Contact Information
1111 N. Northshore Drive, Suite S-700
Knoxville, Tennessee 37919
Phone: 865-584-4040 x214
Fax: 865-584-6084
Paul Harrison is of counsel with Long, Ragsdale & Waters, P.C., having taken a limited role with the law firm effective January 2020 to focus on his real estate investments. He first joined the firm in 1987 and was a partner at LRW until the beginning of 2020.
Prior to transitioning to the of counsel role, Harrison concentrated his practice in the areas of litigation, transactions and general business. He had a diverse client base, which primarily consisted of business owners. Throughout the years, Harrison handled many construction-related matters as well as employer-employee and non-compete litigation and developed expertise with creditor/debtor workouts. Harrison represented clients in landlord-tenant cases, condemnations, contract and business litigation, acquisitions of businesses, real estate and lease negotiations, and other corporate, contract and business matters. Harrison also serves as counsel for clients evaluating investment opportunities in real estate and business ventures.
Harrison is an “AV” rated attorney by Martindale-Hubbell. He has extensive experience in bench and jury trials and arbitration hearings.
Harrison grew up on his family’s dairy farm in Loudon, Tennessee and remains close to his family and the agricultural community there. He is married and has two grown sons. Besides work, Paul enjoys sports and keeping up with the prevailing business and political news of the day.
Education
B.S., University of Tennessee, 1983
agricultural business
Torchbearer, highest student honor conferred by UT
Alpha Gamma Rho, fraternity president
Federal Land Bank, Bank for Cooperatives, internships
J.D., University of Tennessee College of Law, 1986
Phi Kappa Alpha, president
Admissions
Tennessee, 1986
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee
U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of Tennessee
Memberships
Tennessee Bar Association
Knoxville Bar Association
Tennessee Association of Construction Lawyers
Knoxville Leadership Foundation, former board member