David Chapman, a Shareholder in Lewis Thomason’s Knoxville office, presented on the Tennessee Dram Shop Act to the Smokey Mountain Paralegal Association on January 13th. David’s practice focuses primarily on the defense of local and national transportation companies and commercial motor vehicle drivers, including medical and liability expert retention and discovery, accident investigation and evaluation, and pre-trial, trial and appellate … Read More
Chuck Cagle Presents
Chuck Cagle, a shareholder in Lewis Thomason’s Nashville office, presented to the Lakeland School District on the Equal Access Act on January 11th. Chuck is chair of Lewis Thomason’s Education Law and Government Relations Practice Group and oversees the firm’s representation of over 70 public boards of education, two private schools, two private universities, and a private medical school in … Read More
Congratulations to our Attorneys
Each year, no more than five percent of the lawyers in the state are selected by the research team at Super Lawyers to receive this honor. Super Lawyers, part of Thomson Reuters, is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The annual selections are … Read More
Michael Holder
Michael Holder, associate in the firm’s Nashville office, recently contributed to the cover story of The Tennessee Bar Journal. The article, “Want to Build a Better Firm? Build a Culture of Well-Being” discusses how a culture of well-being can actually improve a firm’s bottom line. Tennessee Bar Journal
Congratulations Ashton Smith
Congratulations to Ashton Smith on his win in Davidson County General Sessions Court this week. He tried a hotly contested case on behalf of an architect client in which a property owner refused to pay for the architect’s services. After presenting all the evidence, the judge entered judgment in our client’s favor.
Paul Whitt Presents
Paul Whitt, a shareholder in our Knoxville office, recently presented Project Management: Best Practices, a webinar on construction documentation in construction projects. Paul discussed the importance of construction documentation in the ability to defend construction claims and how the failure to document changes throughout the process can significantly hurt the defense of a claim.
Justin Joy, Lewis Thomason Shareholder, elected to Memphis Bar Association Board of Directors
Justin Joy, Shareholder in Lewis Thomason’s Memphis office, has been elected to the 2022 Memphis Bar Association’s Board of Directors. Joy leads Lewis Thomason’s cybersecurity practice group and is the firm’s privacy officer. He provides counsel to clients in a variety of industries in the area of information privacy and cybersecurity including incident investigation and breach response management, regulatory compliance, … Read More
William A. Mynatt, Jr., Lewis Thomason Shareholder, Elected to Knoxville Bar Association Board of Governors
William A. (Bill) Mynatt, Jr., 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. Mynatt’s practice emphasizes courtroom and pretrial litigation, primarily … Read More
Jamie Gibber Sworn In
Congratulations to Jamie Gibber, associate in Memphis, who was sworn in as Lewis Thomason’s newest attorney.