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Bass, Berry & Sims Attorneys Named Super Lawyers


Nashville, Tenn., January 30, 2009 – Fifty-one attorneys from Bass, Berry & Sims PLC have been selected for inclusion in Super Lawyers 2008. In addition, eight attorneys have been cited as “Rising Stars.” The firm’s Nashville attorneys listed in Super Lawyers 2008 are:

H. Lee Barfield, II      Robert W. Horton    Cynthia Y. Reisz 
C. Dewees Berry, IV      L. Wearen Hughes      Fritz Richter, III
Robert L. Brewer      Paul G. Jennings      D. Mark Sheets
James H. Cheek, III      Julie N. Jones      Keith B. Simmons
Matthew M. Curley      David A. King      Michael D. Sontag
J. Page Davidson      Howard H. Lamar, III      John C. Speer
Wallace W. Dietz      Bryan E. Larson      Richard R. Spore, III
Felix R. Dowsley, III      G. Mark Mamantov      John A Stemmler
Karen L.C. Ellis      Anthony J. McFarland      James S. Tate, Jr.
R. Todd Ervin      Melinda Meador      Shepherd D. Tate
Samuel Lanier Felker      Jennifer H. Noonan      G. Scott Thomas
Tim K. Garrett      Jeffrey A. Oldham      Bob F. Thompson
J. Andrew Goddard      J. Allen Overby      David A Thornton
James C. Gooch      William N. Ozier      F. Mitchell Walker, Jr.
John A. Good    Michael S. Peek    Leigh Walton
R. Dale Grimes    Stephen W. Ragland    Valerie M. Webb
D. Scott Holley    J. Bradbury Reed    Charles K. Wray

Cited by Super Lawyers as “Rising Stars” are:

Robert L. Brewer     D. Scott Holley      Jeffrey A. Oldham
Matthew M. Curley      Bryan E. Larson      Valerie M. Webb
R. Todd Ervin      Jennifer H. Noonan  

Super Lawyers is a listing of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. It is published as a special supplement in leading newspapers and city and regional magazines across the country. Polling, research and selection are performed by Law & Politics, a publication of Key Professional Media, Inc. Law & Politics has been publishing legal magazines since 1990 and Super Lawyers since 1991.

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.

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