Kaitlin Parham was selected to the 2023 Nashville Bar Foundation (NBF) Leadership Forum Class. The NBF Leadership Forum is a local leadership program for lawyers with three to eight years of experience and was designed to bring together emerging leaders who participate in monthly workshops for nine months to help them realize their potential and to benefit the legal profession and our local community.
Wiseman Ashworth Trauger, PLC is included in the U.S. News – Best Lawyers® in Nashville for the ninth year in a row, receiving Tier 1 ranking for Medical Malpractice Law- Defendants and Personal Injury Litigation- Defendants.
The Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms” rankings are based on a rigorous evaluation process that includes client and lawyer evaluations, peer review from leading attorneys in their field, and review of additional information provided by law firms as part of the formal submission process. To be listed as a “Best Law Firm,” a firm must have at least one attorney listed in Best Lawyers in America, which recognizes the top 4 percent of practicing attorneys in the U.S. The 2021 “Best Law Firms” rankings are available at: bestlawfirms.usnews.com.
November 1, 2019 – Wiseman Ashworth Trauger, PLC is included in the U.S. News – Best Lawyers® in Nashville for the eighth year in a row, receiving Tier 1 ranking for Medical Malpractice Law- Defendants and Personal Injury Litigation- Defendants.
The Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms” rankings are based on a rigorous evaluation process that includes client and lawyer evaluations, peer review from leading attorneys in their field, and review of additional information provided by law firms as part of the formal submission process. To be listed as a “Best Law Firm,” a firm must have at least one attorney listed in Best Lawyers in America, which recognizes the top 4 percent of practicing attorneys in the U.S. The 2020“Best Law Firms” rankings are available at: bestlawfirms.usnews.com.
Wiseman Ashworth Trauger sponsors NBA Collegiality Coffee at the Historic Courthouse Friday, October 11, 2019. View photos of the event here.
Kimberly Silvus presented “Opioid Prescribing in Tennessee: Rules and Repercussions” to the Department of Surgery Grand Rounds at Erlanger Hospital on September 25, 2019.
Michele Marsicano and Anne Frazier presented to the American Case Management Association at their 13th Annual Case Management and Transitions of Care Meeting September 20, 2019 in Murfreesboro, TN.
“Complex Transitions: Legal Tips and Tools 2.0”
November 1, 2018 – Wiseman Ashworth Trauger, PLC is included in the U.S. News – Best Lawyers® in Nashville for the seventh year in a row, receiving Tier 1 ranking for Medical Malpractice Law- Defendants and Personal Injury Litigation- Defendants.
“We are honored to again be listed in Best Law Firms, particularly since this first tier ranking reflects client feedback in addition to information provided by other lawyers and law firms,” said Gail Vaughn Ashworth, founding member of Wiseman Ashworth Trauger.
The Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms” rankings are based on a rigorous evaluation process that includes client and lawyer evaluations, peer review from leading attorneys in their field, and review of additional information provided by law firms as part of the formal submission process. To be listed as a “Best Law Firm,” a firm must have at least one attorney listed in Best Lawyers in America, which recognizes the top 4 percent of practicing attorneys in the U.S. The 2019 “Best Law Firms” rankings are available at: bestlawfirms.usnews.com.
Wiseman Ashworth Trauger co-sponsors Danielle Ofri, M.D. “What Patients Say; What Doctors Hear” on March 4, 2018.
R. Kent Francis has been selected to be an Associate in the Leo Bearman, Sr. American Inn of Court.
Wiseman Ashworth Trauger was named in 2017 Best Law Firms In Tennessee First-Tier Rankings by U.S. News & World Report.
Minton Mayer is speaking at the Inaugural Long Term Care Insurance ExecuSummit taking place June 27 & 28, 2017 in Uncasville, CT.
Minton Mayer is speaking on Best Practices for Preventing Violence in the Post-Acute Workplace from Internal and External Sources at the AHLA Long Term Care and the Law Conference on Friday, February 24, 2017. The Long Term Care and the Law Conference is February 22-24, 2017 at the Manchester Grand Hyatt in San Diego, CA.
Howard Hayden recently co-authored and successfully lobbied for passage of important amendments to Tennessee law that ensure that defense counsel in health care liability actions have full access to non-party health care providers for private interviews to investigate and evaluate claims.
Minton Mayer was Vice Chair of the DRI Nursing Home Assisted Living Conference in Scottsdale, AZ and author of the Seminar materials regarding handling a Crisis in Real Time.
Howard Hayden recently spoke at the DRI Nursing Home Assisted Living Conference in Scottsdale, AZ on legislative initiatives by state defense bars.
Wiseman Ashworth Trauger made Nashville Business Journal’s Top Health Care Law Firms List.
Minton Mayer is am speaking at LeadingAge TN Annual Conference in Franklin, TN on August 9, 2016 with John DiMaggio with Blue Orange Compliance. His topic is “HIPAA/HITECH Privacy and Security Compliance in a LTPAC Environment – What you need to know”.
Minton Mayer is speaking at Memphis Bar Association – 40th Annual Bench Bar Conference on Friday, September 2 in Sandestin, FL.
