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The Best Lawyers In America® 2011 Recognizes 74 Bass, Berry & Sims PLC Attorneys


Nashville, Tenn., August 24, 2010 – Bass, Berry & Sims PLC is pleased to announce it has been highly ranked in the 2011 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®, with 74 of its attorneys across 34 practice areas ranked as a top-listed practitioner either at the state and/or national level.

The complete list of attorneys is below.

Nashville, Tennessee:
H. Lee Barfield II
Coburn Dewees Berry IV
Ross Booher
Robert L. Brewer
James H. Cheek III
E. Steele Clayton IV
Michael L. Dagley
J. Page Davidson
Wallace W. Dietz
Felix R. Dowsley III
R. Todd Ervin
Samuel Lanier Felker
Davidson French
Tim K. Garrett
J. Andrew Goddard
James C. Gooch
B. Riney Green
R. Dale Grimes
D. Scott Holley
L. Wearen Hughes
Angela Humphreys
Gene L. Humphreys
J. James Jenkins, Jr.
Paul G. Jennings
David A. King
Howard H. Lamar III
Robins H. Ledyard
J. Richard Lodge
George H. Masterson
Anthony J. McFarland
Claire F. Miley
Paige Waldrop Mills
Bryan W. Metcalf
Michael S. Moschel
Karen S. Neal
T. Scott Noonan
Jeffrey A. Oldham
James Allen Overby II
William N. Ozier
Michael S. Peek
W. Brantley Phillips, Jr.
J. Bradbury Reed
Cynthia Y. Reisz
Fritz Richter III
Todd J. Rolapp
John S. Seehorn
Cynthia N. Sellers
D. Mark Sheets
Keith B. Simmons
Blaine Smith
Michael D. Sontag
Samuel E. Stumpf, Jr.
James S. Tate, Jr.
T. Stephen C. Taylor
G. Scott Thomas
Bob F. Thompson
Overton Thompson III
F. Mitchell Walker, Jr.
Leigh Walton
Elizabeth S. Warren
Charles K. Wray
Jessalyn H. Zeigler

Memphis, Tennessee:
Michael A. Brady
John S. Golwen
John A. Good
Christopher G. Lazarini
Peter R. Pettit
Stephen W. Ragland
John C. Speer
Richard R. Spore III
John A. Stemmler
Shepherd D. Tate
David A. Thornton

Knoxville, Tennessee:
G. Mark Mamantov

The Best Lawyers in America® is regarded as the preeminent referral guide to the legal profession. Attorneys are distinguished through an exhaustive annual peer-review survey process. For the new U.S. edition, more than 39,766 leading attorneys in 80 practices areas cast more than 3.1 million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in the same and related specialties. Inclusion on the list is considered a singular honor because of the rigorous and transparent methodology, and because no fees are required or allowed for nomination.

About Bass, Berry & Sims
With more than 200 attorneys representing numerous publicly traded companies and Fortune 500 businesses, Bass, Berry & Sims has been involved in some of the largest and most significant litigation matters and business transactions in the country. For more information, visit www.bassberry.com.