Mary Ann Stackhouse has been appointed to the Board of the Knoxville Bar Foundation. Mary Ann Stackhouse is a shareholder with a broad range of jury and non-jury litigation experience. In Tennessee, her litigation work has been in the areas of transportation and tort defense, civil rights and employment defense, public education issues and public access cases in state and federal … Read More
Robert Chapski Speaker at 8th Annual Summit on Defending & Managing Automotive Product Liability Litigation
Robert Chapski was a speaker at the 8th Annual Summit on Defending & Managing Automotive Product Liability Litigation, American Conference Institute on June 4th. He spoke on “Privacy Concerns with Data Collected on EDRs, or other Devices Used for Data Mining: the Government’s Role in Accessing/Protecting Data, Auto Manufacturers’ Responsiblity, and Related Cyber Security Concerns” Robert Chapski is a shareholder … Read More
Cyber Liability: The Cutting Edge Legal Advice To Give Your Clients
Stephen Vescovo will speak at the International Association of Defense Counsel’s (IADC) annual meeting to be held July 5th – 10th in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The topic will be “Cyber Liability: The Cutting Edge Legal Advice To Give Your Clients”.
Preston Hawkins Triumphs in Court of Appeals
On April 27, 2015, Lewis Thomason landed a victory in the Tennessee Court of Appeals when the court upheld the trial court’s dismissal of a Lewis Thomason client. Preston Hawkins of Lewis Thomason handled the appeal, wherein the plaintiffs challenged the trial court’s dismissal of Lewis Thomason’s client, who was one of several defendants in a complex litigation. The question … Read More
Blount County Youth Court graduates second senior class
Two years ago, the Blount County Youth Court program was only a notion, an idea seeded by the 2013 Leadership Blount Class to give a hand up to youthful offenders who needed more than ordinary juvenile jurisprudence could provide. Monday evening, the program graduated its second senior class, six students drawn from area high schools, kids who learned as many … Read More
A Wrong Must Have a Remedy…Otherwise, the Jury’s Verdict is Destroyed
“A Wrong Must Have a Remedy…Otherwise, the Jury’s Verdict is Destroyed.” By: Jared S. Garceau The fate of a significant provision in the Tennessee Civil Justice Act of 2011 (TCJA) is uncertain following the recent memorandum opinion issued by the Honorable Judge W. Neil Thomas, III from the Circuit Court of Hamilton County. Judge Thomas opined that the TCJA’s cap … Read More
LT Knoxville Sets its Sights on Cystic Fibrosis
The Lewis Thomason sporting clays team took third place Friday in the 13th Annual Vulcan Materials “Make a Break Thru for CF” Sporting Clays Tournament held at the Chilhowee Sportsman’s Club in Maryville, Tennessee on April 24, 2015. The team was captained by John Britton, a shareholder in the Knoxville Office. Lewis Thomason was also a Silver Sponsor of this … Read More
Lewis Thomason Listed in Nashville Business Journal’s Top of the List Litigation Law Firms
Lewis Thomason is ranked in the Nashville Business Journal’s Top of the List Litigation Law Firms. To see full story and list please click on link below. http://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/blog/2015/04/top-of-the-list-litigation-law-firms.html
Title VII and the ADA
Title VII and the ADA: Employment Law Primer for the Construction Professional May 1, 2015 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Lewis Thomason 424 Church Street, Suite 2500 Nashville, Tennessee 37219 For more information please click the below title. Title VII and the ADA
LT Knoxville Helps “Shoot for a Cure”
The LT Knoxville office sponsored a sporting clays team in the “Shoot for a Cure – Taking Aim at Breast Cancer” event held at the Chilhowee Sportsman’s Club in Maryville, Tennessee on March 27, 2015. The weather conditions that day were less than ideal but the team members still had fun and helped raise money for a very worthwhile cause. … Read More