Updates

Laura Deakins Wins Memphis Business Journal’s Best of the Bar

Congratulations to Laura Deakins for winning the Memphis Business Journal's Best of the Bar Ace Associate!! Well-deserved, Laura!  See the article in the Memphis Business Journal.

David Draper – The Old Raccoon Hunter and The Tax Man

David Draper wrote the cover story of DICTA's March edition. The Old Raccoon Hunter and The Tax Man As a kid growing up in west Knoxville in the 1960s and…

Lewis Thomason Names New Shareholders

Lewis Thomason congratulates Brian Faughnan, J. Wallace Irvin, Whitney Henry Kimerling and Christoper B. Sullivan on being named shareholders. Brian Faughnan is a shareholder and practices in the firm’s Memphis office. …

Michael Goode speaker and producer, Tennessee Bar Association’s CLE

Michael Goode will be speaking at the Tennessee Bar Association’s CLE, Estate Planning & Probate Forum 2019, on February 22. This event provides six hours of CLE, including an hour…

Another Day at the Office – Thanks to an AED

A 70-year-old partner in the firm, John Lewis came to work thinking not about hearts, but about flu season. He'd been achy and congested all week and his wife, Barbara,…

Tennessee Bar Association’s Annual Leadership Conference

Tennessee Bar Association's annual Leadership Conference was held January 18-19 in Nashville. The Leadership Conference sees attorneys involved in TBA leadership roles from across the state gathering to learn and…

Tennessee Bar Foundation inducts Stephen Barton as Fellow

Stephen Barton was recently inducted as a Fellow of the Tennessee Bar Foundation. Congratulations, Stephen, on this tremendous honor! The Tennessee Bar Foundation honors attorneys who have distinguished themselves in…

Janet Hayes – New Year’s Resolutions for Employers

Despite the cold, gray skies, January is a month that has redeeming value. It is the one time of the year when most of us stop to consider goals for…

Michael Goode on Panel of Strafford’s Webinar – Unpacking the “Specified Service Trade or Business” Definition

Michael Goode, special counsel, in the firm's Nashville office, will be on the panel of Strafford's live webinar, Wednesday, February 6, 2019, 1:00 pm - 2:50 pm, New Partnership Activity…

E. Jason Byrd and Michael S. Goode join Lewis Thomason

Lewis Thomason is pleased to announce that E. Jason Byrd and Michael S. Goode have joined the firm. Jason Byrd, special counsel in the firm’s Nashville office, focuses his practice…

Laura Deakins New AWA President

At the January 29 Association for Women Attorneys' (AWA) banquet, Laura Deakins will become president of the AWA, representing bold, millennial leadership. “I’m hoping to be able to be a…

David Draper Appointed to Board of American Institute of Architects of East Tennessee

David Draper a shareholder in the Knoxville office has been appointed a board member (2019-2021) of  the American Institute of Architects East Tennessee Chapter (AIA ETN). The AIA represents the…