Heather G. Anderson Knoxville, Tennessee
| Howard & Howard, since
April 14, 2003 | |
| phone | 865-588-4091 |
| fax | 865-588-4206 |
| Email Me | |
Heather G. Anderson was born in Humboldt, Tennessee. Heather graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of Tennessee where she was Phi Beta Kappa, receiving a Bachelor of Arts in 1995. She received her Juris Doctor degree from the University of Memphis in 1998 and while there. received the Dean's Award for Excellence in Trial Advocacy and authored "Exercising Personal Jurisdiction Based on Internet Contacts" published in the Tennessee Journal of Practice and Procedure. Prior to joining Howard & Howard, Heather practiced law with the Memphis, Tennessee labor and employment boutique firm of Young & Perl. Ms. Anderson received the Memphis Business Journal's Top Under 40 Award in 2002, and was the only attorney to receive the honor that year.
A featured seminar speaker, Heather is an active member of the Tennessee Bar Association, the Knoxville Bar Association, the Tennessee Lawyer's Association of Women, a former president of both the East Tennessee Lawyer's Association of Women and the University of Tennessee Student Alumni Building Council. Anderson is on the Board of Directors of the Sertoma Center and enjoys being an involved community volunteer in Knoxville, where she lives with her family.
Her practice is focused in the areas of general litigation, employment law, entertainment law, and real estate matters.
- Areas of Practice:
- 20% Construction Law
- 20% Real Estate
- 20% Labor and Employment Law
- 20% Landlord/Tenant (Commercial and Residential)
- 10% Condemnation
- 10% Entertainment Law
- Bar Admissions:
- Tennessee, 1998
- U.S. District Court Western District of Tennessee, 1999
- U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit, 1999
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Tennessee, 2003
- Education:
- University of Memphis School of Law, Memphis, Tennessee,
May, 1998
J.D.
Honors: Dean's Award for Excellence in Trial Advocacy
Law Journal: Tennessee Journal of Practice and Procedure, 1997 - 1998 - University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee,
1995
B.A.
Honors: Magna Cum Laude
Honors: Dean's List
Honors: Phi Beta Kappa
Major: Political Science
- Published Works:
- Ten Hut: What you need to know about the SCRA, Dicta, April, 2008
- Exercising Personal Jurisdiction Based on Internet Contacts, Tennessee Journal of Practice and Procedure, 1998
- Representative Cases:
- Revis v. McClean, 31 S.W.3d 250 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2000)
- Anderson v. Wilder, 2003 WL 22768666 (Tennessee Court of Appeals 2003)
- Osborne v. Mountain Life Insurance Company, 130 S.W.3d 769 (Tennessee Supreme Court 2004)
- Aboulata v. Davis, 2006 WL 3193685 (Tennessee Court of Appeals 2006)
- Gross v. McKenna, 2007 WL 3171155 (Tennessee Court of Appeals 2007)
- Estate of Howard v. First Community Bank, 2009 WL 499541 (Tennessee Court of Appeals 2009)
- IAFF v. City of Germantown (USDC, Western District of Tennessee 2000)
- Lawhon v. Mountain Life Insurance Company, No. E2011-00045-COA-R3-CV (Tenn. Ct. App. 2011)
- Classes/Seminars Taught:
- Employment Update: Privacy in the Workp, Sterling Education Services, 2008
- Landlord - Tenant Law, Sterling Education Services, 2006
- Complying with the Laobr and Employment Laws of the NAFTA Countries, ALI-ABA, 1999
- Employment Update, CPE Seminar 2011, The Institute of Management Accountants
- Professional Associations and Memberships:
- American Bar Association, 1998 - 2008
- Tennessee Bar Association
- Memphis Bar Association
- American Inn of Court
- Past Employment Positions:
- Young & Perl, PLC, Attorney
- Pro Bono Activities:
- Childhelp of Knoxville
- Sertoma
- Legal Aid of East Tennessee's Saturday Bar
- John Maxwell Mastermind Group
- Previous Organization Name:
- Heather R. Gunn, August 1, 2004
- Fraternities/Sororities:
- Alpha Omicron Pi
