Bass, Berry & Sims has received 65 first-tier metropolitan rankings in the 2024 Edition of “Best Law Firms” presented by Best Lawyers®. These metropolitan rankings are representative of each of the four offices – Knoxville, Memphis and Nashville, Tennessee; and Washington, D.C. The firm received an additional ten second-tier metropolitan rankings and one third-tier metropolitan ranking. The firm was ranked in the second-tier and third-tier on the national level in a total of six different categories.
Firms included in the 2024 “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. To be eligible to participate in the Best Law Firms research process, a firm must have at least one attorney who has received a high enough peer review to be recognized in the current edition of The Best Lawyers in America®. Firms are eligible in the practice area(s) and metro region(s) with individual recognitions. To view the list of Bass, Berry & Sims attorneys included in the The Best Lawyers in America® 2024, click here.
The Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms” 2024 rankings for Bass, Berry & Sims include:
National Tiers
National Tier 2
- Health Care Law
- Litigation – Intellectual Property
- Project Finance Law
National Tier 3
- Corporate Law
- Litigation – ERISA
- Technology Law
Metropolitan Rankings – Tier 1
Knoxville
- Commercial Litigation
- Litigation – Labor & Employment
- Project Finance Law
- Real Estate Law
Memphis
- Arbitration
- Banking and Finance Law
- Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
- Commercial Litigation
- Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
- Health Care Law
- Litigation – ERISA
- Litigation – Securities
- Mortgage Banking Foreclosure Law
- Project Finance Law
- Real Estate Law
- Securities / Capital Markets Law
- Securities Regulation
Nashville
- Administrative / Regulatory Law
- Advertising Law
- Antitrust Law
- 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 Compliance 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
- Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law
- Litigation – Antitrust
- 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
- Mergers & Acquisitions Law
- Project Finance Law
- Public Finance Law
- Real Estate Law
- Securities / Capital Markets Law
- Securities Regulation
- Securitization and Structured Finance Law
- Tax Law
- Technology Law
- Trademark Law
- Trusts & Estates Law
- Venture Capital Law
Washington, D.C.
- Health Care Law
Metropolitan Rankings – Tier 2
Knoxville
- Employment Law – Management
- Litigation – Real Estate
Memphis
- Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law
- Commercial Transactions / UCC Law
- Litigation – Banking & Finance
Nashville
- Appellate Practice
- Education Law
- Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
- Utilities Law
Washington, D.C.
- Litigation – Intellectual Property
Metropolitan Rankings – Tier 3
Nashville
- Entertainment Law – Music
About Best Lawyers®
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