Glassman, Wyatt, Tuttle & Cox PC is pleased to announce that partner Ed Wallis has been selected as a Fellow in the American Bar Foundation, an honor limited to no more than 1% of attorneys licensed in the state of Tennessee.

ABF Fellows are a global honorary society of attorneys, judges, law faculty, and legal scholars whose public and private careers have demonstrated outstanding dedication to the highest principles of the legal profession. An eligible Fellows nominee is someone who has demonstrated extraordinary leadership in the legal profession.

The purpose of The Fellows is to support the program of the American Bar Foundation and to contribute to the attainment of the objectives for which the Foundation was organized, including: the study, improvement, and facilitation of the administration of justice and the rule of law; the promotion of the study of law and research thereon; the continuing education of lawyers and judges; the publication and distribution of addresses, reports, treatises, and other works on legal subjects; the maintenance of a law library and research center; and the promotion of suitable standards of legal education

The number of State Fellows in each jurisdiction shall not exceed one percent (1%) of the lawyer population (as defined below) of such jurisdiction

Each Fellow must be recognized as a person of outstanding achievement and of high character in the jurisdiction or nation in which such Fellow practices or is entitled to practice as a lawyer, judge, teacher, or legal scholar. State Fellows, Fellows-At-Large, and Honorary Fellows who are citizens of the United States, must have demonstrated their dedication to (a) the objectives of the ABA as set out in its Constitution, (b) upholding and defending the Constitution of the United States, (c) maintaining the ideals of representative government and the rule of law, (d) advancing the science of jurisprudence, (e) promoting the administration of justice and uniformity of legislation and judicial decisions through-out the United States, (f) upholding the honor of the judicial and legal professions, and (g) applying knowledge and experience in the field of law to the promotion of public good.

Shareholder Ed Wallis is an AV Rated attorney, Super Lawyer for the tenth straight year in the fields of General Litigation, Business Litigation, Construction Litigation, Professional Liability Defense, and Product Personal Injury Defense and is listed as a Best Attorneys in America. He handles some of the firm’s largest business litigation, professional liability, transportation and construction defect matters, including multi-million dollar claims. He has likewise defended a number of clients that have been sued for millions of dollars and achieved successful resolutions including via arguments before the Sixth Circuit and Eighth Circuit Courts of Appeals and State and Federal Courts across the country. Ed frequently is called on to assist the firm’s business and corporate related clients in business litigation in state and federal courts. He is actively involved in the natiowide group of attorneys, the Themis Advocates Group.