About William

Bill Harbison is a member of Sherrard & Roe and works primarily in the areas of corporate law and trusts and estates. He also handles litigation in those same practice categories. Mr. Harbison is a 1980 graduate of Harvard Law School, cum laude. He received his bachelor's degree with highest honors in English from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1977. He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa. Mr. Harbison is listed in The Best Lawyers of America. He is a member of the American Bar Association, the Tennessee Bar Association and the Nashville Bar Association, and served as President of the Nashville Bar Association in 1999. He was Secretary of the Tennessee Bar Association from 2002 to 2004 and is currently serving as general counsel to the Tennessee Bar Association. He is a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, the Tennessee Bar Foundation and the Nashville Bar Foundation. He was president of the Nashville Bar Foundation in 2002 through 2006. He is a member of the Nashville Estate Planning Council, and served as President of that organization in 1988-1989. Mr. Harbison recently was selected by the Tennessee Supreme Court to serve on the Board of Professional Responsibility Advisory Committee. He is a hearing panel member for the Tennessee Board of Professional Responsibility. He has published several articles in the Tennessee Bar Journal, and is a frequent lecturer for the Tennessee and Nashville Bar Associations. He received the Joseph W. Henry award for outstanding legal writing from the Tennessee Bar Association in 1985. Mr. Harbison is also active in several community and civic organizations. From 1994 to 1998, Mr. Harbison was a member of the Nashville Metropolitan Planning Commission. Woodward/White ”The Best Lawyers In America“ (Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation & Trusts and Estates) 2008-2010 Business Tennessee Magazine "150 Best Lawyers" 2010 The Best of the U.S., LLC (Trusts and Estates, Tax Law and Commercial Litigation)2006-2008 Nashville Business Journal's "Best of The Bar" 2008-2009 The Chambers USA Guide (Litigation: General Commercial) 2006-2007 Mid-South Super Lawyers (Estate Planning & Probate) 2006-2008 The Best Attorneys Network - Commercial/Business Litigation & Wills 2007-2008 Tennessee Bar Foundation, Fellow, 2004-Present Tennessee Bar Journal ”Pro Bono Honor Roll“ 2001-2002

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Education

• Harvard University, J.D., graduated 1980

Bar Admissions

• Tennessee, Tennessee Bar Association

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