Marcia Meredith Eason

Member
Phone:
423-785-8304
Fax:
423-321-1521
Chattanooga Office
Suite 1000 Volunteer Building
832 Georgia Avenue
Chattanooga, TN 37402-2289

Marcy Eason concentrates her practice on civil litigation including commercial litigation, lender liability, products liability. She has been involved in complex litigation since 1985, including failed banks and class actions. She has prosecuted civil director and officer liability claims, malpractice claims and insurance claims involving banks and financial institutions. Ms. Eason provides general risk management advice and product liability counsel for a pharmaceuticals company in the U.S. and Canada, including supervision of local counsel work, direction of litigation, and participates as appropriate for trial. Ms. Eason has an AV rating in Martindale-Hubbell.

Presentations
  • "Six Things You Need to Do Now to Plan for a Disaster," National Conference of Bar Presidents, August 2008; various presentations 2009, NCBP
  • "Ethics, Unauthorized Practice by Paralegals," November 2007
  • "Enforcement of Security Interests in Personal Property," Lorman Seminar, July 2002; July 2003
  • "Advanced Civil Discovery for the Litigation Paralegal in Tennessee," National Business Institute Seminar, September 2001
Other Professional Accomplishments
  • American Bar Foundation - Life Fellow
  • Chattanooga Bar Foundation - Fellow
  • Tennessee Bar Foundation - Fellow
  • Tennessee Bar Association - President, 2007-2008
  • Tennessee Legal Community Foundation - Board of Trustees, Chair
  • Chair Court Environment Committee, Tennessee Supreme Court; Committees for Racial and Ethnic and Gender Fairness; and Improving Public Trust in the Judicial System
  • Chattanooga Bar Association - Ralph H. Kelly Humanitarian Award, 2013
  • Alumni Award, Private Sector Achievement, University of Houston Law Center
  • Listed in The Best Lawyers in America®, 2013 Edition
  • Selected for inclusion in Mid-South Super Lawyers®, 2007-2012
  • Program Day Chair 2006 TBA Leadership Law Programs
  • Tennessee Supreme Court Access to Justice Commission - Member
  • Legal Aid of East Tennessee Pro Bono Hall of Fame, 2011