Margaret Cooper Roney is  featured in Memphis The City Magazine’s Women to Watch. Women to Watch is in the October issue, page 111.  To see Women to Watch please click here. Maggie Roney is a shareholder in the firm’s Memphis office. A native Memphian, Ms. Roney has a diverse litigation practice throughout West Tennessee, with particular emphasis in representing defendants in healthcare liability, … Read More

Mikel Towe has been elevated to the position of Vice-President of the Knoxville Bar Association Barristers, Young Lawyers’ Division.  As Vice-President, he will automatically be bumped to President at next year’s annual meeting. We congratulate Mikel on his election. Mikel Towe is an associate in the firm’s Knoxville office practicing in the areas of employment law, insurance defense, personal injury, landlord/tenant law, … Read More

A periodic Q & A session with a Lewis Thomason (LT) lawyer Lewis Thomason: What do you enjoy most about being a lawyer? Alex Park: I think I enjoy the fact that it forces me to confront and think about difficult issues. Developing an argument and supporting it with law and facts is something that is rarely easy, but it … Read More

Bill Haltom was recently elected President of the Tennessee Supreme Court Historical Society (TSCHS).  His special election was due to the illness and ultimate passing of TSCHS President John Chambers. TSCHS is an organization of Tennessee lawyers and judges dedicate to promoting and understanding the rule of law and the importance of an independent judiciary in maintaining appropriate checks and … Read More

A periodic Q & A session with a Lewis Thomason (LT) lawyer Lewis Thomason: What is your favorite game or sport to watch and play? Brady Cody: To watch? Tar Heel and Vol basketball. To play? FIFA on the Xbox. Lewis Thomason: How many pairs of shoes to you own? Brady Cody: Probably in the neighborhood of 15-20. My family … Read More

As we approach the heart of the holiday season, I hope everyone will, “Eat, drink and be merry.” This saying, of course, comes from the Bible: “Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry.” Ecclesiastes 8:15. I think it fair to say that “drink” … Read More

Pilgrims. Pumpkins. Turkeys. That’s what I think of in November. Let me be clear, I love Thanksgiving. Mainly because I love food, and partially because I am thankful. But how much of that Thanksgiving picture from my 3rd grade textbook is rooted in reality? Truth be told, we know very little about the first Thanksgiving celebration. We know there was no … Read More

We’re proud to announce Lawrence F. Giordano; William H. Haltom, Jr.; Marcy Dodds Magee and J. Kimbrough Johnson have been selected to the 2017 Super Lawyers Tennessee Top 100 list. We proudly congratulate Marcy Dodds Magee on being selected to the 2017 Super Lawyers Tennessee Top 50 Women list. We are honored to announce that 24 of our attorneys have … Read More

A periodic Q & A session with a Lewis Thomason (LT) lawyer Lewis Thomason: If you were a super-hero, what powers would you have? Lucas Davidson: I would say flying but I am not fond of heights. Outside of that, I would opt for the ability to call “time out” in life like Zack Morris in Saved by the Bell. … Read More

The 2017 Nashville Employment Law Seminar will be on December 1, 2017 from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm. Topics are: FLSA Update Under the Trump Administration Drive By Plaintiffs, Website Accessibility, and the “Un”reasonableness of Responsible Accommodation Social Media and Employees’ Rights What is a Hostile Work Environment Workers’ Compensation; What You Need to Know For more information and to … Read More