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

If you make it through your workday without checking any social media, pat yourself on the back. You are in the distinct minority. Recent surveys show that 77 percent of employees access social media during normal work hours. Compare that to the fact that only 67 percent of employees drink coffee during work hours, and you quickly realize that “social … Read More

Congratulations to Laura Deakins for winning the Memphis Business Journal’s Best of the Bar Ace Associate!! Well-deserved, Laura!  See the article in the Memphis Business Journal.

David Draper wrote the cover story of DICTA’s March edition. The Old Raccoon Hunter and The Tax Man As a kid growing up in west Knoxville in the 1960s and 70s, my older brother and I would often watch Cas Walker’s “Home and Farm Hour” TV show. For us, like many, the draw was in never knowing what to expect, … Read More

Lewis Thomason congratulates Brian Faughnan, J. Wallace Irvin, Whitney Henry Kimerling and Christoper B. Sullivan on being named shareholders. Brian Faughnan is a shareholder and practices in the firm’s Memphis office.  In addition to the area of lawyer ethics and professional responsibility, Mr. Faughnan’s practice is focused on commercial litigation, appellate litigation, and media law.  Mr. Faughnan is a frequent author … Read More

Michael Goode will be speaking at the Tennessee Bar Association’s CLE, Estate Planning & Probate Forum 2019, on February 22. This event provides six hours of CLE, including an hour of dual credit. The event will be held at the Embassy Suites Cool Springs in Franklin, Tennessee. Michael is not only speaking but he is also a producer for this … Read More

A 70-year-old partner in the firm, John Lewis came to work thinking not about hearts, but about flu season. He’d been achy and congested all week and his wife, Barbara, was home with the flu and a 102-degree fever. He headed home early, promising colleagues he would go to the doctor. While waiting for the elevator to take him down … Read More