Nashville, Tenn., (November 5, 2014) – Bass, Berry & Sims PLC is pleased to announce that 45 of its attorneys were named to the Mid-South Super Lawyers 2014 edition. In addition, 18 attorneys were recognized in the Rising Stars category this year.

Mid-South Super Lawyers 2014

Memphis

  • John S. Golwen: Business Litigation
  • J. Brook Lathram: Business Litigation
  • John C. Speer: Business Litigation
  • Richard R. Spore, III: Real Estate
  • John A. Stemmler: Real Estate
  • Shepherd D. Tate: Alternative Dispute Resolution
  • David A. Thornton: Employee Benefits/ERISA

Nashville

  • H. Lee Barfield, II: Business Litigation
  • Coburn Dewees Berry, IV: Real Estate
  • James H. Cheek, III: Securities & Corporate Finance
  • Michael L. Dagley: Business Litigation
  • J. Page Davidson: Business/Corporate
  • Wallace W. Dietz: Business Litigation
  • Felix R. Dowsley, III: Banking
  • R. Todd Ervin: Tax
  • David R. Esquivel: Business Litigation
  • Tim K. Garrett: Employment & Labor
  • J. Andrew Goddard: Environmental
  • James C. Gooch: Estate & Probate
  • B. Riney Green: Mergers & Acquisitions
  • R. Dale Grimes: Antitrust Litigation
  • L. Wearen Hughes: Construction Litigation
  • Angela Humphreys: Business/Corporate
  • Paul G. Jennings: Bankruptcy
  • David A. King: Health Care
  • Howard H. Lamar, III: Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Britt K. Latham: Securities Litigation
  • Anthony J. McFarland: Business Litigation
  • Bryan W. Metcalf: Tax
  • Claire F. Miley: Health Care
  • William N. Ozier: Employment & Labor
  • Michael S. Peek: Real Estate
  • W. Brantley Phillips, Jr.: Business Litigation
  • J. Bradbury Reed: Securities & Corporate Finance
  • Cynthia Y. Reisz: Health Care
  • Fritz Richter, III: Employee Benefits
  • D. Mark Sheets: Real Estate
  • Michael D. Sontag: Tax
  • G. Scott Thomas: Environmental
  • Bob F. Thompson: Securities & Corporate Finance
  • Overton Thompson, III: Securities Litigation
  • F. Mitchell Walker, Jr.: Securities & Corporate Finance
  • Leigh Walton: Health Care
  • Elizabeth S. Warren: Health Care
  • Jessalyn H. Zeigler: Personal Injury Products: Defense

Mid-South Super Lawyers Rising Stars 2014
Knoxville

  • James Polk Moneyhun, Jr.: Business/Corporate
  • Russell E. Stair: Business Litigation

Memphis

  • Annie Christoff: Business Litigation
  • Phillip Lewis: Tax
  • Robert P. McDaniel, Jr.: Real Estate
  • David S. Mitchell, Jr.: Business Litigation
  • Jonathan E. Nelson: Business Litigation
  • Sehrish Siddiqui: Securities and Corporate Finance
  • T. Gaillard Uhlhorn, V: Real Estate
  • Shannon Wiley: Healthcare

Nashville

  • Joseph Crace: Securities Litigation
  • Leslie Ford: Securities and Corporate Finance
  • Lauren M. Gaffney: Health Care
  • Michael R. Kuffner: Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Tatjana Paterno: Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Ryan D. Thomas: Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Shelley R. Thomas: Intellectual Property
  • Jeffrey P. Yarbro: Business Litigation

Mid-South Super Lawyers also released Top Lists for those attorneys who received the highest point totals in the Tennessee nomination, research and blue ribbon review process. Listed below are the Bass, Berry & Sims’ attorneys that received these honors.

Top 100 Tennessee Super Lawyers 2014

  • H. Lee Barfield, II
  • James C. Gooch
  • R. Dale Grimes
  • J. Brook Lathram
  • William N. Ozier
  • Bob F. Thompson
  • Overton Thompson, III

Top 50 Memphis Super Lawyers 2014

  • J. Brook Lathram

Top 50 Nashville Super Lawyers 2014

  • H. Lee Barfield, II
  • James C. Gooch
  • R. Dale Grimes
  • William N. Ozier
  • Bob F. Thompson
  • Overton Thompson, III

Top 50 Women Mid-South Super Lawyers 2014

  • Leigh Walton

About Mid-South Super Lawyers
Mid-South Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The selection process is multi-phased and includes independent research, peer nominations and peer evaluations. More information can be found at www.superlawyers.com.

About Bass, Berry & Sims PLC
With more than 200 attorneys representing numerous publicly traded companies and Fortune 500 businesses, Bass, Berry & Sims has been involved in some of the largest and most significant litigation matters and business transactions in the country. For more information, visit bassberry.com.