In 2002 Tennessee enacted the Education Records as Evidence Act.  At least once a week, I get the opportunity to speak with attorneys about producing educational records pursuant to this statute. Conversations are usually initiated by a client school board employee who received a subpoena duces tecum to appear and produce evidence contained in a student’s transcript and records. The client … Read More

The American Bar Association Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section honored John R. Tarpley with its James K. Carroll Leadership Award, which recognizes an attorney or judge who has demonstrated leadership qualities in service to the section. John Tarpley is a shareholder in the firm’s Nashville office and has been involved in complex litigation in the areas of tort, transportation, … Read More

Bill Mynatt presented at the Knoxville Bar Association Alternative Dispute Resolution Section’s  CLE program on the topic “Mediation Strategies: Differences in Mediation Positions.” Bill has been a Rule 31 Mediator since 2005 and has mediated many cases to resolution over the years, particularly in the area of family law.    

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J. Wallace Irvin, special counsel in the Nashville office, has been selected for the 2019 Leadership Middle Tennessee, Inc. (LMT) class. “This 19th class is made up of a diverse group of members from different industries and communities across Middle Tennessee,” LMT President Lee Rucks said. “I’m excited for another year of leadership development as we come together to improve our region from … Read More

Jared Garceau and Preston Hawkins presented at the National Business Institutes Continued Legal Education – Business Contracts A-Z.   Jared presented on Competition Issues and Non-Compete Clauses and Breach of Contract.       Preston presented on Indemnification Provisions in Business Agreements and Negotiation Strategies.

David Draper attended the 2018 ALFA International Construction Conference in Banff, Canada, where he chaired the opening general session on Recognizing and Mitigating Cyber Security Risk in the Design and Construction Industry. Pictured from left to right are his panelist invitees, David Vanalek – Chief Operating Officer for Claims, Markel Corporation; Jake Kouns – Chief Information Security Officer, Risk Based … Read More

Larry Giordano has accepted an invitation from the Board of Directors of the American Bar Foundation to become a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation.  The American Bar Foundation was founded in 1952 and is a nonprofit, independent research institute based in Chicago, Illinois for the empirical study of law in the United States.  The Fellows of the American Bar … Read More

Knoxville City Councilman and Special Counsel in Lewis Thomason’s Knoxville office, Marshall Stair discusses The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America by Richard Rothstein at the next Books Sandwiched at the East Tennessee History Center in on July 25. For more information click here.

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