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Kodak, Tennessee  37764 
The Offices at Water’s Edge,
608 Mabry Hood Road,
Knoxville, Tennessee 37932

Email: eratliff@ratlifflawfirm.com
 Phone: (865) 932-3441 
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Eric S. Ratliff, Esq : Eric Ratliff is a native of Southwest Virginia, and currently resides in Sevierville, Tennessee , with his wife, Stephanie, and their baby girl, Shelby Kay. For the past several years, he has advised and worked with numerous financial institutions to create solutions for their clients on issues relating to international and domestic tax, estate and business planning. Eric is the pioneer to the “team” approach to tax, estate and business planning, adding value to financial institution’s relationships with their clients by creating an environment where the client’s existing advisors and Eric work together equally for the common goal of providing the best answer to any tax, estate or business problems and structuring such plans for continuation through generations. This includes the client’s financial advisors, attorneys, accountants and welcomed family members participating in the process to ensure its success.

Unique to Ratliff Law Firm is that Eric provides international licensing. Eric is one of a few practitioners in the Southeastern United States that is both admitted to practice in the United States as well as the United Kingdom and Wales by way of studies at Oxford University. Through the lawyer’s practice directive, Eric is qualified to represent clients on location in EU member nations on all issues except local law (conveyancing and probate).

Eric’s representative engagements span from representing clients with common estate planning issues to representing clients with multi-million dollar estates. Eric also represents small businesses, intermediate-sized businesses and multi-national entities to lower their global tax rate by creating entities and mechanisms for global fiscal strategies and succession.

Also, to further advance his practice of law and finance, Eric is an adjunct professor in the Walter and Dorothy Diamond Master of Laws Program in International and Domestic Taxation taught at the Thomas Jefferson School of Law in San Diego, California.  He is also a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) candidate.

Finally, in his spare time, Eric enjoys attending church, is an avid collector of muscle cars and a drag racer. He is currently creating a “green” muscle car; a 1969 Chevrolet Nova that will be powered by a Duramax Diesel engine. Other cars he enjoys include a 1968 Shelby Mustang, 1969 Mustang Fastback, and a 1966 Cobra. Eric trains in Mixed Martial Arts, including Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Muay Thai Boxing, American Boxing, Tai Kwon Do, and Judo. To his credit, he has these activities as a hobby while having been an insulin-dependent diabetic for more than 30 years.

Email: eratliff@ratlifflawfirm.com

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