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

A periodic Q & A session with a Lewis Thomason (LT) lawyer  Lewis Thomason: When did you decide to become a lawyer? Ashley Morgan: My senior year of college, when my mother begged me to do anything but theater or radio (I was a broadcast journalism major who was Lady Macbeth in a college production). I decided to become a … Read More

The LT Employment Law Group hosted its annual employment law seminar in Knoxville on October 19, 2017.  Seminar topics included wage and hour issues under the Trump Administration; Drive By Plaintiffs and Website Accessibility under the ADA; Social Media; Hostile Work Environments; and Recent Changes in Tennessee Workers’ Compensation.  Marshall Stair, Janet Hayes, Chris McCarty and Leslie Bishop were featured … Read More

A periodic Q & A session with a Lewis Thomason (LT) lawyer  Lewis Thomason: When did you decide to become a lawyer? Jordan Scott: What else can you do with a degree in political science? Lewis Thomason: What do you enjoy most about being a lawyer? Jordan Scott: Writing. Lewis Thomason: You’re stranded on a desert island – what music … Read More

The Memphis Bar Foundation is the philanthropic arm of the Memphis Bar Association. Its mission is to advocate and support public awareness of the legal system, promote social justice and legal education, and encourage and recognize professionalism among members of the Bar. Each year the Memphis Bar Foundation selects a small number of prominent Memphis lawyers as Fellows of the … Read More