Eric Ebbert, J.D.

Eric Ebbert is the owner of The Ebbert Law Firm. Eric has tried many cases, representing regional, national and multi-national companies, through all stages of litigation and appeals. In 2014 Eric represented a client in the Clemency Project, which encourage qualified federal inmates to petition to have their sentences commuted by President Barack Obama. He is a member of the Tennessee and Knoxville Bar Associations, a member of SHRM, and a member of the Board of the Senior Citizens Home Assistance Service, Inc. Eric is fluent in Italian and he devotes his personal time to family and church.

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Practice Areas and Specialties

• Employment and Business Law

• Business Litigation

• Estate Planning

• Homeowners Association Law

• Employment Discrimination

• Noncompete Enforcement

• Probate

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Licensed In

Tennessee, Florida

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Memberships

• Tennessee Bar Association, Member

• Knoxville Bar Association, Member

• Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), Member

• Senior Citizens Home Assistance Service, Inc., Board Member, 2009 to Present; Secretary 2013 and 2014

• District Investigatory Committee of the Tennessee Board of Law Examiners, 2007 – Present, Member

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Honors and Awards

• Listed in The Best Lawyers in America® in the area of Litigation/Labor & Employment

• Honored by the Tennessee Supreme Court as a 2015 ATTORNEY FOR JUSTICE and included on the Pro Bono Honor Roll

• Voted a TOP ATTORNEY by his peers in CityView Magazine, 2010

• Recipient – Baker Donelson Knoxville Pro Bono Attorney of the Year, 2008

• Recognized by The Pro Bono Project for outstanding public service, 2008

• Awarded the American Bar Association’s TORT TRIAL & INSURANCE PRACTICE SECTION CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT for completing the TIPS National Trial Academy, 2006

• Recipient – New Exchangite of the Year, 2000