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Technical Writing Workshop
On-DemandDecember 21, 2016Dr. Mark Decker
Speakers
Dr. Mark Decker, PhD
Professor and Department Chair in the Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania’s English DepartmentDr. Decker teaches in support of Commonwealth University’s Professional Writing minor. He is Professor and Chair of the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Writing at Commonwealth. Dr. Decker has PhD and MA degrees in English from The Pennsylvania State University (2001, 1997) and he graduated summa cum laude in English from Utah State University (1995).
While an undergraduate, Dr. Decker worked for several years as a staff writer for Aerotech News and Review, an aerospace and defense industry trade newspaper published in Lancaster, California. During graduate school, Dr. Decker was a member of the Leonhard Center for Technical Writing Initiative, a collaboration between Penn State’s Department of English and College of Engineering designed to promote an exchange of ideas between technical writing instructors and the scientific and engineering communities. Dr. Decker also taught Business Writing, Technical Writing, and an Advanced Technical Writing course that enrolled graduate students from technical and scientific disciplines.
After graduate school, Dr. Decker spent four years at the University of Wisconsin-Stout, where he taught Technical Writing in support of that school’s major in Technical Communication and served as the advisor for the student chapter of the Society for Technical Communication. Dr. Decker has given presentations at several national and international conferences and has published both a book and a co-edited book as well as several scholarly articles, book chapters, and encyclopedia chapters.
Technical Writing Workshop
On-DemandJanuary 17, 2017Dr. Mark Decker
Speakers
Dr. Mark Decker, PhD
Professor and Department Chair in the Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania’s English DepartmentDr. Decker teaches in support of Commonwealth University’s Professional Writing minor. He is Professor and Chair of the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Writing at Commonwealth. Dr. Decker has PhD and MA degrees in English from The Pennsylvania State University (2001, 1997) and he graduated summa cum laude in English from Utah State University (1995).
While an undergraduate, Dr. Decker worked for several years as a staff writer for Aerotech News and Review, an aerospace and defense industry trade newspaper published in Lancaster, California. During graduate school, Dr. Decker was a member of the Leonhard Center for Technical Writing Initiative, a collaboration between Penn State’s Department of English and College of Engineering designed to promote an exchange of ideas between technical writing instructors and the scientific and engineering communities. Dr. Decker also taught Business Writing, Technical Writing, and an Advanced Technical Writing course that enrolled graduate students from technical and scientific disciplines.
After graduate school, Dr. Decker spent four years at the University of Wisconsin-Stout, where he taught Technical Writing in support of that school’s major in Technical Communication and served as the advisor for the student chapter of the Society for Technical Communication. Dr. Decker has given presentations at several national and international conferences and has published both a book and a co-edited book as well as several scholarly articles, book chapters, and encyclopedia chapters.
Technical Writing Workshop
On-DemandJanuary 19, 2017Dr. Mark Decker
Speakers
Dr. Mark Decker, PhD
Professor and Department Chair in the Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania’s English DepartmentDr. Decker teaches in support of Commonwealth University’s Professional Writing minor. He is Professor and Chair of the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Writing at Commonwealth. Dr. Decker has PhD and MA degrees in English from The Pennsylvania State University (2001, 1997) and he graduated summa cum laude in English from Utah State University (1995).
While an undergraduate, Dr. Decker worked for several years as a staff writer for Aerotech News and Review, an aerospace and defense industry trade newspaper published in Lancaster, California. During graduate school, Dr. Decker was a member of the Leonhard Center for Technical Writing Initiative, a collaboration between Penn State’s Department of English and College of Engineering designed to promote an exchange of ideas between technical writing instructors and the scientific and engineering communities. Dr. Decker also taught Business Writing, Technical Writing, and an Advanced Technical Writing course that enrolled graduate students from technical and scientific disciplines.
After graduate school, Dr. Decker spent four years at the University of Wisconsin-Stout, where he taught Technical Writing in support of that school’s major in Technical Communication and served as the advisor for the student chapter of the Society for Technical Communication. Dr. Decker has given presentations at several national and international conferences and has published both a book and a co-edited book as well as several scholarly articles, book chapters, and encyclopedia chapters.
Technical Writing Workshop for Design Professionals
WebinarJuly 23, 2021Dr. Mark Decker
Speakers
Dr. Mark Decker, PhD
Professor and Department Chair in the Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania’s English DepartmentDr. Decker teaches in support of Commonwealth University’s Professional Writing minor. He is Professor and Chair of the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Writing at Commonwealth. Dr. Decker has PhD and MA degrees in English from The Pennsylvania State University (2001, 1997) and he graduated summa cum laude in English from Utah State University (1995).
