Albert J. Harb

Albert J. Harb received his undergraduate degree with honors from the University of Tennessee in 1974. He completed his legal education at the University of Tennessee in 1979. He maintains a diversified trial practice including commercial, construction, product liability, and personal injury litigation. In addition to his trial practice, Mr. Harb has a diversified corporate and commercial business practice. Mr. Harb is a fellow of the Knoxville Bar Foundation and Tennessee Bar Foundation. Mr. Harb has been conferred the rank of Advocate with the American Board of Trial Advocates and has been selected for membership in LitigationCounsel of America. He has served as a member of the House of Delegates of the Tennessee Bar Associations. He is also a member of the Dean’s Circle of the University of Tennessee College of Law. He is listed in Best Lawyers in America (Construction and Personal Injury Law), Best Lawyers Consumer Guide, Who’s Who American Law, and he was selected as one of the best commercial litigation and best personal injury lawyers in America by Best of the U.S. LLC. Mr. Harb has been honored in City View magazine as one of the best lawyers in Knoxville in personal injury and construction law.

Areas of Practice

• Commercial Litigation
• Construction Law
• Business transactions
• Corporate Law
• Personal Injury – Plaintiff
• Product Liability
• Civil Litigation
• Wrongful Death – Plaintiff

Litigation Percentage

• 50% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Bar Admissions

• Tennessee, 1979
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Tennessee
• U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit

Education

• University of Tennessee College of Law, Knoxville, Tennessee J.D. – 1979
• University of Tennessee B.S. – 1974 Honors: With Honors

Classes/Seminars

• Masters in Trial, Presented by The Tennessee Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates, Knoxville, Tennessee
• Advanced Construction Law in Tennessee, National Business Institute
• Property Tax in Tennessee, Lorman Education Services, Knoxville, TN
• Advanced Personal Injury Practice in Tennessee, National Business Institute

Honors and Awards

• Listed in Best Lawyers in America, Best Lawyers Consumer Guide
• Selected as one of the Best Commercial Litigation and Best Personal Injury Lawyers in America by Best of the U.S. LLC, July 2006
• Outstanding Lawyers of America
• Ramallah Club of Knoxville – President
• WDVX – Board of Directors
• Riverbend Homeowners Association – President
• Peninsula Club – President
• Leadership Knoxville 2004
• Cityview 2011 Top Knoxville Attorney – Personal Injury-Automobile Accidents
• Best Lawyers in America 2012 – Construction Law & Litigation-Construction
• Mid-South Super Lawyers 2012 – Construction/Surety
• Cityview 2012 Top Knoxville Attorney – Construction Law, Personal Injury – Auto Accident – Plaintiff
• Best Lawyers in America 2013 – Construction Law & Litigation – Construction
• Super Lawyers 2013 – Construction, Real Estate & Environmental – Construction/Surety
• Mid-South Super Lawyers 2013 – Construction/Surety
• Best Lawyers in America 2014 – Construction Law, Litigation-Construction
• Cityview 2014 Top Knoxville Attorney – Personal Injury – General Plaintiff, Contract Law, Civil Litigation
• Mid-South Super Lawyers 2014 — Construction Litigation
• Best Lawyers in America 2015 – Construction Law, Litigation-Construction
• Cityview 2015 Top Knoxville Attorney – Business Litigation, Product Liability – Plaintiff, Personal Injury – General – Plaintiff, Corporate Law, Contract Law, Construction Law, Civil Litigation, Business/Commercial Law
• Mid-South Super Lawyers 2015 – Constriction Litigation
• Best Lawyers in America Lawyer of the Year 2016 – Construction Law
• Best Lawyers in America 2016 – Construction Law, Litigation-Construction. Listed as Best Lawyer since 2009.
• Cityview 2016 Top Knoxville Attorney – Personal Injury-General-Plaintiff, Business/Commercial Law, Personal Injury-Motorcycle Accident-Plaintiff, and Construction Law
• Mid-South Super Lawyers 2016 – Construction Litigation
• Best Lawyers in America 2017 – Construction Law, Litigation-Construction
• Mid-South Super Lawyers 2017 – Construction Litigation
• Cityview 2018 Top Knoxville Attorney – Construction Law
• Best Lawyers in America 2018 – Construction Law, Litigation-Construction

Professional Associations and Memberships

• The Association of Trial Lawyers of America
• American Board of Trial Advocates (Advocate)
• Tennessee Trial Lawyer Association
• Tennessee Association of Construction Counsel
• Fellow, Tennessee Bar Foundation
• University of Tennessee College of Law Dean’s Circle
• Knoxville Bar Association
• Tennessee Bar Association
• Litigation Counsel of America
• Fellow, Knoxville Bar Foundation