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Eric W. Reecher
Mr. Reecher's practice focuses primarily in the area of management-side labor and employment law, including both litigation and consultation. His practice also includes civil litigation and appeals, business consultation and transactions, corporate law, land use law, housing authority law, personal injury defense, creditors' rights and bankruptcy law. Mr. Reecher received his undergraduate degree from Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, and his law degree from Emory University School of Law in Atlanta, Georgia. He practices in the state courts of both Tennessee and Virginia, as well as in the United States District Courts for the Eastern District of Tennessee and the Western District of Virginia, the United States Courts of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and the Sixth Circuit, and the United States Bankruptcy Courts for the Eastern District of Tennessee and the Western District of Virginia. Mr. Reecher also has experience before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), and the state administrative agencies of Tennessee and Virginia. He is involved in the Bristol community as the past-president of the Bristol Morning Rotary Club and he serves on the Boards of River's Way Outdoor Adventure Center and the Bristol Public Library Foundation. He previously served on the Board of Healing Hands Health Center.
Areas of Practice
- Labor & Employment Law - Employer
- Civil Litigation and Appeals
- Business Litigation and Transactions
- Creditors' Rights
- Corporate Law
- Housing Authority Law
- Personal Injury - Defense
- Bankruptcy - Creditors
Litigation Percentage
- 50% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
Bar Admissions
- Tennessee, 1998
- Virginia, 1999
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Tennessee, 1999
- U.S. District Court Western District of Virginia, 1999
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court, 2000
- U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit, 1999
- U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit, 2005
Education
- Emory University School of Law, Atlanta, Georgia
- Honors: Moot Court Society
- Duke University, Durham, NC
- Major: Public Policy Studies
Representative Cases
- Richards v. Johnson & Johnson, et al., 688 F.Supp.2d 754 (E.D. Tenn. 2010)
- Richards v. Johnson & Johnson, et al., 2010 WL 3219133 (E.D. Tenn. 2010)
- Sutherland v. Santera Rehabilitation, Inc., 2009 WL 3065079 (E.D. Tenn. 2009)
- Shires v. King, 2007 WL 784350 (E.D. Tenn. 2007)
- Mid-Mountain Foods, Inc., 350 NLRB No. 67 (NLRB 2007)
- Collins v. Summers Hardware & Supply Company, 88 S.W.3d 192 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2002)
- Mid-Mountain Foods, Inc. v. NLRB, 2001 WL 672063 (4th Cir. 2001)
- Russell County Dept. of Social Services v. O'Quinn, 523 S.E.2d 492 (Va. 2000)
- Pro Page Partners, LLC v. Message Express Paging Company, Inc., 270 B.R. 221 (Bankr. E.D. Tenn. 2001)
Representative Clients
- United Southeast Federal Credit Union
- Kiser Supply, Inc.
- Bristol Redevelopment and Housing Authority
- WCYB-TV
- Tri-City Extrusion, Inc.
- Galaxy Equipment and Maintenance Solutions, Inc.
- Citizens Bank
- Bristol Motor Speedway
- Alfa Vision Insurance Company
- Burke Powers and Harty, Inc.
- The Buddy Crump Insurance Agency, Inc.
Honors and Awards
- Named Rising Star by 2011 Virginia Super Lawyers magazine
- Named Rising Star by 2008 Virginia Super Lawyers magazine
- Rotary International Paul Harris Fellow, 2000
- Bristol Leadership Tomorrow, 2000
Professional Associations and Memberships
- American Bar Association (Labor & Employment Law Section), 1998 - Present
- Tennessee Bar Association (Labor & Employment Law Section), 1998 - Present
- Virginia Bar Association, 2006 - Present
- Bristol, Tennessee Bar Association, President (2004), 1998 - Present
- Bristol, Virginia Bar Association, President (2009), 1998 - Present
- Society for Human Resource Management, 2004 - Present
- Bristol Morning Rotary Club, President (2006 - 2007), 1999 - Present
- River's Way Outdoor Adventure Center Board of Directors, Chairman of the Board (2002 - 2005), 1999 - Present
- Bristol Public Library Foundation Board of Directors, 2009 - Present
- Healing Hands Health Center Board of Directors, Treasurer (2006 - 2007), 2002 - 2007
Elliott Lawson & Minor, P.C.
110 Piedmont Avenue, Suite 300
Bristol, VA 24201
Phone: 276-466-8400
Fax: 276-466-8161
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