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Eric Stansell is an attorney and business consultant who lives in Nashville, Tennessee. In his practice he works primarily with clients seeking assistance in regulatory matters, especially in the field of insurance regulation, but also occasionally takes on clients in certain civil and business-oriented matters.

Stansell’s governmental experience includes being a former attorney for the State of Tennessee, during which time he worked to protect citizens and consumers by way of regulating insurance companies and health maintenance organizations (HMOs), as well as through his work with the Division for Consumer Affairs, the state’s consumer protection agency. Additionally, throughout his academic career Stansell expressed a great interest in public service, as evidenced by a number of governmental internships, including stints in both the Governor’s Office for the State of Tennessee and the Office of Cabinet Affairs at The White House under President Bill Clinton.

Stansell received his law degree and M.B.A. (concentration in Finance) in 2001 from the University of Tennessee. He served as Administrative Editor for Transactions Tennessee Business Law Journal, worked with the Volunteer Tax Assistance Program and was a member of both the Tennessee Student Bar Association and the Tennessee Organization of MBAs.

During his time in law school and business school, Stansell spent time at the University of Bonn, Germany, studying the relationship between European nations and their relationships with the United States, and also traveled with members of his business school class to Santiago, Chile to meet with business leaders and learn more about the Chilean economy and its recent changes.

Prior to his graduate studies, Stansell received his B.A. in College Scholars (emphases in Political Science and Economics) from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, in 1997. During his undergraduate studies, Stansell was involved in a number of extracurricular pursuits, including serving in a number of positions in student government and as a summer orientation leader, and was elected to numerous honor societies. Through a study abroad program, he spent a semester at the University of Oxford, England, studying political science, economics, history and art history from a European perspective.

Stansell financed his entire undergraduate education through scholarship awards, including being named a Whittle Scholar and a National Merit Scholar, and financed a significant amount of his graduate education through scholarships awarded by both the College of Law and the College of Business Administration.

Stansell grew up in Athens, Tennessee, where he attended public schools throughout his educational career. In high school, he was involved in several clubs and other activities, serving in a leadership capacity for many organizations. Among other awards, Stansell received varsity letters in soccer, wrestling and track, and won numerous extemporaneous speaking tournaments.

His immediate family includes his mother, Jo Stansell, brother Marcus Stansell, sister Monica Howard, brother-in-law Frank Howard, and nephew Bradley Stansell. His mother taught in public schools for thirty-two years, and his late father, Eddie Stansell, taught in public schools for twenty years before starting his own small business, from which he retired some thirty years later.

Stansell has a keen interest in history and science (especially astronomy and cosmology), collects political memorabilia and enjoys travel.

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