Bass, Berry & Sims is pleased to announce that 12 of its attorneys were recognized as a “Lawyer of the Year” by The Best Lawyers in America© 2025. Two attorneys were recognized as a “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.
Listed below are the lawyers that were honored as “Lawyer of the Year” from Bass, Berry & Sims, and the area of law and jurisdiction in which they were recognized.
- Page Davidson: Best Lawyers® 2025 Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law “Lawyer of the Year” in Nashville
- Tim K. Garrett: Best Lawyers® 2025 Labor Law – Management “Lawyer of the Year” in Nashville
- Mark Manner: Best Lawyers® 2025 Corporate Law “Lawyer of the Year” in Nashville
- Richard F. Mattern: Best Lawyers® 2025 Securities Regulation “Lawyer of the Year” in Memphis
- Jeffrey A. Oldham: Best Lawyers® 2025 Public Finance Law “Lawyer of the Year” in Nashville
- Brian D. Roark: Best Lawyers® 2025 Health Care Law “Lawyer of the Year” in Nashville
- Cynthia N. Sellers: Best Lawyers® 2025 Commercial Transactions / UCC Law “Lawyer of the Year” in Nashville
- Scott Thomas: Best Lawyers® 2025 Information Technology Law “Lawyer of the Year” in Nashville
- Overton Thompson III: Best Lawyers® 2025 Litigation – Mergers and Acquisitions “Lawyer of the Year” in Nashville
- Mitchell Walker, Jr.: Best Lawyers® 2025 Corporate Governance Law “Lawyer of the Year” in Nashville and Best Lawyers® 2025 Mergers and Acquisitions Law “Lawyer of the Year” in Nashville
- Leigh Walton: Best Lawyers® 2025 Securities / Capital Markets Law “Lawyer of the Year” in Nashville and Best Lawyers® 2025 Securities Regulation “Lawyer of the Year” in Nashville
- Jessalyn H. Zeigler: Best Lawyers® 2025 Product Liability Litigation – Defendants “Lawyer of the Year” in Nashville
In addition, Bass, Berry & Sims attorneys were also recognized by Best Lawyers® in the 2025 edition:
- 109 attorneys recognized in The Best Lawyers in America©
- 58 attorneys were recognized in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America
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 184,000 industry leading lawyers are eligible to vote (from around the world); Best Lawyers has received more than 25.8 million evaluations on the legal abilities of other lawyers based on their specific practice areas around the world. For the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®, more than 23 million votes were analyzed, which resulted in more than 80,000 leading lawyers included in the milestone 31st 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.