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Justin Faith Honored as Fellow of American Bar Foundation

Gearhiser, Peters, Elliott, & Cannon, PLLC

GPEC attorney Justin Faith was recently honored and named as a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation (ABF).


The ABF is an honorary organization of distinguished attorneys, judges, law faculty, and legal scholars who have demonstrated outstanding leadership in the profession and service to society. Faith was nominated by his Tennessee lawyer peers and selected by the ABF Board, where membership is strictly limited to only 1% of lawyers licensed to practice in each jurisdiction. The ABF is a seventy-year old impartial and non-partisan nonprofit, independent research institute which supports and advances the most pressing and cutting edge legal research issues facing the legal system.


Faith focuses his practice on civil business litigation and estate litigation. Faith has been involved in bar leadership at the local, state, and national level and has been recognized as a Super Lawyers®️ Rising Star in Business Litigation for the past several years. Faith earned his law degree from the University of Tennessee College of Law and his bachelor’s degree from the University of Louisville.

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