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| | Address | | The Tower at Peabody Place, 100 Peabody Place, Suite 900 | | Memphis, Tennessee 38103-3672 | | (Shelby Co.) | | | |
| | | Bass, Berry & Sims PLC practices in the following areas of law:
General Practice. Civil Trial and Appellate Practice in all State and Federal Courts. Administrative Law, Antitrust and Trade Regulation, Bankruptcy, Bankruptcy Litigation, Banks and Banking, Business Law, Cerificates of Need, Class Actions, Commercial Law, Commercial Real Estate, Commercial Real Estate Acquisitions, Commercial Real Estate Development, Commercial Real Estate Litigation, Communications and Media, Complex and Multi-District Litigation, Constitutional Law, Construction Law, Contracts, Copyrights, Corporate Finance, Corporate Governance, Corporate Law, Debtor and Creditor, Eminent Domain, Employee Benefits, Employment Discrimination, Energy, Entertainment Law, Environmental Law, Equipment Finance and Leasing, ERISA, Executive Compensation, Finance, Franchises and Franchising, Government, Government Contracts, Government Procurement, Health Care, Health Care Fraud, Health Care Litigation, Hospital Law, Insurance, Intellectual Property, Intellectual Property Litigation, Internet Law, Labor and Employment, Leases and Leasing, Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility, Litigation, Local Tax, Medical Malpractice, Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures, Municipal Law, Natural Resources, Noncompete Litigation, Nonprofit and Charitable Organizations, Out of Court Debt Restructuring, Personal Injury, Probate, Products Liability, Professional Liability, Public Corporations, Public Finance, Qui Tam Litigation, Real Estate, Regulatory Law, Securities, Taxation, Telecommunications Law, Torts, Toxic Torts, Trade and Professional Associations, Trade Secrets, Trademarks, Transportation, Trusts and Estates, Utility Law, White Collar Crime, Wills, Workers' Compensation, Zoning, Planning and Land Use. | | Year Established: 1922 | Firm Profile:
For more than 80 years, Bass, Berry & Sims has been recognized as a leading law firm that is dedicated to providing superior client service and unsurpassed legal representation, counseling, guidance and support. The firm serves clients ranging from Fortune 500 companies to regional and local businesses, including representation of 40 public companies in securities law compliance and corporate governance work. With more than 200 attorneys, the firm is one of the largest in Tennessee, with offices in Nashville, Knoxville and Memphis. In today's sophisticated business environment, more and more companies are looking for law firms that have a broad base of practices. Bass, Berry & Sims is positioned to meet that need. Its practice areas focus on specific legal disciplines and the needs of particular industries. The firm utilizes a team approach, which draws on the expertise, experience and resources of every attorney. This approach ensures that clients receive the benefits of the firm's depth and diversity of experience while maintaining a close relationship with the attorney who best understands their business. Throughout its existence, the firm has been involved with many of the major business transactions and significant litigation matters in the Southeastern region and nationally. In transactional matters, the firm frequently deals with multi-million dollar assignments, and in litigation matters, attorneys often handle cases where the vital interests of the client are at stake. Clients come from many different industries and firm attorneys pride themselves on knowing a clients' business inside and out. Some of the industries represented by the firm include banking and finance, construction, entertainment, environmental, healthcare, manufacturing, educational institutions, pharmaceutical, telecommunications, hospitality and insurance. The attorneys at Bass, Berry & Sims are its greatest asset. Firm members have held and continue to hold leadership roles and to be recognized for their leadership in community groups, political parties, civic associations, national and international law firm associations, legal reform and legal aid committees, bar associations, local governments and chambers of commerce. Sixty attorneys are named in The Best Lawyers in America, 2007. This represents 60% of the firm's statewide partner base. More than ten members of the firm have served as President of the Tennessee, Knoxville and Nashville Bar Associations. Attorneys in the firm also serve or have served as chairs of sections and committees of the American, Tennessee, Nashville, Knoxville and Memphis Bar Associations. Two members chaired the Business Law Section of the American Bar Association, one from 2004-2005, and the other from 1998-1999. In the past 30 years, only two other firms in the country have produced more than one chair of this Section. In addition, a member was named as chair of the American Bar Association Task Force on Corporate Responsibility in response to corporate governance concerns emanating from Enron, WorldCom and similar cases. Several members have chaired and continue to actively serve as board members and trustees for educational institutions, and a number of our attorneys serve as Adjunct Professors of Law at various law schools. Bass, Berry & Sims recognizes that diversity is essential to our firm's continued success. Diversity enables us to better understand and appreciate the complexity of our clients' experiences and points of view, and we believe that diverse legal teams bring broader perspectives to problem-solving, which results in better solutions for our clients. We are committed to building a workplace rich in diversity that reflects our profession and the communities we serve. The firm has an active diversity committee that focuses on recruitment, career development, professional and personal life integration and community involvement. Once the firm hires qualified attorneys, it ensures that they have the mentoring necessary to stay and grow a legal career with the firm. The firm supports our female attorneys through the Female Mentor Group, which consists of all female attorneys in the firm. This group meets on a monthly basis, hosts guest speakers who address various topics relating to women in the corporate world and assists our female attorneys as they strive to balance work and family. In 2007, Bass, Berry & Sims was named the number one corporate law firm in Nashville for the fifth consecutive year by Corporate Board Member magazine. Chambers USA gave the firm a number one ranking in Tennessee in Corporate/M&A Law, Employment Law (Defendant), Real Estate, Litigation and Entertainment. Twenty-four attorneys received top ranking by Chambers USA, more than those selected from any other Tennessee law firm. Bass, Berry & Sims was also named one of the 250 largest law firms in the country by the National Law Journal. | | Firm Size: 208 | Representative Clients:
