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Elijah Noel, Jr.

Practice Areas

Bankruptcy & Debt Restructuring Business Organizations & Corporations Commercial Litigation Labor & Employment Municipal Real Estate

 

East Memphis
6060 Primacy Parkway, Suite 100
Memphis, TN 38119

phone icon 901.525.1455 email icon enoel@harrisshelton.com

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  • Bio
  • Education
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  • Accolades

Elijah Noel, Jr. has practiced law for more than 40 years. He partners with his clients to achieve desired results cost-effectively and efficiently. His substantial experience, paired with his practical and strategic approach, is highly valued by those he represents.

Elijah’s current practice is focused on advice and litigation regarding employment law, banking law, property tax law, and medical negligence. He has also served as an appointed Delinquent Tax Attorney for Shelby County since 1995. In this role, he handles tax sales for delinquent property taxes, and he serves as lead counsel on behalf of the local governmental entities in bankruptcy court where property taxes are at issue.

Elijah is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School and the University of Pennsylvania Law School. He is admitted before the United Sates Supreme Court, the Sixth Circuit United States Court of Appeals, the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee, the Tennessee Supreme Court, and all other Tennessee state courts.

  • University of Pennsylvania, J.D., 1972
  • The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, B.S. in economics, 1969

Admitted to Practice

  • Tennessee, 1972

Bar Admissions

  • Tennessee, 1972

Awards and Recognition

  • AVVO rating – Very Good

Professional Organizations and Awards

  • Litigation Counsel of America, Fellow
  • Memphis Bar Association, member
  • National Bar Association, Ben F. Jones Chapter, member

Publicity

The following are among the reported decisions involving matters Mr. Noel has successfully handled throughout his career:

  • Labarre v. Memphis Light, Gas & Water Div., No. 04-2401 B, 2006 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 17441 (W.D. Tenn. Mar. 24, 2006) (Trial Court decision granting summary judgment in favor of client/employer in employment discrimination case)
  • Griffin v. Lester, 2005 Tenn. App. LEXIS 744, 2005 WL 3199279 (Tennessee Court of Appeals decision affirming decision in favor of client, and rejecting claim of title by adverse possession)
  • Hayes v. Memphis Light Gas & Water Div., 21 F. App’x 415 (6th Cir. 2001)( 6th Cir. Court of Appeals decision affirming grant of summary judgment in favor of client/employer in employment age discrimination case)
  • Nickell v. Memphis Light, Gas & Water Div., 16 F. App’x 401 (6th Cir. 2001)(6th Cir. Court of Appeals decision affirming grant of summary judgment in favor of client/employer in employment discrimination case alleging reverse discrimination)
  • Austin v. Memphis Light, Gas & Water Div., Case No. 96-6582, 1997 U.S. App. LEXIS 30540 (6th Cir. Nov. 5, 1997) (6th Cir. Court of Appeals decision affirming grant of summary judgment in favor of client/employer in employment discrimination case)
  • Wallace v. Bank of Bartlett, 55 F.3d 1166 (6th Cir. 1995) (6th Cir. Court of Appeals decision affirming grant of summary judgment in favor of bank client and other banks accused of antitrust violations)
  • Berry v. Sch. Dist., 442 F. Supp. 1280 (W.D. Mich. 1977) (Trial Court decision in class-action school desegregation case successfully prosecuted by Mr. Noel and other counsel on behalf the affected class)