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Wendee Hilderbrand joined Bass, Berry & Sims PLC in April of 2005 as an associate in the firm's Litigation Practice. Wendee focuses her practice on complex commercial litigation, intellectual property litigation, antitrust litigation and appellate work.

Her experience includes:

Serving in a supporting role to the firm’s lead counsel for a local public footwear company in the successful prosecution of rights under a Merger Agreement. The favorable ruling, obtained after trial before the Chancery Court of Davidson County, Tennessee, is one of the few cases nationally to address the scope of a material adverse effect ("MAE") clause.
Serving as the primary research and writing attorney in a federal lawsuit brought on behalf of a local Tennessee town against a federal agency for the purpose of protecting the town’s water supply. In a case of first impression, the town challenged the agency’s interpretation of a federal statute and obtained summary judgment declaring the agency’s interpretation contrary to the plain language of the statute.
Serving as the primary writer on multiple briefs to the Tennessee Court of Appeals, an amicus curiae brief to the Tennessee Supreme Court, briefs to the Sixth and Eleventh Circuit Courts of Appeals, and a response to a petition for certiorari to the United States Supreme Court.

Originally from Denver, Colorado, Wendee graduated magna cum laude from the University of Colorado in 1998 with a B.A. degree in English, organizational communications and professional writing. In 2004, she received her J.D. from Vanderbilt University Law School. While in law school, Wendee was a Dean's Merit Scholar, special project editor for the Vanderbilt Law Review and a published author in the Vanderbilt Law Review.

Wendee is a member of the firm's Entry Level Hiring Committee and oversees the Litigation Practice's recruiting efforts. Outside the firm, Wendee is a member of the Nashville Bar Association and the Harry Phillips Inn of Court. In the fall of 2007, she produced and moderated a CLE seminar, Legal Ethics in Tennessee, and served as a featured panelist at the Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment & Technology Law Symposium, "User-Generated Confusion: The Legal & Business Implications of Web 2.0." Wendee has previously served on the Sixth Circuit Judicial Conference Publicity Committee and the NBA YLD Carbolic Smoke Ball Committee and has volunteered for the Tennessee Supreme Court’s Scales Program, the LAW mentorship program, the Vanderbilt Moot Court Competition and the Girl Scouts of America.