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E. Bruce  Foster, Jr.
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Knoxville
P:(865) 521-0364
F:(865) 521-6234
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Education
University of Tennessee - J.D., 1958
University of Tennessee - B.S., 1956

Bar Admissions
Tennessee, 1958

Memberships
Knoxville Bar Association (President, 1980-1981)
Tennessee Bar Associations
American Judicature Society
American Inns of Court

Honors & Distinctions
Listed in: The Best Lawyers in America® (Knoxville Corporate Lawyer of the Year for 2009)
Certified as Rule 31 Mediator, Tennessee Commission on Alternative Dispute Resolution
Member, Mediator Panel, USDC ED, Tennessee
Member, Lex Mundi College of Mediators
Fellow, Tennessee Bar Foundation
Fellow, Knoxville Bar Foundation
Member, Tennessee Appellate Court Nominating Commission, 1985-1991
Delegate, 1977 Tennessee Limited Constitutional Convention
Phi Delta Phi



Bruce Foster has practiced in the Bass, Berry & Sims office in Knoxville since it opened in 1991. His practice concentrates on general business law, litigation matters and mediation.  Bruce earned B.S. and J.D. degrees from the University of Tennessee.  He served as president of the Knoxville Bar Association and president of the Young Lawyers Conference of the Tennessee Bar Association and as a member of the Tennessee Appellate Court Nominating Commission.  He served in the Tennessee State Constitutional Convention of 1977, and from 1980-81, he served as an appointed Special Justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court.  Bruce is a member of the Tennessee Supreme Court Historical Society, the Lex Mundi College of Mediators and the Hamilton Burnett Inn of the American Inns of Court, which has designated him Master of the Bench.  He is a mediator certified by the Tennessee Supreme Court under Rule 31, and certified by the US District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee.  Bruce has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America® since 1987.