Eric W. Reecher - Bristol, VA
Elliott Lawson & Minor, P.C.
110 Piedmont AvenueSuite 300
Bristol, VA 24201 www.elliottlawson.com
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Eric W. Reecher Overview
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.
Frequent Case Types
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Practice Areas
- 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
- 50% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
Current Employment Position(s)
- Shareholder
Year Joined Firm
1998
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
Other Affiliations
- American Bar Association (Labor & Employment Law Section; Litigation Section), 1998 - Present
- Tennessee Bar Association (Labor & Employment Law Section), 1998 - Present
- Virginia Bar Association, 2006 - Present
- Bristol, Tennessee Bar Association, 1998 - Present (President (2004))
- Bristol, Virginia Bar Association, 1998 - Present (President (2009))
- Society for Human Resource Management, 2004 - Present
- Bristol Morning Rotary Club, 1999 - Present (President (2006 - 2007))
- River's Way Outdoor Adventure Center Board of Directors, 1999 - Present (Chairman of the Board (2002 - 2005))
- Bristol Public Library Foundation Board of Directors, 2009 - Present
- Healing Hands Health Center Board of Directors, 2002 - 2007 (Treasurer (2006 - 2007))
Education
- Emory University School of Law, Atlanta, Georgia,
1998
J.D.
Honors: Moot Court Society - Duke University, Durham, NC,
1995
B.A.
Major: Public Policy Studies
Fraternities and Sororities
- Delta Sigma Phi
Honors
- 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
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.
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