Bass, Berry & Sims is pleased to announce that 45 of its attorneys were recognized in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America. This annual edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America honors those attorneys who are earlier in their careers for outstanding professional excellence in private practice.

In addition, attorneys from the firm were recognized in 2024 by Best Lawyers® as:

Knoxville Attorney
  • McKeehanon C. Rue: Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Real Estate Law
Memphis Attorneys
  • Cheyne W. Harris: Real Estate Law
  • Marisa Rouse: Real Estate Law
Nashville Attorneys
  • Allison Wiseman Acker: Commercial Litigation
  • Shay A. Ahmed: Corporate Governance and Compliance Law
  • Elaina S. Al-Nimri: Commercial Litigation
  • Angela Bergman: Criminal Defense – White Collar; Health Care Law
  • Noah R. Black: Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
  • Nathan Brown: Commercial Litigation; Health Care Law
  • Stefanie P. Carter: Health Care Law
  • Stefanie Chamberlain: Banking and Finance Law
  • Hannah Choate: Commercial Litigation; Health Care Law
  • Alexandria Wood Davenport: Intellectual Property Law
  • Margaret Dodson: Commercial Litigation; Health Care Law; Litigation – Securities
  • Colton Driver: Intellectual Property Law
  • John C. Eason: Health Care Law
  • Richard Eiler: Health Care Law
  • Jeanne Marie Evans: Health Care Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
  • Emily Fountain: Commercial Litigation; Health Care Law
  • Scott D. Gallisdorfer: Health Care Law
  • Nathaniel F. Greene: Real Estate Law
  • Jeremy A. Gunn: Commercial Litigation; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
  • David W. Harper, Jr.: Banking and Finance Law
  • Brad L. Hart: Corporate Law
  • Johnathan D. Holbrook: Intellectual Property Law
  • Courtney A. Hunter: Commercial Litigation; Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
  • Brian Irving: Commercial Litigation
  • Ashleigh Karnell: Commercial Litigation; Health Care Law; Litigation – Antitrust
  • Wesley Love: Commercial Litigation
  • Davis Mello: Corporate Law
  • Amy Sanders Morgan: Health Care Law
  • Sara Morgan: Commercial Litigation
  • Brianna R. Powell: Health Care Law
  • Marc A. Rigsby: Health Care Law
  • Molly K. Ruberg: Commercial Litigation; Criminal Defense – White Collar; Health Care Law
  • Taylor M. Sample: Commercial Litigation
  • Briana Sprick Schuster: Commercial Litigation
  • Katherine Smalley: Banking and Finance Law
  • Jamie Gordon Steakley: Health Care Law
  • Hannah E. Webber: Commercial Litigation; Health Care Law
  • Virginia Maynard Yetter: Antitrust Law; Commercial Litigation
Washington, D.C. Attorneys
  • Jeffrey I. Davis: Administrative / Regulatory Law; Government Relations Practice; Health Care Law
  • Lindsey Brown Fetzer: Health Care Law
  • Dawn Perez-Slavinski: Health Care Law
  • Abby Yi: Administrative / Regulatory Law; Health Care Law
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® recognitions are compiled based on an exhaustive Purely Peer Review® evaluation. More than 123,000 industry leading lawyers are eligible to vote (from around the world), and Best Lawyers® has received more than 20 million evaluations on the legal abilities of other lawyers based on their specific practice areas around the world. For the 2024 edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America, more than 2.4 million votes were analyzed, which resulted in more than 25,000 lawyers honored in the new edition. More information can be found on the Best Lawyers website.