Lauran Glassman Stimac joined the firm in September 2012 as a trial attorney, having practiced in Richmond, Virginia for five years prior thereto. She joins her father, Senior Shareholder Richard Glassman, in focusing her practice on professional liability. Lauran Stimac has participated in a wide variety of medical litigation matters involving patient falls, medication errors, cardiac care, emergency medicine, mental health, addiction medicine, laparoscopic surgery, anesthesia care, gynecological surgery, and birth injuries. She has also defended attorneys in legal malpractice matters and Board of Professional Responsibility matters involving assorted underlying cases, as well as other professionals including real estate appraisers and inspectors.
Lauran Stimac and Richard Glassman also served as technical advisors to the cast and crew of the NBC drama Bluff City Law, which was set and filmed in Memphis.
Practice Areas:
- Medical Malpractice
- Legal Malpractice Defense
- Attorney BPR and Attorney Licensing Defense
- Professional Licensure Defense (Real Estate Appraisers, Home Inspectors, Other Professionals)
- Professional Liability
Education:
- St. Mary’s Episcopal School (2000)
- University of Richmond, magna cum laude (B.A. in Leadership Studies, 2004)
- University of Richmond T.C. Williams School of Law (J.D., 2007)
- Managing Editor of the Richmond Journal of Law & Technology
- Intrascholastic Chair of the Moot Court Board
- Teaching assistant for the Appellate Advocacy Legal Skills class
Court Admissions:
- Virginia Supreme Court
- Tennessee Supreme Court
- Mississippi Supreme Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia
- U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Divisions of Mississippi
- U.S. District Court, Western District of Tennessee
- U.S. District Court, Middle District of Tennessee
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Arkansas
Professional Memberships:
- American Bar Association
- Liaison, ABA Standing Committee on Public Protection in the Provision of Legal Services (past)
- Virginia Bar Association
- Tennessee Bar Association
- Member, TBA Tort and Insurance Executive Council
- Mississippi Bar Association
- Memphis Bar Association
- Secretary / Treasurer of the Memphis Bar Association (2023)
- Vice President (2024)
- To be President in 2025
- Board of Directors (Past)
- Chair of Professionalism Committee
- Tennessee Bar Association Leadership Law Class of 2015
- Association of Women Attorneys
- Tennessee Lawyers’ Association for Women
- Leo Bearman, Sr. American Inn of Court
- Communications Chair (2020-present)
- Defense Research Institute (DRI), member
- Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers (APRL)
Honors and Professional Achievements:
- Mid-South Super Lawyer (Professional Liability Defense – 2022, 2023)
- Outstanding Mentor of the Year, Leo Bearman, Sr. American Inn of Court (2023)
Presentations and Publications:
Ms. Stimac has lectured and written for legal and healthcare audiences on the issues of developments in Virginia law, communication among healthcare providers, advance medical decision making, Medicare settlement reporting, emergency department care issues, practice management, avoiding malpractice, legal ethics, and professionalism.
Ms. Stimac also co-authored Tennessee’s Publication Participation Act: Sometimes It’s OK to SLAPP Back, Memphis Lawyer (Nov. 2024).
Community Involvement
In addition to her law practice and professional memberships, Lauran Stimac serves as a board member of the Downtown Memphis Commission, Arrow Creative, and the Children’s Advocacy Centers of Tennessee. She also serves as a volunteer and a supporter of the Memphis Area Legal Services Campaign for Equal Justice, the Memphis Child Advocacy Center, Porter Leath, and the Kappa Kappa Gamma Alumnae Association of Memphis’ Literacy Is Key initiative. She is a sustainer member of the Junior League of Memphis. She is a past member of the Memphis Area Legal Services Board of Directors, the Memphis and Shelby County Sports Authority Board, Carnival Memphis, and the Alumnae Board of St. Mary’s Episcopal School.