Erin Palmer Polly

Practice Areas

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.

Professional Memberships

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

Publications

“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

Education