Eli Hardin

Eli obtained an undergraduate degree in Political Science with a minor in Biblical Studies from Gardner-Webb University in 2018.  He graduated as a member of the Pi Sigma Alpha honors society and received the William H. Withrow Political Science Award.  Eli then attended Wake Forest University School of Law on the Charles P. Rose Scholarship and graduated in 2021.  During law school he received high honors in both Trial Practice and Mediation and obtained his North Carolina Mediation Certification.  While at Wake Forest he also served as the president of the Christian Legal Society.

A North Carolina native, Eli practiced at a western North Carolina firm in the civil litigation division upon graduation.  He moved to Knoxville in 2022 and joined Hodges, Doughty & Carson thereafter as a civil litigation associate.  Eli enjoys spending time with his fiancée Caroline, a Knox County native, as well as playing golf, hiking, reading, and visiting his family in North Carolina.