Knoxville Chamber to Host Workshop on New Overtime Rule Local experts in employment law and human resources will discuss the U.S. Department of Labor’s new rule that significantly raises the minimum salary for employees to be exempt from overtime pay at a June workshop at the Knoxville Chamber. Knoxville attorneys Melissa Carrasco and Chris McCarty will be … Read More

Knoxville Chamber to Host Workshop on New Overtime Rule Local experts in employment law and human resources will discuss the U.S. Department of Labor’s new rule that significantly raises the minimum salary for employees to be exempt from overtime pay at a June workshop at the Knoxville Chamber. Knoxville attorneys Melissa Carrasco and Chris McCarty will be joined by human … Read More

It is not often that a Lewis Thomason litigation matter goes all the way to the United States Supreme Court. But earlier this year, Maggie Cooper and Jimmy Duckworth of LT Memphis found themselves responding to a Petition for Writ of Certiorari to the United States Supreme Court by the plaintiffs in a healthcare liability case which LT had won in … Read More

Eric Butler has received the honor of being awarded The President’s Volunteer Service Award. The President’s Volunteer Service Award recognizes, celebrates and holds up as role models Americans making a positive impact as engaged and deeply committed volunteers. Eric Butler a native of Franklin County, Tennessee, is Special Counsel in the firm’s Knoxville office focusing his legal practice in the areas … Read More

Last Thursday John King and Jared Garceau of LT Knoxville won a major victory in the Tennessee Court of Appeals in a land rezoning case. The defendants had applied to rezone property in west Knox County from agricultural to planned-residential and sought approval of a development plan for a dwelling project consisting of 312 apartment units. John King was the … Read More

We are pleased to welcome to LT this week four summer associates. In the Knoxville office, Julia Hale is returning to the firm after finishing her first year of law school at the University of Tennessee. She previously worked as a receptionist in the LT Nashville office from April 2014 to July 2015. Julia earned her undergraduate degree in economics … Read More

With a tinge of sadness, but a good deal of pride in her voice, local attorney Lynn Peterson gave the opening remarks at a celebration of outgoing senior members of the Blount County Youth Court program. “Tonight is all about thanking our jurors,” she said Thursday. “We have so many young people who have given so much to this community. … Read More

Blount County Youth Court will celebrate another year of helping troubled teens during a ceremony honoring outgoing senior jurors Thursday. The celebration will take place at 5:30 p.m. at Blount Partnership on Washington Street. Six area high school seniors — Emma Bishop, Sidney Boles, Katherine Cohen, Brittany Fehling, Nicole Knox, and McKayla Smith — will be honored for their contributions. … Read More

The defense team of Preston Hawkins and Ronnie Isaacs won a defense verdict in a jury trial in the Knox County Circuit Court on April 27th. Over the course of two days, the jury heard testimony from the plaintiff and several witnesses regarding a personal injury defense claim. The trial judge granted a directed verdict on punitive damages, direct negligence … Read More