By: Heidi A. Barcus Established in the early 90’s, the Knoxville Bar Foundation provides a vehicle for grants in support of important programs and projects in our community. The funding for the grants comes primarily from the Fellows of the Foundation. The Fellows program publicly honors and recognizes attorneys who have distinguished themselves in the legal profession and in service … Read More

Paige Bernick, Special Counsel in Lewis Thomason’s Nashville office, has been accepted into Leadership Middle Tennessee Class of 2024. Leadership Middle Tennessee is a regional leadership program founded to engage community and business leaders in the 10-county region of Middle Tennessee. Bernick is a member of the firm’s state-wide transportation practice group.  She also concentrates her practice in complex civil … Read More

Chris McCarty and Chuck Cagle spoke recently at the Tennessee School Board Association’s Summer Law Institute.  Chris spoke on “From Discipline to Due Process: Understanding the Steps and Hurdles with Student Expulsion and Suspension” and Chuck spoke on “Students and Cell Phones:  How are School Districts Addressing This Issue?” Lewis Thomason’s education team is a long-time supporter of the TSBA’s … Read More

Justin Joy spoke recently at the IAPP In-Person Memphis KnowledgeNet on The Road Ahead in privacy and technology.  Justin is a CIPT/Certified Information Privacy Technologist (CIPT) and Certified Information Privacy Professional/United States through the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP).  The IAPP is accredited by the American Bar Association to certify lawyers in the specialty area of Privacy Law.  He … Read More

Nicholas Vescovo, a shareholder in Lewis Thomason’s Memphis office, has been named to Memphis Business Journal’s 2023 40 under 40. Vescovo regularly counsels clients ranging from start-ups and emerging companies to individual artists and performers to multi-national corporations on all types of intellectual property issues. He has handled matters before the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the United States … Read More

David Draper recently participated in a panel at the ALFA International Client Seminar on supply chain and price volatility in the construction industry.  Whether by pandemic, inflation, war, protective tariffs or increased competition for a finite supply, scarcity of parts and materials and their price volatility have triggered project delays and project cancellations. As a consequence, owners and developers, designers … Read More

Heidi Barcus, shareholder in the firm’s Knoxville office, was elected vice-president of the Tennessee Bar Association and will serve as president of the Tennessee Bar Association in 2025-2026.  She will take office as vice president this summer at the TBA Convention and then automatically advance to president-elect in June 2024 and then president in June 2025.  Heidi joins a long … Read More

Lisa Ramsay Cole was the speaker for the Lawyers’ Association for Women’s “Lean-In” event recently which was moderated by Alaina Beach. The topic was “Navigating Four Generations in the Workforce,” and Lisa discussed issues that can arise in the workplace due to varying communication preferences between generations. Especially in light of the post-Covid hybrid workplace, she discussed the importance of … Read More

On September 19, 2022, David Garst presented a seminar to the Tennessee Engineers’ Conference in Franklin entitled “Landmines and Pitfalls of Design Professional Practice.”  The seminar was attended by engineers from across the State, and was co-presented by Dale Crow, Senior Vice President of Risk Strategies.