Nashville, Tenn., September 12, 2007 - Bass, Berry & Sims PLC is honored to have 64 attorneys recognized in Best Lawyers in America® 2008, the most listed attorneys in Nashville and more listed attorneys in the fields of banking law and corporate governance and compliance law than any other firm in the United States. The 64 attorneys represent more than 60 percent of the firm's partnership base, 37 different specialty areas and all four offices.
Best Lawyers in America® uses an exhaustive peer review survey process and is considered one of the most respected referral sources in the legal industry. The following list includes the recognized attorneys:
Nashville
H. Lee Barfield II
Coburn Dewees Berry IV
James H. Cheek III
Michael L. Dagley
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
R. Dale Grimes
Christian A. Horsnell
L. Wearen Hughes
Gene L. Humphreys
J. James Jenkins, Jr.
Paul G. Jennings
Julie N. Jones
Robin Mitchell Joyce
David A. King
Howard H. Lamar III
Robins H. Ledyard
J. Richard Lodge, Jr.
George H. Masterson
Anthony J. McFarland
Bryan W. Metcalf
Claire F. Miley
W. Michael Milom
Karen S. Neal
T. Scott Noonan
J. Allen Overby
William N. Ozier
T. G. Pappas
Michael S. Peek
W. Brantley Phillips, Jr.
J. Bradbury Reed
Cynthia Y. Reisz
Fritz Richter, III
Todd J. Rolapp
Cynthia N. Sellers
D. Mark Sheets
Keith B. Simmons
Michael D. Sontag
Samuel E. Stumpf, Jr.
James S. Tate, Jr.
T. Stephen C. Taylor
G. Scott Thomas
Bob F. Thompson
F. Mitchell Walker, Jr.
Leigh Walton
Charles K. Wray
Jessalyn H. Zeigler
Knoxville
E. Bruce Foster, Jr.
G. Mark Mamantov
William H. Skelton
Memphis
Robert J. DelPriore
John A. Good
Stephen W. Ragland
Scott B. Shanker
John C. Speer
Richard R. Spore III
John A. Stemmler
David A. Thornton
About Bass, Berry & Sims
Bass, Berry & Sims is a law firm of more than 200 attorneys in four Tennessee offices: Nashville, Downtown and Music Row, Memphis and Knoxville. Since its inception in 1922, the firm has been involved with many of the major business transactions and significant litigation matters throughout the country. The firm's clients include a broad range of Fortune 500 companies as well as local and regional businesses. For more information, visit www.bassberry.com.
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