Updates

Michael S. Goode and J. Wallace Irvin Fellows of the Nashville Bar Foundation

Michael Goode and J. Wallace Irvin (Wally), Shareholders in Lewis Thomason’s Nashville office, have been named Fellows of the Nashville Bar Foundation. The NBF Fellows program honors colleagues within the…

Kevin Baskette

Kevin Baskette, a shareholder in Lewis Thomason’s Memphis office, was a recent guest lecturer for architecture students at the University of Memphis where he spoke on insurance, liability and contracts. …

Chris McCarty

Chris McCarty presented “HR Jeopardy” to the Tennessee Association of School Personnel Administrators at their fall conference.  Chris gave an update on recent changes in employment law affecting human resources…

Heidi Barcus and Justin Joy

The Knoxville Bar Association held its annual Law Expo recently, and two Lewis Thomason shareholders presented.  Justin Joy, shareholder in the firm’s Memphis office, spoke on “Hallucinations, Black Boxes, and…

Justin Joy

Shareholder Justin Joy presented at National Business Institute’s "AI Meets Digital Communication: Securing Emails in Legal Settings" on February 20, 2025. He reviewed how to leverage AI to protect your…

Meagan Collver

Meagan Collver, a shareholder in Lewis Thomason’s Knoxville office, recently presented at the Tennessee Bar Association Tort & Insurance Forum on “Turning Tides: Trends in the Ever Evolving Tennessee Health…

Paul Whitt

On February 11 shareholder Paul Whitt spoke at the CSI Knoxville Chapter meeting.  Paul discussed risk allocation and insurance requirements in construction law.  Paul practices in the areas of construction…

Sam Doak

Shareholder Sam Doak participated in a panel on discovery in the civil and criminal arenas at the Hamilton Burnette American Inns of Court recently.  Sam is in Lewis Thomason’s Knoxville office…

Congratulations on an LT Defense Verdict

In the early evening hours of January 31st, the LT trial team of attorneys Dale Bay, Olivia Winnett, Jack Pickel, and paralegal Kim Wood - with support from their legal assistant…

Tania Freeman, Business Development Officer at Lewis Thomason, Named to ALA Future Readiness Advisory Council

Tania Freeman, Business Development Officer at Lewis Thomason in Nashville, has been named to the Association of Legal Administrators (ALA) Future Readiness Advisory Council. She will serve a 2-year term…

2025 Annual AWA Banquet

At the 2025 AWA annual banquet held recently, Judge Rhynette Hurd of the Shelby County Circuit Court was honored and AWA awarded scholarships to five University of Memphis Cecil C.…

Lewis Thomason Names New Shareholders

Sam Doak in the Knoxville office has been a trial attorney for over 30 years.  His practice primarily focuses on civil trial litigation, arbitration and mediation ranging from complex construction…