Erin Palmer Polly is a partner and a trusted advisor who provides clients with balanced and practical advice, strategically guiding them through complex matters. She develops a deep understanding of a client’s priorities and, drawing from a vast array of experience and expertise, mitigates business and litigation risk by providing advice specifically tailored to each client’s needs.
A respected trial lawyer, Erin is a member of the firm’s Commercial Disputes practice group and focuses her practice in the areas of business and commercial disputes, civil rights litigation, class action matters, intellectual property litigation, professional liability defense and, provider/payor disputes. She has tried cases in federal and state courts as well as before arbitration panels and has developed significant experience conducting internal investigations.
Erin is known throughout the Nashville community and beyond for her fierce advocacy and civic engagement. She is ranked by Chambers USA in the General Commercial category and was named a 2023 “Woman of Influence” by the Nashville Business Journal.
National
- Benchmark Litigation, Future Star, 2018, 2022-2023
- Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America®
- Commercial Litigation, 2018-2024
- Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants, 2018-2024
- Recognized by Chambers USA for Litigation: General Commercial in Tennessee, 2024
- Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America, 2022, 2024
- Recognized by The Legal 500 United States for Dispute Resolution, General Commercial Disputes, 2023
- Martindale-Hubbell®, AV®-Preeminent™ - Peer Review Rated, 2011-2024
- The National Law Journal, Top Verdicts of 2016, $22,200,000
- Super Lawyers®
- Named to Mid-South Super Lawyers list, Civil Litigation: Defense, 2018-2023
- Named to the Mid-South Super Lawyers list, Top 100 Lawyers in Tennessee, 2022-2023
- Named to the Mid-South Super Lawyers list, Top 50 Women Lawyers in the Southeast, 2022-2023
- Named to Mid-South Rising Stars List, Civil Litigation: Defense, 2010-2017
Local
- Best of the Bar, Nashville Business Journal, 2016-2024
- Women of Influence, Nashville Business Journal, 2023
- Top 40 Under 40, Nashville Business Journal, 2017
- Fellow, Tennessee Bar Foundation, 2019
- Fellow, Nashville Bar Foundation, 2015
- President's Award, Nashville Bar Association, 2015
- Legal Aid Society, Volunteer Lawyers Program Pro Bono Leadership Award, 2014
- Nashville Bar Association Young Lawyers Division, Enterprise Award, 2007
- Maryville College Kin Takahashi Award for Young Alumni, 2006
- Tennessee Bar Association
- Leadership Law Program, Class of 2014
- Nashville Bar Association
- Past President, 2018
- Young Lawyers Division Past President, 2014
- Nashville Bar Foundation
- President
- Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands
- Board of Directors
- 2019 Campaign for Equal Justice Chair
- Tennessee Lawyer’s Fund for Client Protection
- Past Chair, 2020-2021
- Harry Phillips American Inn of Court
- Belmont University College of Law Dean's Advisory Council
- Lawyers’ Association for Women, Marion Griffin Chapter
- Maryville College Board of Directors
- Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel
- Young Leaders Council, Class 45
- Presenter, “Federal Courts,” Nashville Bar Foundation Leadership Forum, 11 January 2023
- Presenter, “How to Break-Up with Your Worst Client,” Lawyers’ Association for Women, Marion Griffin Chapter, 15 February 2022
- Presenter, “Litigation Alternatives,” International Trademark Association Roundtable, 21 June 2017
- Presenter, “Making the Most of Discovery: What You Don’t Know Can Come Back to Haunt You,” Tennessee Bar Association, 7 April 2016
- Presenter, “Making the Most of Discovery: What You Don’t Know Can Come Back to Haunt You,” Tennessee Bar Association, 2 April 2015
- “The World Trade Organization Slips Up: A Critique of the World Trade Organization’s Dispute Settlement Understanding Through the European Union Banana Dispute,” Tennessee Law Review, Vol. 69, 2002
- A Nashville Business Journal article notes Erin Palmer Polly was recognized among the publication’s 2023 “Women of Influence” winners.
- A Nashville Business Journal (online) article notes Nashville partners Kim Looney and Erin Palmer Polly were recognized among the publication’s 2022 Best of the Bar honorees.
- Mentioned, "In Charge 2022: Legal," Nashville Post, 23 April 2022
- "Announcing the 2021 Best of the Bar honorees," Nashville Business Journal, 21 May 2021
