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Posted by: Kate Prince on Aug 31, 2020

Knoxville lawyer Philip J. Lawson died over the weekend. He was 77. Lawson earned his law degree from the University of Tennessee College of Law in 1975 and was a founding member of Wimberly Lawson where he specialized in labor and employment law. For many years, Lawson served as a hearing committee officer of the Board of Professional Responsibility of the Tennessee Supreme Court, and he served as an arbitrator and mediator with the American Arbitration Association. He lectured and taught widely on a variety of aspects of labor, employment law and leadership. A celebration of life will be held tomorrow at 6 p.m. EDT at Corryton Church, 7615 Foster Rd., Corryton, Tennessee. Interment will be held at 1 p.m. EDT on Wednesday at Mountain View Cemetery, 1019 E. Valley Dr. Bristol, Virginia.