While an undergraduate, Dr. Decker worked for several years as a staff writer for Aerotech News and Review, an aerospace and defense industry trade newspaper published in Lancaster, California. During graduate school, Dr. Decker was a member of the Leonhard Center for Technical Writing Initiative, a collaboration between Penn State’s Department of English and College of Engineering designed to promote an exchange of ideas between technical writing instructors and the scientific and engineering communities. Dr. Decker also taught Business Writing, Technical Writing, and an Advanced Technical Writing course that enrolled graduate students from technical and scientific disciplines.
After graduate school, Dr. Decker spent four years at the University of Wisconsin-Stout, where he taught Technical Writing in support of that school’s major in Technical Communication and served as the advisor for the student chapter of the Society for Technical Communication. Dr. Decker has given presentations at several national and international conferences and has published both a book and a co-edited book as well as several scholarly articles, book chapters, and encyclopedia chapters.
Technical Writing Workshop for Design Professionals
WebinarJanuary 12, 2022Dr. Mark Decker
Speakers
Dr. Mark Decker, PhD
Professor and Department Chair in the Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania’s English DepartmentDr. Decker teaches in support of Commonwealth University’s Professional Writing minor. He is Professor and Chair of the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Writing at Commonwealth. Dr. Decker has PhD and MA degrees in English from The Pennsylvania State University (2001, 1997) and he graduated summa cum laude in English from Utah State University (1995).
While an undergraduate, Dr. Decker worked for several years as a staff writer for Aerotech News and Review, an aerospace and defense industry trade newspaper published in Lancaster, California. During graduate school, Dr. Decker was a member of the Leonhard Center for Technical Writing Initiative, a collaboration between Penn State’s Department of English and College of Engineering designed to promote an exchange of ideas between technical writing instructors and the scientific and engineering communities. Dr. Decker also taught Business Writing, Technical Writing, and an Advanced Technical Writing course that enrolled graduate students from technical and scientific disciplines.
After graduate school, Dr. Decker spent four years at the University of Wisconsin-Stout, where he taught Technical Writing in support of that school’s major in Technical Communication and served as the advisor for the student chapter of the Society for Technical Communication. Dr. Decker has given presentations at several national and international conferences and has published both a book and a co-edited book as well as several scholarly articles, book chapters, and encyclopedia chapters.
Technical Writing Workshop for Engineers
WebinarDecember 9, 2020Dr. Mark Decker
Speakers
Dr. Mark Decker, PhD
Professor and Department Chair in the Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania’s English DepartmentDr. Decker teaches in support of Commonwealth University’s Professional Writing minor. He is Professor and Chair of the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Writing at Commonwealth. Dr. Decker has PhD and MA degrees in English from The Pennsylvania State University (2001, 1997) and he graduated summa cum laude in English from Utah State University (1995).
While an undergraduate, Dr. Decker worked for several years as a staff writer for Aerotech News and Review, an aerospace and defense industry trade newspaper published in Lancaster, California. During graduate school, Dr. Decker was a member of the Leonhard Center for Technical Writing Initiative, a collaboration between Penn State’s Department of English and College of Engineering designed to promote an exchange of ideas between technical writing instructors and the scientific and engineering communities. Dr. Decker also taught Business Writing, Technical Writing, and an Advanced Technical Writing course that enrolled graduate students from technical and scientific disciplines.
After graduate school, Dr. Decker spent four years at the University of Wisconsin-Stout, where he taught Technical Writing in support of that school’s major in Technical Communication and served as the advisor for the student chapter of the Society for Technical Communication. Dr. Decker has given presentations at several national and international conferences and has published both a book and a co-edited book as well as several scholarly articles, book chapters, and encyclopedia chapters.
Technical Writing Workshop for Engineers Seminar
SeminarJune 8, 2016Dr. Mark Decker
Speakers
Dr. Mark Decker, PhD
Professor and Department Chair in the Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania’s English DepartmentDr. Decker teaches in support of Commonwealth University’s Professional Writing minor. He is Professor and Chair of the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Writing at Commonwealth. Dr. Decker has PhD and MA degrees in English from The Pennsylvania State University (2001, 1997) and he graduated summa cum laude in English from Utah State University (1995).
While an undergraduate, Dr. Decker worked for several years as a staff writer for Aerotech News and Review, an aerospace and defense industry trade newspaper published in Lancaster, California. During graduate school, Dr. Decker was a member of the Leonhard Center for Technical Writing Initiative, a collaboration between Penn State’s Department of English and College of Engineering designed to promote an exchange of ideas between technical writing instructors and the scientific and engineering communities. Dr. Decker also taught Business Writing, Technical Writing, and an Advanced Technical Writing course that enrolled graduate students from technical and scientific disciplines.
After graduate school, Dr. Decker spent four years at the University of Wisconsin-Stout, where he taught Technical Writing in support of that school’s major in Technical Communication and served as the advisor for the student chapter of the Society for Technical Communication. Dr. Decker has given presentations at several national and international conferences and has published both a book and a co-edited book as well as several scholarly articles, book chapters, and encyclopedia chapters.
