Lisa Ramsay Cole

Nashville Office
424 Church Street, Suite 2500
Nashville, Tennessee 37219
Telephone (615) 259-1366
FAX (615) 259-1389

lcole@lewisking.com

Martindale-Hubbell® AV Peer Review Rated

Education
Bethel College, B.S., 1987
University of Tennessee, J.D., 1993

Bar Admission
1993 Tennessee

Practice Areas
Employment
Workers’ Compensation
Medical Malpractice
General Civil Litigation

Lisa Ramsay Cole is the managing partner of the firm's Nashville office. A shareholder with Lewis King, Ms. Cole practices in the areas of employment law, workers' compensation, medical malpractice, and general casualty defense litigation. Ms. Cole's practice for the past 18 years has concentrated in the area of complex civil trial litigation in state and federal courts. She has routinely achieved successful results through defense jury verdicts, summary judgment, mediation, and arbitration in each of her practice areas.

Ms. Cole's current clients are national, regional, and local employers; regional and local health care facilities; and insurance companies. In addition to her defense practice, Ms. Cole routinely authors treatises and presents educational and training seminars concerning new developments in Tennessee law to her clients in the areas of general employment law and workers' compensation. Her most recent works include General Principles of Tennessee Law and An Employer's Guide to Tennessee Workers' Compensation.

Representative Experience:

• Successfully defended employers in hundreds of workers' compensation matters including defenses related to traveling to and from work, workplace safety violations, and violations of drug policy.
  
  
• Successfully mediated numerous workers' compensation cases to conclusion and satisfaction of employers and insurers.
  
  
• Defended employers in the federal courts alleging violations of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Americans with Disabilities Act.
  
  
• Successfully defended major healthcare institutions by obtaining early dismissals or summary judgment of claims where appropriate and mediated many others to mutual resolution.

Ms. Cole began working with Lewis King after her first year of law school and has remained with the firm as an attorney since graduation from the University of Tennessee College of Law in 1993. Ms. Cole is also the shareholder responsible for attorney hiring, is a member of the firm's shareholder compensation and strategic planning committees, and chairs the firm's employment practice group.

Ms. Cole graduated cum laude from Bethel College in 1987, with a Bachelor of Science in Natural Sciences. Ms. Cole is admitted to practice in the State of Tennessee and in all federal courts in Tennessee.

She is a member of the Tort Insurance Practice Section of the American Bar Association, American Bar Association, Tennessee Bar Association and Nashville Bar Association. She is a Fellow of the Nashville Bar Foundation. She is also a graduate of Tennessee's Leadership Law Program.

Ms. Cole was appointed by ABA President Robert Grey to serve a three-year term on the ABA Standing Committee on Pro Bono and Public Service. Ms. Cole is very active in community and professional organizations. She is currently Chair of the Board of the Sexual Assault Center. She is also a board member of the Nashville Ballet and a past board member of the Junior League of Nashville. Ms. Cole has chaired various aspects of fundraisers for the Sexual Assault Center, Vanderbilt's Children Hospital, the Nashville Symphony, Belle Meade Plantation, the Ensworth School, the American Heart Association, the Nashville Public Library and the Harpeth Hall School.