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Posted by: Kate Prince on Dec 28, 2020

Memphis attorney John Thomason died Dec. 24 at 91. Thomason earned his law degree from the University of Tennessee College of Law in 1952 and, after graduating, served in the Judge Advocate General’s Corps until 1955. In 1967, he helped found Crawford, Thomason and Hendrix, which became Lewis Thomason in 2014. During his years in practice, he tried hundreds of jury trials in both state and federal jurisdictions.  He was selected for membership in the American College of Trial Lawyers, International Association of Defense Counsel, and Best Lawyers in America, and served as chairman of the General Practice Section of the American Bar Association. In 2002, after fifty years in the bar, he retired from the practice of law. He was a prolific writer and went on to author three books.