Technical Writing Workshop for Engineers Seminar
On-DemandJune 10, 2016Dr. Mark Decker
Speakers
Dr. Mark Decker, PhD
Professor and Department Chair in the Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania’s English DepartmentDr. Decker teaches in support of Commonwealth University’s Professional Writing minor. He is Professor and Chair of the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Writing at Commonwealth. Dr. Decker has PhD and MA degrees in English from The Pennsylvania State University (2001, 1997) and he graduated summa cum laude in English from Utah State University (1995).
While an undergraduate, Dr. Decker worked for several years as a staff writer for Aerotech News and Review, an aerospace and defense industry trade newspaper published in Lancaster, California. During graduate school, Dr. Decker was a member of the Leonhard Center for Technical Writing Initiative, a collaboration between Penn State’s Department of English and College of Engineering designed to promote an exchange of ideas between technical writing instructors and the scientific and engineering communities. Dr. Decker also taught Business Writing, Technical Writing, and an Advanced Technical Writing course that enrolled graduate students from technical and scientific disciplines.
After graduate school, Dr. Decker spent four years at the University of Wisconsin-Stout, where he taught Technical Writing in support of that school’s major in Technical Communication and served as the advisor for the student chapter of the Society for Technical Communication. Dr. Decker has given presentations at several national and international conferences and has published both a book and a co-edited book as well as several scholarly articles, book chapters, and encyclopedia chapters.
Technical Writing Workshop for Engineers Seminar
On-DemandDecember 20, 2019Dr. Mark Decker
Speakers
Dr. Mark Decker, PhD
Professor and Department Chair in the Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania’s English DepartmentDr. Decker teaches in support of Commonwealth University’s Professional Writing minor. He is Professor and Chair of the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Writing at Commonwealth. Dr. Decker has PhD and MA degrees in English from The Pennsylvania State University (2001, 1997) and he graduated summa cum laude in English from Utah State University (1995).
While an undergraduate, Dr. Decker worked for several years as a staff writer for Aerotech News and Review, an aerospace and defense industry trade newspaper published in Lancaster, California. During graduate school, Dr. Decker was a member of the Leonhard Center for Technical Writing Initiative, a collaboration between Penn State’s Department of English and College of Engineering designed to promote an exchange of ideas between technical writing instructors and the scientific and engineering communities. Dr. Decker also taught Business Writing, Technical Writing, and an Advanced Technical Writing course that enrolled graduate students from technical and scientific disciplines.
After graduate school, Dr. Decker spent four years at the University of Wisconsin-Stout, where he taught Technical Writing in support of that school’s major in Technical Communication and served as the advisor for the student chapter of the Society for Technical Communication. Dr. Decker has given presentations at several national and international conferences and has published both a book and a co-edited book as well as several scholarly articles, book chapters, and encyclopedia chapters.
Technical Writing Workshop for Engineers Seminar
On-DemandDecember 18, 2019Dr. Mark Decker
Speakers
Dr. Mark Decker, PhD
Professor and Department Chair in the Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania’s English DepartmentDr. Decker teaches in support of Commonwealth University’s Professional Writing minor. He is Professor and Chair of the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Writing at Commonwealth. Dr. Decker has PhD and MA degrees in English from The Pennsylvania State University (2001, 1997) and he graduated summa cum laude in English from Utah State University (1995).
While an undergraduate, Dr. Decker worked for several years as a staff writer for Aerotech News and Review, an aerospace and defense industry trade newspaper published in Lancaster, California. During graduate school, Dr. Decker was a member of the Leonhard Center for Technical Writing Initiative, a collaboration between Penn State’s Department of English and College of Engineering designed to promote an exchange of ideas between technical writing instructors and the scientific and engineering communities. Dr. Decker also taught Business Writing, Technical Writing, and an Advanced Technical Writing course that enrolled graduate students from technical and scientific disciplines.
After graduate school, Dr. Decker spent four years at the University of Wisconsin-Stout, where he taught Technical Writing in support of that school’s major in Technical Communication and served as the advisor for the student chapter of the Society for Technical Communication. Dr. Decker has given presentations at several national and international conferences and has published both a book and a co-edited book as well as several scholarly articles, book chapters, and encyclopedia chapters.
Technical Writing Workshop for Engineers Seminar
On-DemandMay 16, 2016Dr. Mark Decker
Speakers
Dr. Mark Decker, PhD
Professor and Department Chair in the Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania’s English DepartmentDr. Decker teaches in support of Commonwealth University’s Professional Writing minor. He is Professor and Chair of the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Writing at Commonwealth. Dr. Decker has PhD and MA degrees in English from The Pennsylvania State University (2001, 1997) and he graduated summa cum laude in English from Utah State University (1995).
