Updates

Best of the Bar

Four Lewis Thomason attorneys have been recognized in the Nashville Business Journal’s 2023 Best of the Bar.  Congratulations to Lisa Ramsay Cole, Jackie Dixon, John Tarpley, and Mary Beth White.

Richards v VUMC

A recent decision from the Tennessee Court of Appeals confirmed that a plaintiff cannot rely on the 120-day extension allowed in TCA § 29-26-121( c ) more than once.  On…

By Samantha Bennett
Maggie Roney

Congratulations to Maggie Roney who was named to the Memphis Business Journal’s Best of the Bar.  Maggie is a shareholder in the firm’s Memphis office. A native Memphian, Maggie has…

Justin Joy

Justin Joy spoke on June 15th as part of a panel discussing an overview of enacted and proposed privacy legislation in Indiana, Tennessee, Montana, Florida, and Texas.  This legislation introduced…

Heidi Barcus Tennessee Bar Association Vice President

Lewis Thomason shareholder Heidi Barcus becomes vice-president of the Tennessee Bar Association this week at the TBA’s annual convention.  She will advance to the presidency in 2025. Heidi has been…

Coolest Latin Legal Phrases

I can remember a week of depositions about 15 years ago in the basement of Bill Vine's law firm. It was a large medical malpractice action with five different sets…

By Jason Long
Chuck Cagle

Chuck Cagle, Shareholder and Chair of the Education Law and Government Relations Practice Group in Lewis Thomason’s Nashville office, has been appointed as a Trustee by the State of Tennessee…

Developer Ordered to Cede Control to Homeowners’ Association

Appeals Court Sides with Homeowners in Pool Construction Lawsuit A recent decision sheds light on the ability of a subsequent purchaser of a subdivision (who we refer to as the…

By Ashton Smith
Mary Beth White

On May 25, Mary Beth White spoke to the Tennessee Trucking Association at the first ever Spring Fest. She spoke on nuclear verdicts across the country and the effect of…

Lewis Thomason Achieves Mansfield Certification

Lewis Thomason is proud to announce that we achieved Mansfield Certification after a rigorous 18-month collaboration with Diversity Lab.  From September 2021 to March 2023 we tracked, measured, and achieved…

Marty Regan Receives Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters

Marty Regan, Shareholder in Lewis Thomason’s Memphis office, delivered the commencement address for the 2023 graduates of the Southern College of Optometry and was presented with an Honorary Doctor of…

Congratulations!

Congratulations to the trial team of Marcy Magee, Natalie Bursi, and Will Podesta who secured a defense verdict for their physician client recently in a healthcare liability trial.  The trial…