Lisa Cole and John Tarpley are among the recipients of the prestigious award, “Best of the Bar.” Each year Nashville Business Journal names a select number of Nashville attorneys as the “Best of the Bar.” Lisa and John will be honored at the “Best of the Bar” dinner at the City Winery on June 18.  Click here to see the … Read More

Lewis Thomason’s Nashville office was awarded the Nashville Bar Association’s 2019 Diversity Participant Award at its annual Law Day luncheon on May 3. The Nashville Bar Association recognizes legal offices that have supported the NBA Diversity Committee each year at its Law Day Lunch. Recognition is given for diversity efforts in several categories. Kaya Porter Chairs the NBA Diversity Committee.  Jason … Read More

On May 9, Brian Faughnan and Justin Joy will be presenting at the Tennessee Bar Association’s 2019 Business Law Forum in Nashville.  The TBA Business Law Section’s 2019 Annual CLE Forum helps business lawyers learn and refresh their knowledge about issues that may arise when drafting an LLC operating agreement. Topics include an overview of the two extant Tennessee LLC acts and … Read More

Lewis Thomason is pleased to announce that Michael S. Goode will be speaking in an upcoming Strafford live webinar, “Series LLCs: Tax Planning and Wealth Transfer Opportunities” scheduled for Wednesday, April 24, 1:00pm-2:50pm EDT. By registering here, you are eligible to attend this program at half off. As long as you use the links in this email, the offer will … Read More

Michael S. Goode will be a speaker at the National Business Institute’s upcoming seminar, Estate Planning from A to Z.  The seminar is a detailed overview of estate planning and strategy. The seminar will be held on May 20, 2019. To register and for more information please click here.

Tennessee Bar Association leaders were in Washington, D.C., April 9th – 13th, representing the state during this year’s ABA Day on the Hill. The delegation included LT’s Jason Pannu, current TBA president, and Sarah Sheppeard, TBA president-elect. Activities included meetings with U.S. Representative David Kustoff, Scott DesJarlais, Steve Cohen and Tim Burchett, as well as Senators Lamar Alexander and Marsha … Read More

For the past several months LT Nashville has been hosting students from the University of Tennessee School of Law who have been studying in Nashville as part of UT’s Semester in Residence program. They have been attending class in the office on Wednesday nights and working as interns at local businesses. On Wednesday the office hosted an end of semester … Read More

On April 9th, LT Nashville hosted the Friday Fundamentals’ Meet the Judges’ Reception. The Friday FUNdamentals program provides practical knowledge and training from experienced attorneys in the Nashville and Middle Tennessee community to first and second year attorneys. The Meet the Judges’ Reception concludes the program and offers FUNdamental graduates an opportunity to meet local judges and chancellors.

Congratulations to LT Nashville’s Race Judicata team who won the fastest firm award at Race Judicata, held on Saturday, April 6th! Proceeds from the Nashville Bar Association’s Young Lawyers Division’s 16th Annual LogicForce Race Judicata benefited two local charities—Able Youth and Achilles International Nashville. In addition to the team win, John Craig Howell placed 3rd in his age group, Evan … Read More

Department of Labor – New Rule Proposal Related to Salary Threshold As many employers may recall, in 2016 the United States Department of Labor (“DOL”) under President Obama considered raising the salary and compensation levels needed for Executive, Administrative and Professional workers to be exempt from the Fair Labor Standards Act’s (“FLSA”) overtime rules. The proposed rule, which was slated to … Read More