While an undergraduate, Dr. Decker worked for several years as a staff writer for Aerotech News and Review, an aerospace and defense industry trade newspaper published in Lancaster, California. During graduate school, Dr. Decker was a member of the Leonhard Center for Technical Writing Initiative, a collaboration between Penn State’s Department of English and College of Engineering designed to promote an exchange of ideas between technical writing instructors and the scientific and engineering communities. Dr. Decker also taught Business Writing, Technical Writing, and an Advanced Technical Writing course that enrolled graduate students from technical and scientific disciplines.
After graduate school, Dr. Decker spent four years at the University of Wisconsin-Stout, where he taught Technical Writing in support of that school’s major in Technical Communication and served as the advisor for the student chapter of the Society for Technical Communication. Dr. Decker has given presentations at several national and international conferences and has published both a book and a co-edited book as well as several scholarly articles, book chapters, and encyclopedia chapters.
Technical Writing Workshop for Engineers Seminar
On-DemandMay 20, 2016Dr. Mark Decker
Speakers
Dr. Mark Decker, PhD
Professor and Department Chair in the Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania’s English DepartmentDr. Decker teaches in support of Commonwealth University’s Professional Writing minor. He is Professor and Chair of the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Writing at Commonwealth. Dr. Decker has PhD and MA degrees in English from The Pennsylvania State University (2001, 1997) and he graduated summa cum laude in English from Utah State University (1995).
While an undergraduate, Dr. Decker worked for several years as a staff writer for Aerotech News and Review, an aerospace and defense industry trade newspaper published in Lancaster, California. During graduate school, Dr. Decker was a member of the Leonhard Center for Technical Writing Initiative, a collaboration between Penn State’s Department of English and College of Engineering designed to promote an exchange of ideas between technical writing instructors and the scientific and engineering communities. Dr. Decker also taught Business Writing, Technical Writing, and an Advanced Technical Writing course that enrolled graduate students from technical and scientific disciplines.
After graduate school, Dr. Decker spent four years at the University of Wisconsin-Stout, where he taught Technical Writing in support of that school’s major in Technical Communication and served as the advisor for the student chapter of the Society for Technical Communication. Dr. Decker has given presentations at several national and international conferences and has published both a book and a co-edited book as well as several scholarly articles, book chapters, and encyclopedia chapters.
Tennessee Construction Law
WebinarOctober 26, 2020Matthew DeVries + 5 Other Speakers
Speakers
Matthew DeVries
Burr & Forman, LLPAttorney at Burr & Forman, LLP
Mr. DeVries is a Shareholder at Burr & Forman, LLP, where his practice focuses on construction and transportation law, contractor and professional licensing and complex commercial litigation. He is also the founder and author of www.bestpracticesconstructionlaw.com, a nationally-recognized, construction-related blog that focuses on project management, claims, technology and legal trends. Mr. DeVries has received the JD Supra Reader’s Choice award for five years in a row (2016-2020) for his blogging in the construction arena. He is listed in The Best Lawyers in America® for 2013-2019 and was named as a 2011 Rising Star by Mid-South Super Lawyers in the “Construction Law” category. In 2011, he also received the ENR South Central magazine’s “Top 40 Under 40” award for leadership in the construction industry. Mr. DeVries practices in the areas of construction law and complex commercial litigation with a considerable emphasis on construction litigation, contractor and professional licensing compliance, construction contracts and finance, mechanic’s lien enforcement and green building. His industry experience includes highways and bridges; power plants; waste water treatment facilities; offshore oil drilling pipelines; educational, medical and commercial buildings; and multi-family and single family residential development.
Joseph Getz
Evans Petree PCShareholder at Evans Petree PC in MemphisMr. Getz leads the Construction and Surety Law Practice Group and has focused his practice exclusively on construction and surety bond contract claims for more than 25 years. He has worked on contract negotiations, insurance requirements, surety bonding issues, LEED certification, CPM scheduling and delay analysis claims, change orders, defective and nonconforming work, differing site conditions, warranty issues, mechanics and material men’s lien claims and project close-out issues. Mr. Getz’s representation experience includes multipurpose sports arenas, public university facilities, multifamily residential developments, office buildings, government facilities, hotels, industrial and process manufacturing and design build industrial contracting and development. Mr. Getz has been a Super Lawyer in the field of construction law for six years and was recently selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2015 in the fields of Construction Law and Litigation.
