Eric Osborne Named Recipient of Nashville Bar Journal’s Article of the Year Award
December 15, 2024 | Aimee Moore
Firm member Eric Osborne was honored with the Nashville Bar Journal’s Article of the Year Award for his feature on “Democracy, The Justice Gap, and Preserving the Rule of Law,” co-authored by DarKenya Waller, Executive Director of the Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands, and published in the Summer 2024 issue of the Nashville Bar Journal. Eric and DarKenya presented the article as a CLE topic earlier this year at the Nashville Bar Association’s Voices of Democracy Law Day.
The Article of the Year Award recognizes “excellence in research and writing and is presented annually to the author(s) of a substantive article published in the Nashville Bar Journal while exhibiting originality, relevance to the local legal community, and timeliness.” The award was presented to Eric and DarKenya at the Nashville Bar Association’s Annual Banquet & Awards Program on Thursday, December 12, 2024. Sherrard Roe was a proud sponsor of the event.
Eric Osborne focuses his practice on contract disputes, white-collar criminal defense, antitrust, and civil rights cases. He has briefed multiple matters before the Supreme Court of the United States and has tried over a dozen jury trials. For the last five years he has served on the Emerging Leaders Council for Legal Services Corporation (LSC), the “independent nonprofit entity to which Congress allocates funding to ensure that civil legal services are made available in every county of the United States,” bringing attention to the Justice Gap and the lack of funding for legal aid. He teaches Contracts at Nashville School of Law and has served on multiple local and national boards. He is a graduate of Amherst College, Princeton Theological Seminary, and Stanford Law School.
The Nashville Bar Journal is the Nashville Bar Association’s quarterly magazine published in print and online platforms for bar association members. It delivers relevant and up-to-date information to attorneys and legal professionals across the Nashville area. It contains information that increases knowledge of Tennessee Law, improves law practice, and keeps members informed of current issues relevant to the Nashville legal community. For more information, please visit www.nashvillebar.org
