Updates

Super Lawyers 2022

Each year, no more than five percent of the lawyers in the state are selected by the research team at Super Lawyers to receive the designation of Super Lawyer. Super…

Noor Obaji

Noor Obaji Elected Vice President for the Association for Women Attorneys in Memphis Noor Obaji, an associate in the firm’s Memphis office, has been elected Vice President for the Association…

Chuck Cagle

Chuck Cagle recently spoke at the Tennessee School Boards Association’s Legislative and Legal Institute on “How to Conduct Attorney-Client Meetings Within the Scope of the Public Meetings Act.”  Chuck is…

Congratulations Heidi Barcus

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…

Out of State, Not Out of Mind

Alabama Contractor Sued in Tennessee for Construction Defect on Alabama Project In a cautionary tale that some out-of-state contractors may find somewhat surprising, the Tennessee Court of Appeals recently ruled…

By Ashton Smith
Malik Luckett

To continue in Lewis Thomason’s celebrating and honoring of Black History Month, we are pleased to highlight our own Malik Luckett, an associate in the firm’s Memphis office.  Malik focuses…

By Chris Vescovo
Heidi Barcus

Heidi Barcus, shareholder in Lewis Thomason’s Knoxville office, was on the panel for the Present and Powerful Speaker Series featuring Donna Brazile at the recent American Bar Association Midyear Meeting.…

Darrius Dixon

As we continue to celebrate Black History Month, we highlight Darrius Dixon, a Lewis Thomason Healthcare and Data Privacy Associate in our Knoxville office. Darrius came to the practice of…

By Preston Hawkins
John Tarpley Presides

Last week Tennessee lawyers representing the state attended the American Bar Association’s Midyear Meeting where shareholder and former Tennessee Bar President John Tarpley led the Tennessee delegation at the meeting. …

Navigating Workplace Mental Health Issues

For more than 25 years, I have been watching workplace trends, always trying to predict the next "hot" legal issue. While monitoring data from government agencies and reading journals has…

By Janet Hayes
Life’s About Choices

Well, it finally happened. I sat down to write this month's installation of A Column No One Reads, and I'm completely and totally uninspired. This is to be expected. My…

By Mitchell Panter
Michael Goode Presents

Michael Goode recent spoke on Legal Ethics in the Trusts Practice at the National Business Institute’s How to Use Trusts to...Choose the Right Wealth Planning Instruments for Each Client.  Michael…