Mike Less
Butler SnowAttorney at Butler Snow in Memphis, TennesseeMr. Less is the Chair of the Butler Snow Task Force for the Construction Industry and concentrates his practice in all aspects of Construction Law, including drafting and negotiating design contracts, construction contracts, and various other construction industry related agreements. He provides legal problem solving advice to clients while projects are under construction and represents clients in disputes, both in court and alternative dispute resolution. Mr. Less has been involved with numerous private and public projects serving as counsel for public and private owners, contractors, subcontractors, design professionals, financial institutions, insurance companies and sureties. He has also served as a mediator and an arbitrator.
Jamie Little
Stites & Harbison, PLLCAttorney at Stites & Harbison, PLLC
Ms. Little is an attorney in the Construction Service Group and has over 10 years of legal experience. She routinely represents owners, general contractors, subcontractors, design professionals, and suppliers with contract drafting, contract negotiation, contract disputes, payment disputes, and lien enforcement. Ms. Little has guided clients throughout all stages of litigation from pre-litigation negotiations through trial. She has successfully argued before trial and appellate courts in Tennessee, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania. She also has extensive experience representing clients in alternative dispute resolution such as mediation and arbitration. Ms. Little is a member of the Tennessee Association of Construction Counsel (TACC) and the American Bar Association Forum on Construction Law.
Andrew Schrack
Butler Snow, LLPAttorney at Butler Snow, LLP
Mr. Schrack is a member of Butler Snow’s litigation department and practices within the Commercial Litigation Group and the Construction Task Force. He represents owners, contractors, and subcontractors in construction litigation, including contract disputes, construction defects, lien enforcements, and bond claims. Mr. Schrack is licensed to practice law in Tennessee and in Arkansas.
Brian Yoakum
Evans Petree, PCAttorney at Evans Petree, PC
Mr. Yoakum’s practice includes a wide range of complex commercial litigation in the areas of general and business law, premises liability defense, mass tort defense, contract and transactional disputes and business divorces among owners of all types of business entities. Mr. Yoakum regularly represents property owners and businesses such as restaurants, retail stores, and apartment communities in defense of lawsuits brought pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act, Fair Housing Act, and the Neighborhood Preservation Act. He also handles commercial tort actions such as procurement of breach of contract, tortious interference with business relations, interference with contracts and breach of restrictive covenants. Mr. Yoakum is a shareholder at Evans Petree, having served on the firm’s Board of Directors. He is a member of the American, Tennessee, and Memphis Bar Associations. He has been selected by Super Lawyers magazine as a Rising Star in the field of business litigation every year since 2014. He was recently selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2020 in the field of Commercial Litigation for the third year. Mr. Yoakum has experience aggressively advocating the interests of his clients before state and federal trial courts, administrative bodies, the Tennessee Court of Appeals, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and the Sixth Circuit. In addition, Mr. Yoakum regularly resolves disputes to his clients’ benefit through alternative dispute resolution vehicles, including negotiations, mediations, and arbitrations.
Tennessee Family Law Practice for Paralegals Seminar
On-DemandMay 13, 2020Jane Cassell + 4 Other Speakers
Speakers
Jane Cassell
The Cassell Law FirmJane Ellen Cassell is an attorney at The Cassell Law Firm. Her primary focus is on immigration law, and family and divorce litigation. Drawing on her experience in navigating complex immigration matters including deportation and removal proceedings, visas, humanitarian petitions, and waivers of admissibility, Ms. Cassell is an advocate for the immigrant community. She is also an assertive and passionate family law attorney who helps her clients through difficult divorce, child support, custody, and adoption matters with a deliberate aim to achieve the best results for their families. Ms. Cassell is licensed in the state of Tennessee and has also been admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court of Middle Tennessee and the Executive Office of Immigration Review (EOIR). She is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), Belmont University American Inns of Court, the American Bar Association, and Lawyer’s Association for Women: Marion Griffin Chapter.
Cheryl Panther
Cheryl Panther is a certified public accountant, Tennessee Supreme Court Rule 31 Listed family mediator, and president/founder of Panther Financial Planning, LLC, a registered investment adviser (Tennessee). She provides creative, outside-the-box analytical skills to the often complex, confusing, and ever-changing financial and taxation issues in divorce cases and settlements. She executes a variety of specialized divorce financial services for clients and attorneys, including education and support as a neutral financial and tax professional in collaborative divorce, divorce mediation, and consulting and testifying in traditional divorce cases. Ms. Panther has presented a variety of training programs for collaborative divorce, mediation, and financial and taxation topics. She serves her practice group, the Middle Tennessee Collaborative Alliance, as president, is a member of the training faculty for the International Academy of Collaborative Professionals (IACP) and serves on several education committees for IACP. She also offers training for collaborative divorce practitioners through the Institute for Family Conflict Resolution, of which she is a principal member.
