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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 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…

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…

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…

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.…

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. …

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…

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…

David Draper and Patrick Quinn recently won a defense verdict in a construction arbitration tried in December.  The client, a civil engineer, was retained to design a convenience store to be…

Six attorneys have been named shareholders at Lewis Thomason. Three attorneys are based in Knoxville two in Nashville and one in Memphis Heidi Barcus in the Knoxville office has represented hospitals, physicians,…

Last month, in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr., Lisa Ramsay Cole shared reflections on our Special Counsel John Manson and his many accomplishments inside and outside the practice of…

Tennessee Court of Appeals Finds in Favor of Subcontractor in Claim Against Owner The Tennessee Court of Appeals recently affirmed a trial court’s decision in favor of a subcontractor where…