Brandon Fersten

Brandon Fersten is a criminal, DUI and juvenile defense attorney in Knoxville, Tennessee, and the owner of Barnes & Fersten, PLLC. His work takes him into general sessions, criminal and juvenile courts, with representation spanning negotiations, hearings, bench trials and jury trials.

His firm biography identifies jury acquittals in two specific matters: a vehicular homicide by intoxication case in Sevier County and a DUI case in Knox County. It also reports a juvenile transfer hearing in which the state’s request to have the juvenile tried as an adult was denied. His National College for DUI Defense profile describes a separate Criminal Court appeal that resulted in reversal of a trial court ruling.

Fersten’s legal education was at the University of Tennessee College of Law, where he graduated magna cum laude with a concentration in Advocacy & Dispute Resolution. He received CALI Excellence for the Future awards in Advanced Criminal Law, Negotiation and Advocacy Clinic. In 2020, he received the Jerry P. Black Jr. Student Clinic Attorney Award. Before law school, he earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of South Florida. His subsequent training includes completion of the Tennessee Criminal Defense Trial College.

Fersten serves as Tennessee’s state delegate for the National College for DUI Defense. His firm also lists memberships in the Knoxville Bar Association, the Tennessee Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.