Lori Thomas
Reid Family LawLori Thomas Reid is an attorney at Reid Family Law. She is a 1985 graduate of the University of Mississippi School of Law. Ms. Reid has practiced family law for nearly 30 years, including working as a IV-D attorney in the 21st Judicial District of Tennessee from 1994 until 2004. She opened Reid Family Law in 2017, where she focuses her practice on prenuptial agreements, divorce, post-divorce, child support, custody, adoption, grandparent’s rights, and juvenile court cases. She is a Rule 31 Listed Mediator. In January of 2020, Ms. Reid was appointed by the Tennessee Supreme Court to the Alternative Dispute Resolution Commission for a two-year term. She received the Professionalism Award from the Williamson County Bar Association in 2010.
Aaron Walsh
WalshLaw, LLCAaron G. Walsh is an attorney at WalshLaw, LLC. He received his law degree in 2003 from the University of South Carolina. While there, he clerked for a local law firm and worked on the student staff of the ABA Real Property, Probate, and Trust Journal. After graduation, Mr. Walsh spent time working in a law firm and as an assistant public defender before settling into private, solo, practice in 2007. His primary focus is family and domestic law, though he continues to defend criminal cases at all levels. Mr. Walsh is admitted to practice in South Carolina and Tennessee.
Megan Williams
International Domestic LitigationMegan Williams is a senior litigation attorney with the International Domestic Litigation firm of Cordell and Cordell, PC. She opened the Nashville, Tennessee, location and currently works in the Nashville office serving North Nashville family law clients. She earned her bachelor of arts degree in Political Science from DePaul University and her juris doctorate degree from Florida Coastal School of Law in 2011. In 2015, she was named as the Top Regional Performer with her firm. In 2016, she was named to the National Advocates Top 40 Under 40 list. Ms. Williams is a member of the Nashville Bar Association, the Tennessee Bar Association, and the Junior League Advocacy Committee, and she is a Board Member with CASA. In her free time, she loves to travel and spend quality time with her teacup yorkie named Benji.
Tennessee Law for Design Professionals
On-DemandJune 8, 2016Marisa Combs + 4 Other Speakers
Speakers
Marisa Combs
Marisa Lee Combs, special counsel, joined Lewis Thomason in 2009 and is in the Nashville office. Ms. Combs concentrates her practice in professional liability defense of lawyers, architects, engineers, surveyors, appraisers, and other professionals. She has experience assisting professionals in disciplinary matters as well. Ms. Combs also regularly represents businesses with a variety of general service needs, including risk management and growth planning, business organization or succession questions, contracts with customers and vendors, and commercial leases. In addition, she has experience representing the interests of design professionals, contractors, and subcontractors in all aspects of the construction process, including contract negotiations, liens, collections, subpoena responses, and civil litigation. Ms. Combs has a diverse background and extensive courtroom experience, having started her practice on the county square in Robertson County handling a variety of litigation matters in a small firm environment.
David Garst
David N. Garst is a shareholder in Lewis Thomason’s Nashville office. He is chair of the firm’s Construction Law Practice Group and serves on the firm’s Board of Directors. Mr. Garst practices principally in construction law, focusing on architects and engineers professional liability, construction defect litigation, construction contract law, professional discipline, and commercial litigation. For more than 25 years, Mr. Garst has represented general and specialty contractors, architects, engineers, surveyors, suppliers, and building owners on a variety of construction projects, both locally and regionally. He has substantial experience in the defense of design professionals, and has represented architects and engineers in hundreds of claims, lawsuits, arbitration matters, and disciplinary proceedings. He also has represented numerous general and specialty contractors on construction defect claims, payment disputes, liens, and disciplinary and licensing matters. Mr. Garst is active in many construction industry organizations. He writes and edits for the Tennessee Construction Law Journal and has participated as advocate or neutral in the arbitration of many disputes.
John Howell
John Craig Howell is an associate in Lewis Thomason’s Nashville office, practicing in the areas of construction, employment law, general civil litigation, and workers’ compensation. He joined the firm in 2013. Mr. Howell graduated from the University of Tennessee College of Law. While attending law school, he was a member of the James Clark McReynolds Trial Advocacy Team, class representative for the Student Bar Association, and symposium editor for the Tennessee Journal of Race, Gender & Social Justice. Mr. Howell received certificates of academic excellence in Trial Practice and Criminal Law Seminar. He also worked as an intern in the Department of Justice Office of Legislative Affairs and in the Federal Defender Services office of Eastern Tennessee. Prior to law school, Mr. Howell earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from Sewanee: The University of the South.
J. Irvin
J. Wallace Irvin is an associate in Lewis Thomason’s Nashville office, where he focuses his practice on construction law with an emphasis on the representation of architects and engineers against professional liability allegations. Mr. Irvin also represents contractors in a wide variety of business matters, including contract negotiations, project administration, closeout, construction defect defense and payment disputes, including the assertion and enforcement of mechanics’ and materialmen’s liens and performance and payment bond claims. Additionally, Mr. Irvin advises contractors in administrative matters before the Tennessee Board for Licensing Contractors, Tennessee Occupational Health and Safety Administration (TOSHA) and Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT).
