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Jeffrey  P.  Yarbro
Associate
Nashville
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Education
University of Virginia - J.D., 2004
Harvard University - A.B., 1999

Court Admissions
U.S. District Court, Middle and Eastern Districts of Tennessee, 2006
U.S. Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit, 2006

Bar Admissions
Tennessee, 2005

Memberships
Nashville, Tennessee and American Bar Associations

Honors & Distinctions
Listed in: NashvillePost's Law Leaders Rising, 2012; Nashville Business Journal's "Forty Under 40", 2011
Editor-in-Chief, Virginia Law Review, 2003-2004
Order of the Coif
Thomas Marshall Miller Prize
Roy H. and Mary Claiborne Ritter Prize, 2004
Law Clerk to Hon. Gilbert S. Merritt, United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, 2004-2005



Jeff's practice is focused on complex civil, securities and class action litigation and the representation of clients in connection with governmental investigations and regulatory proceedings.

Representative Matters include:
  • Member of trial team representing Genesco Inc. in $1.3 billion breach of contract action against The Finish Line, Inc. relating to the scope of a material adverse effect (MAE) clause;
  • Counsel in putative nationwide class action lawsuit alleging violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act;
  • Litigation team member in the successful defense of numerous shareholder actions to enjoin merger and leveraged buyout transactions;
  • Lead trial and appellate counsel in the representation of a Tennessee death row inmate, which resulted in the overturning of the death sentence by the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals.

A native of Dyersburg, Tennessee, Jeff received a B.A. from Harvard University and graduated from the University of Virginia School of Law. During law school, Jeff served as the editor-in-chief of the Virginia Law Review. Upon graduation, he received the Thomas Marshall Miller Prize, awarded to an outstanding member of the graduating class. He also received the Roy H. and Mary Claiborne Ritter Prize and was elected to the Order of the Coif and the Raven Society. Prior to joining the firm, Jeff served as a law clerk to Judge Gilbert Merritt of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

Jeff is actively involved in the community. He serves as the co-chair of the Metro Nashville Public Schools' working group to transform high school education and is one of the founding board members of East End Prep, a charter elementary school. He has served as an education policy adviser to Nashville Mayor Karl Dean. In connection with his work in public education, he received the PENCIL Foundation's Volunteer of the Year award for 2010-11. Jeff is also the Vice-Chair of the Board of Directors and Chair of the Finance Committee for the Metropolitan Transit Authority. He is a veteran of Al Gore's presidential campaign and Harold Ford, Jr.'s campaign for U.S. Senate and remains active in state and local politics. In 2011, Jeff was selected as one of the "Forty Under 40" honorees by the Nashville Business Journal.