Bass, Berry & Sims is pleased to announce that 18 of its attorneys were recognized as “Lawyer of the Year” by The Best Lawyers in America® 2024. Five attorneys were recognized as “Lawyer of the Year” in more than one category.
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.
In addition, attorneys from the firm were recognized in 2024 by Best Lawyers® as:
- 45 attorneys recognized in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America.
- 98 attorneys recognized in The Best Lawyers in America®.
Listed below are the lawyers that were honored from Bass, Berry & Sims, and the area of law and jurisdiction in which they were recognized.
- Michael A. Brady: Best Lawyers® 2024 Litigation – Securities “Lawyer of the Year” in Memphis
- Robert L. Brewer: Best Lawyers® 2024 Technology Law “Lawyer of the Year” in Nashville
- Page Davidson: Best Lawyers® 2024 Corporate Governance Law “Lawyer of the Year” in Nashville and Best Lawyers® 2024 Securities / Capital Markets Law “Lawyer of the Year” in Nashville
- Felix R. Dowsley III: Best Lawyers® 2024 Commercial Finance Law “Lawyer of the Year” in Nashville and Best Lawyers® 2024 Commercial Transactions / UCC Law “Lawyer of the Year” in Nashville
- Tim K. Garrett: Best Lawyers® 2024 Employment Law – Management “Lawyer of the Year” in Nashville and Best Lawyers® 2024 Litigation – Labor and Employment “Lawyer of the Year” in Nashville
- Scott Holley: Best Lawyers® 2024 Financial Services Regulation Law “Lawyer of the Year” in Nashville
- Paul G. Jennings: Best Lawyers® 2024 Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law “Lawyer of the Year” in Nashville and Best Lawyers® 2024 Litigation: Bankruptcy “Lawyer of the Year” in Nashville
- Howard H. Lamar III: Best Lawyers® 2024 Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law “Lawyer of the Year” in Nashville
- Christopher G. Lazarini: Best Lawyers® 2024 Arbitration “Lawyer of the Year” in Memphis
- Allen Overby: Best Lawyers® 2024 Securities Regulation “Lawyer of the Year” in Nashville
- W. Brantley Phillips, Jr.: Best Lawyers® 2024 Litigation – Health Care “Lawyer of the Year” in Nashville
- Cynthia Y. Reisz: Best Lawyers® 2024 Health Care Law “Lawyer of the Year” in Nashville
- Cynthia N. Sellers: Best Lawyers® 2024 Banking and Finance Law “Lawyer of the Year” in Nashville
- Michael D. Sontag: Best Lawyers® 2024 Litigation and Controversy – Tax “Lawyer of the Year” in Nashville
- Richard R. Spore III: Best Lawyers® 2024 Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships) “Lawyer of the Year” in Memphis and Best Lawyers® 2024 Closely Held Companies and Family Business Law “Lawyer of the Year” in Memphis
- Scott Thomas: Best Lawyers® 2024 Environmental Law “Lawyer of the Year” in Nashville
- David A. Thornton: Best Lawyers® 2024 Litigation – ERISA “Lawyer of the Year” in Memphis
- Mitchell Walker, Jr.: Best Lawyers® 2024 Corporate Compliance Law “Lawyer of the Year” in Nashville
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 The Best Lawyers in America®, more than 13.7 million votes were analyzed, which resulted in more than 76,000 leading lawyers included in the milestone 30th 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.