Jason Pannu
Jason M. Pannu is a Lewis Thomason shareholder based in the firm’s Nashville office. He is a native of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Mr. Pannu practices primarily in the areas of complex business and commercial litigation with an emphasis on the construction industry. He also practices in the areas of professional liability, toxic tort and environmental law and employment law disputes. As part of his construction law practice, Mr. Pannu advises architects, engineers, owners, contractors, subcontractors, and material suppliers in connection with large-scale projects, and he regularly appears in State and Federal Courts and in arbitrations on construction defect claims, professional negligence claims, breach of contract claims, and lien and bond claims. Mr. Pannu previously served on the Technology Committee of the American Bar Association’s Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section. Mr. Pannu has a background in accounting and finance and has handled professional liability disputes in those areas. Mr. Pannu also advises clients regarding litigation avoidance and assessment. Mr. Pannu is fluent in Cantonese Chinese and French.
Tennessee Stormwater Management 2021
WebinarJuly 30, 2021Brandon Walsh
Speakers
Brandon Walsh
Environmental Compliance Manager, The Greater Nashville AreaMr. Walsh is a certified professional in stormwater quality and a certified professional in industrial stormwater management. He graduated Middle Tennessee State University in 2004 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Science and Technology with dual concentrations in Site Analysis and Water Resource Management. This included an educational background of primarily Biology and Chemistry with Geology, Soil Science, Mathematics, and other related subjects. Mr. Walsh worked as an environmental consultant in the scrap metal and auto recycling industry for nine years. He is currently an environmental compliance manager in the auto recycling industry. In the last 13 years he has worked on hundreds of stormwater permitting projects, including BMP design and maintenance, records keeping, sampling, and regulation compliance.
Tennessee Water Laws and Regulations
On-DemandSeptember 28, 2020Laura Heusel + 4 Other Speakers
Speakers
Laura Heusel
Butler SnowAttorney at Butler Snow
Ms. Heusel is an attorney at Butler Snow with 15 years of experience as a professional engineer in both the public and private sectors. With this, she applies a practical mindset to help clients navigate the technical rigors of environmental regulations and find cost-effective solutions to today’s regulatory challenges.
Sharon Jacobs
Bone McAllester NortonAttorney and Member at Bone McAllester Norton
Ms. Jacobs concentrates her practice in the areas of environmental, regulatory, local government, land use and administrative law. She is an experienced regulatory lawyer and litigator who represents companies, local governments, and not-for-profit organizations in administrative, regulatory, environmental, zoning, land use, and municipal law. Ms. Jacobs has represented clients before administrative boards and at the state, federal, and local levels. Because of Ms. Jacob’s excellent work, clients can focus on their business and not be caught in protracted environmental litigation. She has successfully defended numerous businesses and local governments. Ms. Jacobs serves as the city attorney for Oak Hill.
B. Hart Knight
Attorney and Partner at Butler Snow
Mr. Knight practices in Butler Snow’s Toxic Torts and Environmental Litigation Group. He has represented a wide variety of environmental clients including construction companies, financial institutions, manufacturing facilities, electric utility systems, real estate developers and energy companies. His experience ranges from state enforcement actions to the defense of federal citizen suits to matters of regulatory compliance and environmental remediation and brownfield projects. Throughout his practice, he has focused on issues involving the Clean Water Act, RCRA, CERCLA, ESA, TSCA (PCBs), FTC greenwashing and water allocation matters.
William L. (Bill) Penny
Thompson BurtonWilliam L. (Bill) Penny has a wide range of environmental legal experience at the federal, state and local levels. He focuses primarily on advice and litigation regarding natural resource law, wetlands, water quality, and mining. He also represents clients in CERCLA litigation, RCRA matters, and brownfield redevelopment. Mr. Penny has represented numerous utilities and individuals in federal and state citizen complaints. He regularly counsels clients on environmental compliance issues and represents businesses in permit appeals, enforcement, and advocacy before federal and state environmental boards and agencies, including the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Mr. Penny was one of the founders and was the first chair of the Environmental Law Section of the Tennessee Bar Association, and in 2013 he was elected chair of ABA’s Section on Environment, Energy & Resources (“SEER”). He was the first general counsel for the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation and served as general counsel for the former Department of Health and Environment for many years. Mr. Penny is rated “AV Preeminent© Peer Review Rating” in Martindale-Hubbell. He is recognized in Chambers USA, since 2010 as tier 1 for environmental law. He was listed in The Best Lawyers in America® since 2005 for Environmental Litigation and Environmental Law, and was named as “Lawyer of the Year” on four occasions, including 2025. He has been named by Mid-South Super Lawyers since 2006 and was listed in the publication in either the top 50 or 100 lawyers in Tennessee numerous times. The Nashville Business Journal named him “Best of the Bar” at least 10 times since 2006. The Nashville Post listed him as “In Charge: Legal” at least eight times.
