Bass, Berry & Sims is pleased to announce that 14 of its attorneys were recognized as “Lawyer of the Year” by The Best Lawyers in America© 2023.
Best Lawyers® began designating “Lawyer of the Year” in the U.S. in high-profile legal practice areas in conjunction with the 15th edition (2009). Only a single lawyer in each practice area and designated metropolitan area is honored as the “Lawyer of the Year,” making this accolade particularly significant.
Best Lawyers® compiles its lists of outstanding attorneys by conducting exhaustive peer-review surveys in which thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers.
Listed below are the lawyers that were honored from Bass, Berry & Sims and the area of specialty in which they were recognized.
- Steele Clayton IV: Best Lawyers® 2023 Litigation – Antitrust “Lawyer of the Year” in Nashville.
- Taylor Gray: Best Lawyers® 2023 Banking and Finance Law “Lawyer of the Year” in Memphis.
- Riney Green: Best Lawyers® 2023 Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law “Lawyer of the Year” in Nashville.
- Kris Kemp: Best Lawyers® 2023 Securities Regulation “Lawyer of the Year” in Nashville.
- Richard F. Mattern: Best Lawyers® 2023 Securities / Capital Markets Law “Lawyer of the Year” in Memphis.
- Russell A. Miller: Best Lawyers® 2023 Public Finance Law “Lawyer of the Year” in Nashville.
- Brian D. Roark: Best Lawyers® 2023 Litigation – Health Care “Lawyer of the Year” in Nashville.
- Todd J. Rolapp: Best Lawyers® 2023 Mergers and Acquisitions Law and Securities / Capital Markets Law “Lawyer of the Year” in Nashville.
- John S. Seehorn: Best Lawyers® 2023 Commercial Finance Law “Lawyer of the Year” in Nashville.
- Cynthia N. Sellers: Best Lawyers® 2023 Commercial Transactions / UCC Law “Lawyer of the Year” in Nashville.
- Blaine H. Smith: Best Lawyers® 2023 Trusts and Estates “Lawyer of the Year” in Nashville.
- Shelley R. Thomas: Best Lawyers® 2023 Copyright Law “Lawyer of the Year” in Nashville
- Overton Thompson III: Best Lawyers® 2023 Litigation – Mergers and Acquisitions “Lawyer of the Year” in Nashville.
- David A. Thornton: Best Lawyers® 2023 Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law “Lawyer of the Year” in Memphis.
About Best Lawyers®
Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers® has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Best Lawyers lists are compiled based on an exhaustive peer-review evaluation. For the 2023 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®, more than 12.2 million votes were analyzed, which resulted in more than 71,000 leading lawyers honored in the new edition. “Lawyer of the Year” awards are presented annually to a single outstanding lawyer in each practice area and designated metropolitan area. More information can be found on the Best Lawyers website.