Updates
We recently lost our beloved partner and dear friend, Cheryl Rumage Estes. Cheryl began her legal career with Lewis Thomason as a runner and became one of our first female…
Wally Irvin spoke as part of a panel at ALFA International’s Construction Law Seminar last week. The panel discussed “Could've, Would've, Should’ve: What to do when a construction issue arises…
One thing we can be certain of in workers’ compensation cases in Tennessee is changes, and 2023 was no exception. The changes were effective generally as of July 1, 2023. …
Chris McCarty and Chuck Cagle spoke recently at the Tennessee School Board Association’s Summer Law Institute. Chris spoke on “From Discipline to Due Process: Understanding the Steps and Hurdles with…
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.
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…
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 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…
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…
On June 13th Darrius Dixon, an associate in Lewis Thomason’s Knoxville office, presented “Tennessee Legal Updates” at the Tennessee School Resource Officer Association Conference. Before attending law school, Darrius attended…
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…
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…