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Cecil  VanDevender
Associate
Nashville
P:(615) 742-7833
F:(615) 742-0434
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Education
Georgetown University - J.D., 2008
Princeton University - B.A., 2000

Bar Admissions
Tennessee, 2011
New York, 2009

Honors & Distinctions
Editor-in-chief, The Georgetown Law Journal, Volume 96

Publications
"How Self-Restriction Laws Can Influence Societal Norms and Address Problems of Bounded Rationality," 96 Geo. L.J. 1775 (2008)



Cecil joined Bass, Berry & Sims PLC in 2011 as an associate in the Litigation Practice.

Prior to joining the firm, Cecil served as a law clerk to the Honorable Richard J. Sullivan on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York and to the Honorable Gilbert S. Merritt, Jr. on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Cecil earned his law degree in 2008 from Georgetown University Law Center, magna cum laude, where he served as editor-in-chief of The Georgetown Law Journal. He earned his B.A. in English from Princeton University, cum laude, in 2000.

Outside of work, Cecil enjoys travel, sports, music and literature.