Faculty Profile: Tracy Edmundson

Tracy has represented both large and small business clients, in private practice and as General Counsel/Chief Legal Officer at a mid-market medical device manufacturer and distributor. In addition to advising on all legal matters impacting his clients, Tracy has also managed the Quality Assurance/Regulatory Affairs and Safety/Risk Management departments during his in-house employment and continues to help his clients design, implement, and meet various legal and regulatory compliance obligations. He is a licensed Patent Attorney and routinely counsels clients on strategies relating to the protection of, transactions involving, and potential litigation related to intellectual property assets and, guides them on how to minimize the intellectual property risks associated with such activities. He also takes a particular interest in the product realization process and his clients' electronic presence on the web and in social media.

Tracy's knowledge of business operations and management allows him to integrate solid legal advice into his clients' business and financial objectives. As a legal advisor, Tracy's primary objective is to identify a client's primary business objectives and strategies and utilize his legal expertise to facilitate the implementation of those strategies in order to achieve the client's objectives. His experience includes providing legal advice and ongoing corporate support for the establishment of holding companies and operating entities in the Netherlands, Ireland, the U.K., Hong Kong, China, Brazil, the Dominican Republic, Guatemala and Costa Rica, among others.

Tracy has routinely worked with in-house and private practice counsel in the formation and leadership of the Knoxville Bar Association's Corporate Counsel Section and has been a speaker in numerous seminars relating to business law, litigation and intellectual property. He also routinely speaks at the University of Tennessee College of Law in the Technology Law course, the Haslam College of Business in the Graduate Marketing program and has taught contract drafting at U.T. as an adjunct professor. He has also voluntarily advised businesses in the incubator stage with respect to regulatory and intellectual property issues.

In addition to his legal practice, Tracy is active in the community. He is a member of the Episcopal Church of the Ascension and has serviced in various leadership roles and ministries during the past nearly 30 years of membership. He also volunteers and supports various charities in Knoxville including Legal Aid of East Tennessee, the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, FISH Hospitality Pantries, the Knoxville Zoo, and others.