Lisa Cole has been named to Nashville Post’s 2020 In Charge list of community leaders. Lisa is president and managing shareholder of Lewis Thomason and the managing partner of the firm’s Nashville office. She is also an ex-officio member of the firm’s Board of Directors and Shareholder Compensation Committee.

Congratulations to Laura Deakins who recently completed her term as president of the Association of Women Attorneys. At the annual AWA banquet on January 23, Laura passed the gavel to the 2020 president and was presented with a plaque for all her hard work this past year. Laura will continue to serve on the board, and Noor Obaji will also … Read More

In the February issue of DICTA, Jack H. McCall’s “The Last Word” asked John King to tell readers about the “great elephant caper of 1978”. This happened during Lamar Alexander’s 1978 gubernatorial campaign. Lamar had asked me to help him, so I was responsible for Lamar’s campaign for Knox County and several of the surrounding counties. Lamar’s opponent was Jake … Read More

Michael Goode was filmed speaking on Cross Border Taxation Essentials and 1446(f) Proposed Regulations at the NBI Headquarters in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. Michael also participated in panel discussions on cross border law. This was all for the filming of the upcoming webcast on Cross-Border Business Transactions which will be shown in March (and on demand).

The Nashville office hosted ALFA International’s Hospitality and Retail mini-seminar this week. There were over 40 attendees, including clients from Cracker Barrell, Logan’s, Bridgestone, Asurion, STR Hospitality, and Tempur Sealy. LT attorneys John Tarpley, Ben Jones and Christen Blackburn attended from the firm. Both Christen and John were featured speakers at the seminar. Christen presented on ethical considerations for in-house … Read More

Lisa Cole was a panelist this week at a CLE presented by Belmont Inn of Court, ” The Importance of Attorney Well-Being.” Lisa has long been passionate about lawyer well-being and enjoys speaking on this topic. She currently serves on the Tennessee Bar Association’s Lawyer Well-Being Committee and was instrumental in organizing Lewis Thomason’s wellness initiative.

David Chapman, special counsel in the firm’s Knoxville office, has been selected for the Tennessee Bar Association’s 2020 Leadership Class. Now in its seventeenth year, Leadership Law is designed to equip Tennessee lawyers with the vision, knowledge and skills necessary to serve as leaders in their profession and local communities.

Congratulations to Glenn Walter who was sworn in last weekend as the President of the Tennessee Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates at its annual meeting in Chicago. ABOTA is an invitation-only organization and is a national association of experienced trial lawyers and judges. ABOTA and its members are dedicated to the preservation and promotion of the civil … Read More

Mark Castleberry has been elected to the Knoxville Bar Association’s Board of Governors for 2020.  The Knoxville Bar Association serves more than 2000 members with an eighteen member Board of Governors. All policies and programs are either developed or overseen by the bar’s Board of Governors.  Elections for the Board of Governors are held each December.

Last weekend three of our Memphis folks ran the St. Jude Half Marathon, part of the largest single-day fundraising event for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Chris Sullivan, Patrick Quinn, and Jenna Montgomery gave their all to finish the race!