Watson, Roach, Batson & Lauderback, PLC

11/23/2021

Multiple Watson Roach Attorneys Recognized as Top Lawyers by Their Peers

Member John Batson was recognized as a Top Attorney in Knoxville’s Cityview Magazine in the area of administrative law. Cityview Magazine conducts an annual survey of local bar members and identifies leaders within the Knoxville legal community. Mr. Batson has been recognized several times in past...

09/28/2021

Brian Bibb Authors Article on Employment Law in Knoxville Business Journal

Member Brian R. Bibb submitted an article on employment law as a contributing guest columnist in the August edition of the Knoxville News Sentinel, Knoxville Business Journal. Mr. Bibb’s article focused on employee evaluations and advises employers on how to appropriately handle performance evalua...

08/24/2021

Hanson Tipton Participates in Investiture Ceremony of United States District Judge Charles E. Atchley, Jr.

On Friday, August 20, 2021, firm member Hanson R. Tipton, who serves as Immediate Past President of the Knoxville Bar Association, was one of the presenters for the formal investiture ceremony of United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Tennessee Charles E. Atchley, Jr. Judge Atchley...

12/13/2019

Hanson R. Tipton sworn in as President of Knoxville Bar Association

Hanson R. Tipton was sworn in as President of the Knoxville Bar Association at the Knoxville Bar Association Annual Meeting and Elections on December 13, 2019. The KBA serves nearly 2,000 members with an eighteen-member Board of Governors. All KBA policies and programs are either developed or overse...

10/14/2019

Dan R. Pilkington Presents Continuing Legal Education Seminar

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04/15/2019

Dan R. Pilkington Provides Training to Local Law Enforcement

Dan R. Pilkington assisted local law enforcement officers by providing training on use of force and other constitutional claims as part of a course of Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) training in March. CIT is a first-responder model of police-based crisis intervention with community, health care and....

03/15/2019

Hanson R. Tipton Elected President-Elect of Knoxville Bar Association

Hanson R. Tipton was elected President-Elect of the Knoxville Bar Association at the Knoxville Bar Association Annual Meeting and Elections on December 14, 2018.  The KBA serves nearly 2,000 members with an eighteen-member Board of Governors.  All KBA policies and programs are either developed or ...

02/08/2019

Brian R. Bibb becomes member of Watson, Roach, Batson, Rowell & Lauderback, PLC

Brian R. Bibb became a member of Watson, Roach, Batson, Rowell & Lauderback, P.L.C. effective January 1, 2019.  Mr. Bibb has been with the firm since 2012, and practices in the areas of civil litigation, appellate practice, governmental e...

12/12/2018

Courtney Read Selected as Member of Tennessee Bar Association Leadership Law Class of 2019

Courtney Read has been selected as a member of the Tennessee Bar Association Leadership Law Class of 2019.  Ms. Read is one of thirty-five (35) lawyers chosen from across the state to be a part of the Leadership Law program, which is in its sixteenth year.  The Leadership Law program is designed t...

09/27/2018

Hanson R. Tipton recognized as Top Laywer

Hanson R. Tipton was recognized as a Top Attorney 2018 by Cityview Magazine in the July - August 2018 edition.  Mr. Tipton was recognized in the category of Worker's Compensation - Defense.  Cityview describes its award process as follow...

08/17/2018

Firm Sponsors Interfaith Health Clinic Fundraiser

On June 22, 2018, the firm was a sponsor of the Doctors vs. Lawyers Trivia Night fundraiser for Interfaith Health Clinic, a non-profit health care ministry in Knoxville, Tennessee providing affordable medical care, dental care, mental health counseling, and prescription medications for the working u...

07/30/2018

Hanson R. Tipton appointed Hearing Committee Member for Board of Professional Responsibility

On March 22, 2018, the Tennessee Supreme Court entered an Order appointing Hanson R. Tipton a Hearing Committee Member for District II for the Tennessee Board of Professional Responsibility (“BPR.”)  The BPR’s mission is “[t]o assist the Court in protecting the public from harm from unethic...