Bass, Berry & Sims is pleased to announce that 58 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, Bass, Berry & Sims attorneys were also recognized by Best Lawyers® in the 2025 edition:
- 109 attorneys recognized in The Best Lawyers in America©
- 12 attorneys recognized as “Lawyer of the Year” by The Best Lawyers in America©
The following firm attorneys were included in the Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America edition released on August 15, 2024.
Knoxville Attorney
- McKeehanon C. Rue: Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Real Estate Law
Memphis Attorneys
- Alex Agee: Commercial Litigation
- Nicole Blanchard: Intellectual Property Law
- Marisa Rouse: Real Estate Law
Washington, D.C. Attorneys
- Jeffrey I. Davis: Government Relations Practice; Health Care Law
- Emily Ann Farmer: Criminal Defense – White Collar
- Dawn Perez-Slavinski: Health Care Law
Nashville Attorneys
- Allison Wiseman Acker: Commercial Litigation
- Shay A. Ahmed: Corporate Governance and Compliance Law
- Elaina S. Al-Nimri: Commercial Litigation
- Laci Alsup: Real Estate Law
- Angela Bergman: Criminal Defense – White Collar; Health Care Law
- Noah R. Black: Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
- Kristen M. Bokhan: Commercial Litigation
- Nathan Brown: Commercial Litigation; Health Care Law
- Garrah Carter: Commercial Litigation
- Stefanie P. Carter: Health Care Law
- Stefanie Chamberlain: Banking and Finance Law
- Hannah Choate: Commercial Litigation; Health Care Law
- Stefanie Colletier: Intellectual Property Law
- Alexandria Wood Davenport: Intellectual Property Law
- Kean W. Devine: Real Estate Law
- Margaret Dodson: Commercial Litigation; Health Care Law; Litigation – Securities
- John C. Eason: Health Care Law
- Richard Eiler: Health Care Law
- Charlotte Elam: Commercial Litigation
- 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
- Chelsea L. Harrison: Intellectual Property Law
- Brad L. Hart: Corporate Law
- Turner Henderson: Real Estate 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
- Wesley McCulloch: Intellectual Property Law
- Jennifer McLellan: Corporate Law
- Davis Mello: Corporate Law
- Amy Sanders Morgan: Health Care Law
- Sara Morgan: Commercial Litigation
- Mallie Myers: Commercial Litigation
- Brianna R. Powell: Health Care Law
- Peter Rathmell: Commercial Litigation
- 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
- Page Smith: Commercial Litigation
- Jamie Gordon Steakley: Health Care Law
- Shelby Thomas: Real Estate Law
- Hannah E. Webber: Commercial Litigation; Health Care Law
- Virginia Maynard Yetter: Antitrust Law; Commercial Litigation
- Hunter K. Yoches: Labor and Employment Law – Management
About Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America
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 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America, more than 4 million votes were analyzed, which resulted in more than 27,000 lawyers honored in the new edition. More information can be found on the Best Lawyers website.