Nashville, Tenn., November 16, 2009 – Five Nashville attorneys with the law firm of Bass, Berry & Sims PLC have been named 2010 Lawyers of the Year by Best Lawyers.
Coburn Dewees Berry IV has been named the Best Lawyers’ 2010 Nashville Land Use & Zoning Lawyer of the Year; James H. Cheek, III Nashville Corporate Lawyer of the Year; James C. Gooch Nashville Trusts and Estates Lawyer of the Year; James S. Tate, Jr. Nashville Banking Lawyer of the Year; and Leigh Walton Nashville Securities Lawyer of the Year.
Best Lawyers is the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession. After more than a quarter of a century in publication, Best Lawyers is designating “Lawyers of the Year” in high-profile legal specialties in large legal communities. Only a single lawyer in each specialty in each community is being honored as the “Lawyer of the Year.”
Best Lawyers compiles its lists of outstanding attorneys by conducting exhaustive peer-review surveys in which thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers. The current, 16th edition of The Best Lawyers in America (2010), is based on more than 2.8 million detailed evaluations of lawyers by other lawyers.
The lawyers being honored as “Lawyers of the Year” have received particularly high ratings in Best Lawyers surveys by earning a high level of respect among their peers for their abilities, professionalism and integrity.
Steven Naifeh, managing editor of Best Lawyers, says, “We continue to believe – as we have believed for more than 25 years – that recognition by one’s peers is the most meaningful form of praise in the legal profession.”
About Bass, Berry & Sims PLC
With more than 200 attorneys representing numerous publicly-traded companies and Fortune 500 businesses, Bass, Berry & Sims PLC 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.
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