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Bass, Berry & Sims PLC Attorneys Named Mid-South Super Lawyers


Nashville, Tenn., November 10, 2009 – Thirty-seven attorneys from Bass, Berry & Sims PLC have been selected for inclusion in Mid-South Super Lawyers 2009. In addition, 11 attorneys have been cited as “Rising Stars.” The firm’s attorneys listed in Mid-South Super Lawyers 2009 are:

H. Lee Barfield II
C. Dewees Berry IV
James H. Cheek, III
J. Page Davidson
Wallace W. Dietz
Felix R. Dowsley, III
Karen L.C. Ellis
Samuel Lanier Felker
Tim K. Garrett
J. Andrew Goddard
James C. Gooch
John A. Good
R. Dale Grimes
L. Wearen Hughes
Paul G. Jennings
David A. King
Howard H. Lamar III
G. Mark Mamantov
Anthony J. McFarland
Bryan Metcalf
William N. Ozier
Michael S. Peek
J. Bradbury Reed
Cynthia Y. Reisz
D. Mark Sheets
Keith B. Simmons
Michael D. Sontag
John C. Speer
Richard R. Spore, III
John A Stemmler
James S. Tate, Jr.
Shepherd D. Tate
G. Scott Thomas
Bob F. Thompson
F. Mitchell Walker, Jr.
Leigh Walton
Jessalyn Ziegler

Cited by Mid-South Super Lawyers as “Rising Stars” are:

Robert L. Brewer
Matthew M. Curley
R. Todd Ervin
D. Scott Holley
Clevonne M. Jacobs
James J. Jenkins, Jr.
Jennifer H. Noonan
Jeffrey A. Oldham
T. Gaillard Uhlhorn V
Valerie M. Webb
Gregory T. Young

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. The complete Super Lawyers list comprises five percent of the licensed active attorneys in the state.

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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