Knoxville, Tennessee
| phone | 865-588-4091 |
| fax | 865-588-4206 |
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Heather G. Anderson was born in Humboldt, Tennessee. Ms. Anderson 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. She 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, Ms. Anderson practiced law with the Memphis, Tennessee 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 such award that year.
In 2007, she participated in the Tennessee Bar Association Leadership Law Class. She is an active member of the Tennessee Lawyers' Association for Women and the East Tennessee Lawyers' Association for Women, serving as President of ETLAW in 2005 and 2006. Since 2007, Ms. Anderson has been a member of the Tennessee Bar Foundation's IOLTA Grant Review Committee. In 2008, she co-chaired the Knoxville Bar Association's Functions Committee. Ms. Anderson is an active community volunteer.
Her practice is focused in the areas of general litigation, employment 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)
- 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
- Professional Associations and Memberships:
- American Bar Association, 1998 - 2008
- Tennessee Bar Association
- Memphis Bar Association
- American Inn of Court
- Past Employment Positions:
- Young & Perl
- Pro Bono Activities:
- Childhelp of Knoxville
- Sertoma
- Legal Aid of East Tennessee's Saturday Bar
- Previous Organization Name:
- Heather R. Gunn, August 1, 2004
- Fraternities/Sororities:
- Alpha Omicron Pi
