Mr. Leibowitz graduated from the University of Tennessee College of Law in 1969 and has practiced law in Knoxville since 1970. He taught trial practice at the University of Tennessee College of Law from 1970-1972. He is admitted to practice law in all Tennessee State Courts and The Federal Courts for Eastern and Middle Tennessee as well as the Federal Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. Mr. Leibowitz was a founding partner in the law firm of Leibowitz & Cohen and now has founded the Leibowitz Law Firm, PLLC.

Mr. Leibowitz is a Federal Court approved mediator and he served pro bono for 15 years as General Counsel to the Knoxville Bar Association.

Mr. Leibowitz is a Fellow of the Knoxville Bar Foundation. He is a member of the KBA Professionalism Committee and the Tennessee Bar Association Legislative Committee. Mr. Leibowitz has served as a Hearing Committee Member for the Board of Professional Responsibility. He is a member of the Tennessee Association for Justice and the Hamilton Burnett American Inn of Court.

Mr. Leibowitz received the Knoxville Bar Association Presidents Award in 2000 for outstanding performance and dedicated service to the Bar.

Education:

University of Tennessee Bachelor of Science, 1968

University of Tennessee College of Law, Juris Doctorate, 1969

Military:

Served as Sergeant, Military Police, USAR

Served as Captain, Judge Advocate General’s Corp, USAR

Admitted:

All Tennessee State Courts

United States District Courts for Eastern and Middle Tennessee

United States Circuit Court of Appeals (Sixth Circuit)

Member:

Fellow of the Knoxville Bar Foundation

Knoxville Bar Association

Tennessee Bar Association

American Bar Association

Hamilton Burnett American Inn of Court

Tennessee Commission on Holocaust Education

Civic and Professional Activities:

Founding member of the Board of Directors of The Community Bank of East Tennessee in Clinton, Tennessee

Chairman and CEO of Inductive Signature Technologies, Inc.

Past Chairman of the Board of Heska Amuna Synagogue

Past Chairman of the Board of Child and Family Services of Tennessee, Inc.

Past Member of Knox County Growth Policy Planning Commission

Past Member of the Institutional Review Board, Thompson Cancer Survival Center

Past Member of the Governor’s Round Table

Formerly served on United States Palestinian Business Advisory Group by appointment through the United States Department of State and United States Department of Commerce