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Edward M. Yarbrough

Bone McAllester Norton PLLC
  • Recognized Since:
    1987
  • Recognized in:
    Criminal Defense: General Practice
    Criminal Defense: White-Collar...
  • Website:
    http://www.bonelaw.com
  • E-mail:
    eyarbrough@bonelaw.com
  • Languages:
    English
  • Location:
    Nashville City Center, Suite 1600
    511 Union Street
    Nashville, TN 37219
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When it comes to civil and criminal cases, Edward M. Yarbrough is the attorney you want on your side. A former United States Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee, he is an award-winning lawyer with more than 40 years of experience. Ed practices Criminal Defense and Government Investigations, Personal Injury Law and Litigation and Dispute Resolution at Bone McAllester Norton.  

Ed has tried more than 150 jury cases to verdict, including more than 40 homicide cases. He has served as both prosecuting attorney and defense attorney in matters involving white collar crime, wrongful death, personal injury, public corruption and a variety of criminal charges at the state and federal levels. “The most satisfying experiences come from representing individuals whose lives and fortunes were on the line in court,” he said. “Winning their cases is the greatest possible thrill in the legal profession. One of my heroes is Gen. George S. Patton, who said, ‘Americans love a winner and will not tolerate a loser.’”  

Prior to Ed’s appointment as U.S. Attorney in 2007, he was in private practice for 31 years. He has also served as an assistant district attorney for Davidson County, Tennessee. Ed’s success has earned him numerous listings among the nation’s top lawyers, like SuperLawyers and Best Lawyers in America for more than 25 years, as well as awards from the Nashville Business Journal and the Nashville Post.  

He has been elected a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. In 2011, he received the first Criminal Justice Section Service Award from the Tennessee Bar Association. And the Nashville Bar Association awarded him with the Jack C. Norman Sr. award for excellence in criminal law.  

While in college, Ed served as editor-in-chief of the student newspaper, The Sou’wester. That experience taught him that law and politics were at the epicenter of American life and that a career in the legal profession would keep him in the thick of the action. The desire to be on the front lines served him well as an infantry lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He was a ceremonial platoon leader at Arlington National Cemetery and received the Bronze Star and Combat Infantry Badge for his service in Vietnam.    

Ed graduated from Vanderbilt School of Law and Rhodes College. The most important things to him are faith, family and work, in that order. He and his wife, Cindy, have three children, Charles, Robert and Allison. An active caver, he has been exploring caves since the age of 15 across the United States, in Mexico and in Honduras. He also enjoys taking photographs, particularly of his caving expeditions, with his Nikon cameras. His photography collection consists of more than 17,000 Kodachrome slides and more than 6,000 negatives.
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When it comes to civil and criminal cases, Edward M. Yarbrough is the attorney you want on your side. A former United States Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee, he is an award-winning lawyer with more than 40 years of experience. Ed practices Criminal Defense and Government Investigations, Personal Injury Law and Litigation and Dispute Resolution at Bone McAllester Norton.  

Ed has tried more than 150 jury cases to verdict, including more than 40 homicide cases. He has served as both prosecuting attorney and defense attorney in matters involving white collar crime, wrongful death, personal injury, public corruption and a variety of criminal charges at the state and federal levels. “The most satisfying experiences come from representing individuals whose lives and fortunes were on the line in court,” he said. “Winning their cases is the greatest possible thrill in the legal profession. One of my heroes is Gen. George S. Patton, who said, ‘Americans love a winner and will not tolerate a loser.’”  

Prior to Ed’s appointment as U.S. Attorney in 2007, he was in private practice for 31 years. He has also served as an assistant district attorney for Davidson County, Tennessee. Ed’s success has earned him numerous listings among the nation’s top lawyers, like SuperLawyers and Best Lawyers in America for more than 25 years, as well as awards from the Nashville Business Journal and the Nashville Post.  

He has been elected a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. In 2011, he received the first Criminal Justice Section Service Award from the Tennessee Bar Association. And the Nashville Bar Association awarded him with the Jack C. Norman Sr. award for excellence in criminal law.  

While in college, Ed served as editor-in-chief of the student newspaper, The Sou’wester. That experience taught him that law and politics were at the epicenter of American life and that a career in the legal profession would keep him in the thick of the action. The desire to be on the front lines served him well as an infantry lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He was a ceremonial platoon leader at Arlington National Cemetery and received the Bronze Star and Combat Infantry Badge for his service in Vietnam.    

Ed graduated from Vanderbilt School of Law and Rhodes College. The most important things to him are faith, family and work, in that order. He and his wife, Cindy, have three children, Charles, Robert and Allison. An active caver, he has been exploring caves since the age of 15 across the United States, in Mexico and in Honduras. He also enjoys taking photographs, particularly of his caving expeditions, with his Nikon cameras. His photography collection consists of more than 17,000 Kodachrome slides and more than 6,000 negatives.
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  • Education
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  • Lawyer of the Year Badge
  • Lawyer of the Year Badge

Education:

  • Rhodes College, BA, graduated 1967

Bar Admissions:

  • Tennessee, Tennessee Bar Association

Affiliations:

  • American Bar Association - Member
  • Nashville Bar Association - Former President; Former Board Member and Former Chair, Criminal Court Committee
  • Nashville Bar Foundation - Charter Fellow
  • Tennessee Bar Association - Fellow

Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers for:

  • Criminal Defense: White-Collar, Nashville (2014)
  • Criminal Defense: General Practice, Nashville (2012)
 

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America for work in:

  • Criminal Defense: General Practice
  • Criminal Defense: White-Collar
  • DUI / DWI Defense
 

Awards:

  • Nashville Criminal Defense: White Collar “Lawyer of the Year,” Best Lawyers in America, 2014
  • Nashville Criminal Defense: Non-White Collar “Lawyer of the Year,” Best Lawyers in America, 2012
  • Who’s Who in American Politics, 2012
  • Criminal Justice Section Service Award, Tennessee Bar Association, 2011
  • Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers, 2010
  • Jack C. Norman Sr. “Award for Excellence” for Criminal Law, Nashville Bar Association, 2010
  • In Charge List, Nashville Post, 2010-2013
  • "Best of the Bar," Nashville Business Journal, 2006
  • Best Lawyers in Nashville, Nashville Post, 2003
  • Best Lawyers, since 1987
  • AV© Rating, Martindale-Hubbell
  • Super Lawyers, 2006-2009, 2013

Special Focus:

  • Federal
  • Non-White-Collar Criminal Defense
  • Nonviolent Crimes
  • State
  • Violent Crimes
  • White-Collar Criminal Defense
 

Additional Information:

Practice Areas
  • Criminal Defense and Government Investigations
  • Litigation and Dispute Resolution
  • Personal Injury Law
 

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Firm Details

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Bone McAllester Norton PLLC
http://www.bonelaw.com
 
Headquarters
Nashville City Center, Suite 1600
511 Union Street
Nashville, TN 37219
(615) 238.6300
2 Office Locations
in 1 Country

United States

United States

Tennessee

Tennessee

Hendersonville, TN

Bluegrass Commons II, Suite 2370

100 Bluegrass Commons

Hendersonville, TN 37075

United States

(615) 822.8822

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