Jesse Richardson
Professor of Law and the lead land use attorney at the Land Use and Sustainable Development Law Clinic at the West Virginia University College of Law
Before coming to WVU, Jesse Richardson was an associate professor at Virginia Tech. His research and experience focuses on land use law and water law. He began his legal career in private practice in his home town of Winchester, Virginia. Mr. Richardson has served on the board of directors of the American Agricultural Law Association where he was both President-Elect and President. Mr. Richardson previously served on the Virginia Water Policy Technical Advisory Committee. He was honored with the 1999 Professional Scholarship Award from the American Agricultural Law Association, the 2004 William E. Wine Award for a history of teaching excellence from Virginia Tech (the highest teaching award granted by the university), and the 2009 University Certificate of Excellence in Outreach.
Texas Civil Litigation Skills for Paralegals
WebinarJanuary 20, 2022Casey S. Erick + 5 Other Speakers
Speakers
Casey S. Erick
Shareholder at Cowles Thompson in Dallas, TXMr. Erick focuses on commercial litigation and employment law. He has represented clients in both litigation and transactional matters that span across commercial law, labor and employment, real estate, consumer protection, and general litigation including, but not limited to breach of contract, corporate trade secret theft, tortious interference, defamation, personal injury, fraud, and various other kinds of civil litigation. He has represented high-profile clients as well as defended against high-profile national and global entities in matters related to commercial litigation, defamation, privacy, negligence, the Stored Communications Act, the Texas Harmful Access by Computer Act, Texas identity Theft Enforcement and Protection Act, and the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.
Laura Grove
Loewy Law Firm: Austin Personal Injury AttorneyMs. Grove is an experienced and Board Certified Paralegal with a demonstrated history of working in the legal and medical industries. She is skilled in medical record summarization, drafting pleadings and discovery, e-filing, demand preparation, negotiation, subrogation and reductions.
Lauren E. Melhart
Partner at Kinser & Bates, LLP in Dallas, TexasMs. Melhart is Board Certified in Family Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. She is a Fellow in the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, a Council Member for the State Bar of Texas Family Law Section, serves on the board of directors of the Texas Academy of Family Law Specialists, and is a faculty member with the American Bar Association’s Family Law Trial Advocacy Institute. Ms. Melhart has written articles for the State Bar of Texas, the American Bar Association, and the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers on a variety family law issues and presented to a number of family law related organizations throughout the country. She is also a part of the Texas Board of Legal Specialization’s Paralegal Commission for Family Law which is responsible for writing and grading the board certification exam for family law paralegals.
Lisa M. Norman
Attorney with Andrews Myers, P.C., Houston, TX office
Ms. Norman is Board Certified in Civil Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, her practice is centered on all aspects of commercial litigation, with an emphasis on commercial bankruptcy, financial litigation, contract disputes and construction law. She has extensive trial experience in the Texas state courts, federal courts and arbitration. Ms. Norman has successfully argued appeals before the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, the Texas Supreme Court and multiple Texas Courts of Appeals. Her commercial bankruptcy practice focuses on creditors’ rights and acquisitions within the bankruptcy context, and she has managed cases from inception through final disposition, including depositions, briefs/motions, mediation, arbitration and trial.
Aimee M. Pingenot Key
Attorney with Goranson Bain Ausley, in Dallas, TXMs. Pingenot Key exclusively practices family law. She has been selected for inclusion in Texas Monthly “Rising Stars” each year since 2006. Prior to practicing law, Ms. Pingenot Key was the program director of a supervised visitation facility for families in Austin as well as an elementary school teacher with the non-profit program, Teach for America. She received a B.A. degree in Psychology, with honors, an M.S. degree in Social Work, with honors, and a J.D. degree from the University of Texas at Austin. Ms. Pingenot Key is board certified in family law and speaks and writes frequently on issues in family law.
Emily T. Ross
Yusuf Ross Law, PLLC, San Antonio, TX
Ms. Ross is board certified in family law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and has extensive litigation experience in both civil and family law. Her current practice covers all areas of family law litigation, including divorce, child custody, visitation and child support, modification and enforcement of court orders, and property division. Ms. Ross serves on the Board of Directors of the Texas Family Law Foundation and is a member of the Texas Family Law Foundation’s Bill Review Committee, reviewing and advising on legislation that impacts family lawyers and families throughout Texas. She has also been named by Super Lawyers as a Texas Rising Star. Ms. Ross earned her B.S. degree in Psychology and Criminology from Florida State University and her J.D. degree from Baylor University School of Law.