His topic is “Strategies to Overcome the Stereotypes of Mediation” Stereotypical obstacles, patterns and attitudes can make it difficult to resolve your case at mediation. Laugh at the video examples and learn how to identify typical mediation issues and create strategies to control the agenda, maximize your leverage and utilize information to overcome ethical issues, foreseeable mediation tactics and barriers to settlement.
Minton Mayer is presenting at the 2016 Tennessee Health Care Association Annual Conference on August 28 in Knoxville, TN. His topic is “Collections: Best Practices for a Successful and Compliant Nursing Home Operation”.
Howard Hayden will be speaking at the DRI Nursing/Assisted Living Conference in Scottsdale, Arizona on September 8th, 2016.
Minton Mayer has been added to the National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals – Tennessee Chapter.
Anne graduated from Lee University summa cum laude.
Kent graduated from the University of Tennessee College of Law in 2015 with high honors.
Howard Hayden and Minton Mayer recently spoke on directors and officers liability for non-profit long term care operators at the annual convention of the Tennessee Health Care Association.
Howard Hayden recently co-authored and successfully lobbied the Tennessee Legislature on behalf of the Tennessee Defense Lawyers Association to gain passage of an amendment to a state law that clarifies the right of defense counsel in health care liability actions to meet privately with non-party medical providers for case investigation and evaluation.
Howard Hayden recently spoke on legislative issues at the annual meeting of the Tennessee Defense Lawyers Association.
Minton Mayer and Howard Hayden have been selected to speak at the Leading Age Tennessee Annual Meeting and Vendor Showcase August 4th, 2015. Their presentation is entitled, “Recent Developments of Director Liability Law for Nonprofits, New OIG Regulations and the Impact re: Lemington Home for the Aged.”
The Leading Age Tennessee Annual Meeting will be held at Franklin Marriott Cool Springs in Franklin, TN on August 3rd – August 5th, 2015.
Minton Mayer has been selected to speak at the Tennessee Health Care Association Convention on August 30, 2015 at the Music City Center on the following:
HIPAA/HITECH Privacy and Security Compliance in a LTPAC Environment – What You Need to Know.
He will be presenting along with John DiMaggio, CEO of BlueOrange Compliance. This is Minton’s fourth consecutive year to be selected to speak at the THCA Convention.
Howard Hayden has been selected as Lobbyist for the Tennessee Defense Lawyers Association
Wiseman Ashworth Trauger welcomes new associate Anthony Bills to the firm.
Minton Mayer has been selected to speak at the 2015 DRI NURSING HOME/ALF SEMINAR in Las Vegas, Nevada on September 10-11, 2015. Memory Care Units and Acuity Creep.
Minton Mayer has been selected to speak at the Joint Meeting of the Tennessee Defense Lawyers Association and the Alabama Defense Lawyers Association on June 18-21 in Sandestin, Florida. The Reptile Theory Advanced Techniques and Trial Tactics for the Defense.
Minton Mayer was featured in an article regarding organizational governance in the March 2015 LeadingAge Magazine.
http://www.leadingage.org/How_Improved_Governance_Can_Turn_Around_a_Struggling_Provider_V5N2.aspx
Minton P. Mayer is a panelist on “Steering the Top 10 Drivers Toward Better Claim Outcomes” and is presenting “Reptile Theory: Taming the Lizard” at the DRI Nursing Home/ALF Litigation Seminar in Scottsdale, Arizona September 19-20, 2013.
Reported Cases: Hine v. Commercial Carriers, 802 S.W.2d 218 (Tenn. 1990); Taylor v. Allstate Ins. Co., 158 S.W.3d 929 (Tenn. App. 2004); Frayser v. Dentsply, 78 S.W.3d 242 (Tenn. 2002); Smith v. Smith, 165 S.W.3d 285 (Tenn. App. 2004).
Reported Cases: Peck v. Tanner, 181 S.W.3d 262 (Tenn. 2005); Hale v. Ostrow, 166 S.W. 3d 713 (Tenn. 2005)
Wins Jurisprudence Award: Marital Property
Vice President, Memphis Jewish Rehab and Home
Board of Barristers: Member, Fall 1997-Spring 1998 (Top Oral Advocates in Graduating Class)
President, Memphis Bar Association Young Lawyers Division
General Counsel, Memphis Jewish Rehab and Home
Mock Trial Semifinalist, 1997
Board of Directors, Memphis Bar Association
Board of Directors, Memphis Jewish Community Center (2009-2011)
Moot Court Quarter finalist, 1996
Board of Directors, Tennessee Bar Association Young Lawyers Division
Memphis Jewish Community Center, Youth Sports Advisory Committee (2007—)
Gail Vaughn Ashworth is listed in “The Best Lawyers in America,” 2012, by Best Lawyers®, a peer-review publication of U.S. News Media Group. www.bestlawyers.com
Wiseman Ashworth Trauger, PLC is included in the 2011-2012 “Best Law Firms” rankings by U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers®. www.bestlawfirms.usnews.com