconceptions about EDR data. They hired a court reporter, and Crash Data Group is publishing the transcript in an article for Collision magazine which will be published in the … Read More

George Scoville A new precedent from the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit should give clients using arbitration agreements pause from celebrating too early when opponents win nothing in arbitration. In a now-published opinion released just before the end of 2020, a unanimous panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in Hale … Read More