Congratulations to Samantha Bennett and Andrea Malkin on their win in the Tennessee Court of Appeals.  The case involved the failure to timely move for substitution of parties after the death of one of the two plaintiffs.  The trial court granted  the  defendants’  motion  to  dismiss  for  failure  to  timely  substitute a parties, and the Tennessee Court of Appeals affirmed the … Read More

Miles McDowell, associate in the Nashville office, was featured in The Tennessee Tribune with this article on the recent measure passed by The Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association’s (TSSAA) Legislative Council amending its definition of “amateur” athlete.  Name, Image, Likeness (NIL) Coming to High Schools in TN: What Student Athletes and Their Parents Should Know – The Tennessee Tribune (tntribune.com)

J. Wallace (“Wally”) Irvin, shareholder in Lewis Thomason’s Nashville office, has been selected for the Tennessee Bar Association’s 2023 Leadership Class.  Now in its twentieth year, Leadership Law is designed to equip Tennessee lawyers with the vision, knowledge, and skills necessary to serve as leaders in their profession and local communities. Irvin focuses his practice on construction law. He represents … Read More

Richmond Hall joins Lewis Thomason as an associate attorney in the firm’s Nashville office.   He is a member of the firm’s Product Liability and Construction practice groups and has experience in commercial and business litigation.  Hall is a graduate of Belmont University College of Law where he was a member of the Belmont College of Law American Inn of Court … Read More

Mitchell Panter, a Shareholder in Lewis Thomason’s Knoxville office, has been elected to the Knoxville Bar Association’s Board of Governors. The Knoxville Bar Association serves more than 2000 members with an eighteen-member Board of Governors. All policies and programs are either developed or overseen by the Board of Governors.  Panter was also appointed to Tennessee Commission on Continuing Legal Education … Read More

The Crazy Quilt Friendship Center is comprised of a Food Pantry & Emergency Assistance program and community summer programs. It serves as a critical resource available for low-income families in the Newcomb area, an Appalachian community near Jellico, Tennessee.  Crazy Quilt also provides food boxes, assistance with utilities, a summer day camp, and a Christmas party for area children from low-income families.  Crazy Quilt’s annual Christmas party … Read More

David Garst participated in the Risk Strategies “Design Professional Risk Management Roadshow,” a combined live and remote learning event, on December 9, 2022.  He presented a one-hour session on Landmines and Pitfalls in Design Professional Practice.  David Garst is a shareholder in the firm’s Nashville office and is chair of the firm’s Construction Law Practice Group.  He practices principally in … Read More

Marshall Stair recently gave a wage and hour law update as part of the National Business Institute’s Advanced Employment Law in Tennessee presentation.  Marshall discussed notable developments in wage and hour law, COVID-19’s impact on wage and hour compliance, and current trends in wage and hour law litigation.  Marshall is special counsel in the firm’s Knoxville office and concentrates his … Read More

The Tennessee Bar Association’s Communication and International Law sections recently presented Privacy Laws 2022 which explored privacy law through both an international and domestic lens.  Justin Joy, shareholder in Lewis Thomason’s Memphis office, provided an overview of domestic privacy-related laws accompanied by an overview of health information privacy in the US, specifically post-Roe v. Wade privacy-related considerations following the Dobbs … Read More

Lewis Thomason’s education team spoke on several timely issues at the Tennessee Association of Administrators of Special Education Annual Legal Conference on December 5-7.  Chuck Cagle spoke on Discipline of SWDs, Chris McCarty spoke on Navigating Gender Identity in Schools and How Sections 504/ADA & IDEA Work Together, and Katherine Kimmel spoke on the Intersection of IDEA and Title IX.  … Read More