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© 2022.
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.
- Page Davidson: Best Lawyers® 2022 Securities / Capital Markets Law “Lawyer of the Year” in Nashville
- Anna M. Grizzle: Best Lawyers® 2022 Litigation – Health Care “Lawyer of the Year” in Nashville
- James Jenkins, Jr.: Best Lawyers® 2022 Mergers and Acquisitions Law “Lawyer of the Year” in Nashville
- Howard H. Lamar III: Best Lawyers® 2022 Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law “Lawyer of the Year” in Nashville
- Britt K. Latham: Best Lawyers® 2022 Litigation – Securities “Lawyer of the Year” in Nashville
- Allen Overby II: Best Lawyers® 2022 Securities Regulation “Lawyer of the Year” in Nashville
- John N. Popham IV: Best Lawyers® 2022 Securitization and Structured Finance Law “Lawyer of the Year” in Nashville
- Cynthia Y. Reisz: Best Lawyers® 2022 Health Care Law “Lawyer of the Year” in Nashville
- Todd J. Rolapp: Best Lawyers® 2022 Corporate Governance Law “Lawyer of the Year” in Nashville
- Richard R. Spore III: Best Lawyers® 2022 Banking and Finance Law “Lawyer of the Year” in Memphis
- Shepherd D. Tate: Best Lawyers® 2022 Litigation – Securities “Lawyer of the Year” in Memphis
- Stephen C. Taylor: Best Lawyers® 2022 Financial Services Regulation Law “Lawyer of the Year” in Nashville
- David A. Thornton: Best Lawyers® 2022 Litigation – ERISA “Lawyer of the Year” in Memphis
- Gaillard Uhlhorn V: Best Lawyers® 2022 Project Finance 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. More than 113,000 industry leading lawyers are eligible to vote (from around the world). For the 2022 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®, more than 10.8 million votes were analyzed, which resulted in more than 66,000 leading lawyers being included in the latest 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.