Faculty Profile: Eric Fuller

Eric A. Fuller joined the Board of Professional Responsibility in January 2022. Before joining the Board, he was a civil litigator in the Tennessee Attorney General’s office for almost 10 years. As a Senior Assistant Attorney General in the Civil Law Division, Eric practiced in the Tennessee Claims Commission and in federal and state courts across Tennessee, defending the State, State employees, and State agencies in complex tort litigation, negligence claims, premises liability actions, workers’ compensation claims, medical malpractice claims, and federal § 1983 claims alleging constitutional violations.

Prior to working for the State of Tennessee, Eric worked in private practice in Nashville, primarily in plaintiff’s personal injury and worker’s compensation litigation. His additional previous experience includes clerking for a trial court judge in Ypsilanti, Michigan and working in the prosecuting attorney’s office in Charlevoix, Michigan. 

Eric is a former enlisted U.S. Marine and Army National Guard infantry officer who served in Scotland, Spain, and Italy. In 2010, he deployed to Iraq as an infantry platoon leader with the 278th Armored Calvary Regiment. He retired from the National Guard in 2019 as a company commander and held the rank of captain.

Eric grew up in Michigan and attended Michigan State University as an undergraduate. He received his law degree from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor in 1999.