Bass, Berry & Sims Attorneys Among 500 Top Lawyers in America
Nashville, Tenn., October 22, 2008 – Bass, Berry & Sims partners James H. Cheek, III, R. Dale Grimes and Leigh Walton have been named among the 500 leading lawyers in America by Lawdragon, a national online and print legal-services information company. They are the only Tennessee attorneys so honored, and were selected from more than 1 million lawyers across the country.
The Lawdragon 500 covers a broad spectrum of the legal profession – private attorneys, in-house counsel, law professors, judges, prosecutors, government attorneys, public interest lawyers and Supreme Court Justices, and “features the most talented, respected and influential professionals handling the biggest legal matters of the year.” The list was selected from nearly 10,000 law firm submissions and online votes, as well as research by Lawdragon’s editorial staff.
Jim Cheek represents a number of public companies as well as investment banking firms in a wide variety of capital raising and merger and acquisition activities. He also acts as counsel for boards of directors and board committees on matters relating to corporate governance and corporate legal compliance.
Dale Grimes, a Member of the Litigation Practice, has over 25 years of experience handling civil litigation matters in both state and federal trial and appellate courts throughout Tennessee with a special focus on antitrust, consumer fraud, complex litigation, class actions, telecommunications, energy and water. In addition to extensive experience in complex cases, including multidistrict litigation, Mr. Grimes has been counsel of record for defendants in over 30 class actions.
Leigh Walton co-chairs the firm's Healthcare Practice and is also active in corporate and securities law matters. Her work with public companies includes securities, mergers and acquisitions, and corporate governance matters. For healthcare clients, she assists in the acquisition of hospital systems, structures hospital syndications and joint ventures and coordinates financing transactions.
About Bass, Berry & Sims
With more than 230 attorneys representing numerous publicly-traded companies and Fortune 500 businesses, Bass, Berry & Sims has been involved in some of the largest and most significant business transactions and litigation matters in the country. For more information, visit www.bassberry.com.
About Lawdragon
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