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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
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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.
Practice Areas
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
Education
- J.D., University of Houston Law Center, Bates College of Law, 1979
- Line Editor, Houston Law Review
- B.A., cum laude, Trinity University, 1975
Bar Admissions
- Tennessee
- Texas
Court Admissions
- U.S. District Court, Eastern, Middle, and Western Districts of Tennessee
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth and Sixth Circuits
- Tennessee Supreme Court
- Texas Supreme Court
- U.S. Supreme Court
Professional Memberships
- Tennessee Judicial Council - Member, 2009-2010
- American Bar Association
- American Inns of Court - Master Member, Chattanooga Chapter
- Chattanooga Bar Association - Former Governor and Chair, Membership Services
- Federal Bar Association
- Litigation Counsel of America - Fellow
- National Association of Women Lawyers
- National Conference of Bar Presidents, Executive Council, Program and Sponsorship Committees
- Southeast Tennessee Lawyers Association for Women
- Southern Conference of Bar Presidents
- Tennessee Bar Association; Past President TBA - former Governor 3rd District
- Tennessee Lawyers Association for Women - Former President, Treasurer
- Texas Bar Association
Civic and Charitable Activities
- Selected by Girls, Inc. as Unbought and Unbossed 2008
- A.I.M. Center, Board of Directors, Former Chair (2 years)
- Chattanooga's Kids on the Block, Board of Directors, Former Chair (2 years)
- Tennessee Leadership
- United Way of Greater Chattanooga - (various capacities)
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