Doug Overbey (born December 11, 1954)[3] is an American lawyer and former politician who served as the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Tennessee from 2017 to 2021.

Prior to becoming a state senator, Overbey served in the Tennessee House of Representatives from 2000 to 2008.

[5] Overbey graduated magna cum laude from Carson-Newman College in 1976 with a Bachelor of Arts degree and first in his class from the University of Tennessee College of Law, in 1979, where he was named to the Order of the Coif and the Phi Delta Phi, Roosevelt Inn, Graduate of the Year.

He is the only lay person to serve as President of the Standing Committee of the Diocese of East Tennessee.

On January 13, 2009, Overbey was sworn in as Tennessee State Senator for the Eighth District, representing Blount and Sevier Counties.