Aubrey B Harwell Jr

Product Liability Litigation, Intersection of Business & Government, Litigation, White-Collar Criminal Defense

Aubrey B. Harwell Jr., who serves as the Adams & Reese White-Collar Criminal Defense Team Leader, has more than 50 years of experience as lead counsel in high-stakes, white-collar criminal defense and high-profile, crisis management cases that have garnered national media attention. Aubrey’s clients include top private corporate clients, and prominent public officials, including judges, governors, congressmen, state senators, mayors, and state attorneys general.

Aubrey represented former San Francisco 49ers owner Eddie DeBartolo, in numerous matters, including a completed federal criminal case involving former Louisiana Gov. Edwin Edwards, in regard to a Presidential Pardon. On the corporate side, Aubrey has represented the likes of Pfizer, Ford Motor Company, General Motors Company, Bridgestone Americas, Rheem Manufacturing Company, CNA Insurance Company, and Pilot Flying J – the sixth largest private company in the country – regarding a myriad of issues arising out of the execution of a search warrant on the corporate offices in Knoxville, by approximately 100 Federal agents in 2013.

Before joining Adams & Reese, Aubrey co-founded Neal & Harwell, leading a firm that has become a staple in the Nashville community for more than 50 years.

American Bar Association; Tennessee Bar Association; Nashville Bar Association - Fellow; American Board of Trial Advocates; Litigation Counsel of America, The Trial Lawyer Honorary Society