Bass, Berry & Sims has received 61 first-tier metropolitan rankings in the 2020 Edition of U.S. News – Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms.” The firm received an additional 12 second-tier rankings and three third-tier rankings. The firm was ranked in the second-tier and third-tier on the national level in a total of five different categories.
Firms included in the 2020 “Best Law Firms” list are recognized for professional excellence with persistently impressive ratings from clients and peers. Achieving a tiered ranking signals a unique combination of quality law practice and breadth of legal expertise.
2020 U.S. News – Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms” rankings” for Bass, Berry & Sims:
National Tier 2
- Litigation – Intellectual Property
National Tier 3
- Corporate Law
- Litigation – ERISA
- Project Finance Law
- Technology Law
Metropolitan Rankings – Tier 1
Knoxville
- Litigation – Real Estate
- Project Finance Law
- Real Estate Law
Memphis
- Arbitration
- Banking and Finance Law
- Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law
- Commercial Litigation
- Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
- Litigation – Banking & Finance
- Litigation – ERISA
- Litigation – Securities
- Project Finance Law
- Real Estate Law
- Securities / Capital Markets Law
Nashville
- Administrative / Regulatory Law
- Advertising Law
- Arbitration
- Banking and Finance Law
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Bet-the-Company Litigation
- Commercial Finance Law
- Commercial Litigation
- Commercial Transactions / UCC Law
- Construction Law
- Copyright Law
- Corporate Governance Law
- Corporate Law
- Employment Law – Management
- Energy Law
- Environmental Law
- Financial Services Regulation Law
- Government Relations Practice
- Health Care Law
- Information Technology Law
- Insurance Law
- Labor Law – Management
- Litigation – Antitrust
- Litigation – Banking & Finance
- Litigation – Bankruptcy
- Litigation – Construction
- Litigation – Environmental
- Litigation – Health Care
- Litigation – Intellectual Property
- Litigation – Labor & Employment
- Litigation – Mergers & Acquisitions
- Litigation – Securities
- Litigation – Tax
- Litigation – Trusts & Estates
- Mediation
- Mergers & Acquisitions Law
- Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
- Project Finance Law
- Public Finance Law
- Real Estate Law
- Securities / Capital Markets Law
- Securitization and Structured Finance Law
- Tax Law
- Technology Law
- Trademark Law
- Trusts & Estates Law
- Venture Capital Law
Metropolitan Rankings – Tier 2
Memphis
- Bet-the-Company Litigation
- Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
- Health Care Law
- Litigation – Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy)
- Mortgage Banking Foreclosure Law
- Securities Regulation
Nashville
- Antitrust Law
- Appellate Practice
- Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Utilities Law
- Water Law
Washington, D.C.
- Litigation – Intellectual Property
Metropolitan Rankings – Tier 3
Nashville
- Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
- Entertainment Law – Music
- Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
About “Best Law Firms”
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