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Bill Hannah is a trial lawyer in the firm's Litigation and Risk Management and Labor and Employment Sections. He advises, represents and advocates for companies and individuals involved in disputes and defending against allegations of liability.

He represents parties in connection with disputes involving commercial, business and creditor rights, disputes involving product liability, personal injury and wrongful death claims, and disputes involving employment, insurance coverage and claims, construction, transportation and professional liability issues. He also represents clients in state and federal trial and appellate courts, as well as in mediations and arbitrations, and before administrative boards and regulatory entities.

Location
  • One Central Plaza, Suite 800
    835 Georgia Avenue
    Chattanooga, TN 37402
Education
  • The University of Tennessee, J.D., graduated 1994
  • Millsaps College, BA, graduated 1991
Bar Admissions
  • Tennessee, 1994
  • Georgia, 1995
  • Mississippi, 2005
Affiliations
  • American Bar Association (Litigation Section, Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section, Labor & Employment Section) - Member
  • American Inns of Court, Brock-Cooper Chapter - Executive Committee Member, President, 2014-2015; past Secretary
  • Assistant Scoutmaster - Boy Scout Troop 172
  • Association ofProfessional Responsibility Lawyers - Member
  • Chattanooga Bar Association (Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee) - Member and Past Chair
  • Defense Research Institute - Employment Law Committee Member
  • Federal Bar Association - Member
  • International Association of Defense Counsel - Member
  • Lookout Mountain Bar Association - Member
  • State Bar of Georgia (Professional Liability Section) - Member
  • Tennessee Bar Association (Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee; Ethics and Professional Responsibility Committee; Litigation Section; Appellate Law Section) - Member and past Chair
  • Tennessee Board of Professional Responsibility, Hearing Committee - Member (2003-2009)
  • Tennessee Defense Lawyers Association - Member
  • The Mississippi Bar - Member
  • Transportation Lawyers Association - Member
  • United Way of Greater Chattanooga, Allocation Panel - Member (2011, 2012, 2014)

Evans Harrison Hackett PLLC
Headquarters: Chattanooga, Tennessee

2 The Best Lawyers in America® awards

1 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America award

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Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2021 - Litigation - Insurance
Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
  • Litigation - Insurance, Chattanooga (2021)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2025 for work in:
  • Litigation - Insurance
Awards:
  • Martindale-Hubbell® AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated
  • Avvo 9.7 Rating
  • Albert L. Hodge Volunteer Award, Chattanooga Bar Association, 2006
  • Leadership Law Class, Tennessee Bar Association, 2008
  • Certificate of Excellence - Law and Medicine Seminar
  • Phi Beta Kappa

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