LEWIS LASKA is an attorney, CPA, and professor at Tennessee State University in Nashville, TN (yes, the letters after his name can go like this: J.D., Ph.D., C.P.A.). He has been publishing newsletters since 1984 and now publishes five national newsletters and one Tennessee-based newsletter, along with editing an additional Tennessee-based newsletter. He has written extensively in a variety of areas, including a book on the Tennessee constitution published by Greenwood Press, a self-published book on locating expert witnesses in medical malpractice cases (not currently in print), law review articles, and articles for several legal, accounting and historical magazines.

LORENDA PATTERSON is an attorney who has worked with Lewis Laska since 1988. She is intimately familiar with the medical malpractice and products liability databases held by the office and is most likely the person who will answer the phone when you call. She manages most of the day-to-day activities in the office and is the person to talk to for searches of our databases, receiving complimentary issues of a publication, and generally finding out if what you want is something our office can provide.

In addition to these two professionals, the office depends on outsourcing of a variety of tasks, along with part-time and temporary personnel to assist in the writing of cases and collecting of information for our variety of publications.