Updates

Department of Labor – New Rule Proposal

Department of Labor - New Rule Proposal Related to Salary Threshold As many employers may recall, in 2016 the United States Department of Labor (“DOL”) under President Obama considered raising the…

Janet Hayes – Using Social Media Can Roil the Workplace

If you make it through your workday without checking any social media, pat yourself on the back. You are in the distinct minority. Recent surveys show that 77 percent of…

THE TIMES THEY ARE A CHANGIN’ – CONTINGENT PAYMENT AND LIENS IN TENNESSEE

Come senators, congressmen please heed the call Don't stand in the doorway don't block up the hall For he that gets hurt will be he who has stalled There's a…

By Wally Irvin
FREE TRAINING AT SAFETYFEST TN 2019

Want to learn more about safety?  Attend SafetyFest Tennessee 2019 a free health and safety training held April 29 – May 3, 2019 in Oak Ridge and Knoxville, Tennessee.  SafetyFest is a…

By Wally Irvin
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…