Abbott Laboratories, Inc.; Alex S. Palmer & Company; Allied Waste Industries, Inc.; American Healthways Inc.; American Retirement Corporation; AmSouth Bank; AmSurg Corp.; AutoZone, Inc.; Bank of America, N.A.; BellSouth Telecommunications, Inc.; BP America; Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Inc.; Bristol-Myers Squibb; Brown-Forman Corporation (Jack Daniel Distillery); Browning-Ferris Industries, Inc.; Cavalry Bancorp, Inc.; Cingular Wireless; CIVITAS BankGroup, Inc.; Coastal Fuels, Inc.; Community First, Inc.; Corrections Corporation of America; Country Music Foundation, Inc.; Coventry Health Care, Inc.; Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc.; Davidson Hotel Company; Deaconess Associations, Inc.; Dialysis Clinic, Inc.; Eli Lilly and Company; Enterprise National Bank; Ethridge Enterprises; Fifth Third Bank; First Acceptance Corporation; First Pulaski National Corporation; First Tennessee Bank; Forward Air Corporation; Gaylord Entertainment Company; Genesco Inc.; GlaxoSmithKline; Greene County Bancshares, Inc.; GTx, Inc.; HCA Inc.; HealthStream, Inc.; IASIS Healthcare LLC; Insituform Technologies, Inc.; Intergraph Corporation; Kemmons Wilson, Inc.; Knoxville Utilities Board; Knoxville's Community Development Corp.; Landair Corporation; L.M. Berry and Company; Luminex Corporation; Marsh Supermarkets, Inc.; McBrearty Capital Management, Inc.; Media General, Inc.; Merchants & Marine Bank; Metropolitan Knoxville Airport Authority; Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.; Morgan Keegan & Company, Inc.; Mountain States Health Alliance; National Guard Products, Inc.; O'Charley's, Inc.; OshKosh B'Gosh; Parker Hannifin Corporation; Paxton Media Group LLC; Performance Food Group Company; Peterbilt Motors Company; Petra Capital; Philip Morris Inc.; Pinnacle Financial Partners Inc.; Poag & McEwen Lifestyle Centers; Protective Life Insurance Company; Provident Music Group; Publishing Group of America, Inc.; Regal Cinemas, Inc.; Rochford Realty & Construction Co., Inc.; RS Entertainment, Inc.; Sara Lee Corporation; Skaggs Family Records, Inc.; SouthTrust Bank; SSM Ventures; St. Jude Children's Research Hospital; SunTrust Banks, Inc.; The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company; The Kroger Co.; Thomas & Betts Corporation; Toshiba America Consumer Products, Inc.; Tractor Supply Company; Vanderbilt University; Wabash-Alloys, L.L.C.; Wilson Bank Holding Company; Wyeth. |
Other Office Locations of Bass, Berry & Sims PLC
Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.A. (Main Office)
Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S.A.
| | MEMBERS | | Michael A. Brady (Member) born Memphis, Tennessee, June 24, 1968; admitted to bar, 1994, Tennessee; 1996, U.S. District Court, Western District of Tennessee; 2000, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.A., 1990); University of Memphis (J.D., 1994). Member: Memphis, Tennessee and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Broker-Dealer; Securities; Securities Litigation; Securities Arbitration; Civil Litigation. Email: Michael A. Brady | | John S. Golwen (Member) born Memphis, Tennessee, 1963; admitted to bar, 1990, Tennessee; U.S. District Court, Western District of Tennessee; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Mississippi; U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Education: College of William & Mary (B.A., 1986); Washington & Lee University (J.D., 1990). Phi Delta Phi. Administrative Editor, Washington & Lee Law Review, 1989-1990. Captain, Washington & Lee Mock Trial Team. Law Clerk to the Honorable Bailey Brown, United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit, 1990. Author: Note, "Statutes of Limitation for Section 10 (b) and Rule 10b-5: A New Proposal for Uniformity," 46 Wash. & Lee L.Rev. 665 (1989). Arbitrator, NASD Regulation, Inc., 1999—. Member: Memphis, Tennessee and Federal (President, Memphis and Mid-South Chapter, 2003) Bar Associations; Leo Bearman, Sr. American Inn of Court. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Complex Litigation; Business Litigation. Email: John S. Golwen | | John A. Good (Member) born Minneapolis, Minnesota, March 9, 1958; admitted to bar, 1987, Tennessee. Education: University of Memphis (B.B.A., 1980; J.D., 1987). Certified Public Accountant, Tennessee, 1981. Member: Memphis, Tennessee and American (Member: Business Law Section, Federal Regulation of Securities Committee; Securities Registration, NASD Corporate Financing Rule and Corporate Governance Subcommittees) Bar Associations; National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (Member, Government Relations Committee). Practice Areas: Securities Regulation; Public and Private Securities Offerings; Mergers and Acquisitions; Corporate Governance; Financial Institutions Law. Email: John A. Good | | Christopher G. Lazarini (Member) born Memphis, Tennessee, November 15, 1966; admitted to bar, 1992, Tennessee; 1993, U.S. District Court, Western District of Tennessee and U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1995, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., 1989); Memphis State University (J.D., 1992). Member, Moot Court Board. Staff Member, Memphis State University Law Review. Member: Memphis, Tennessee and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Broker-Dealer; Securities; Securities Litigation; Securities Arbitration; Securities Regulation; Civil Litigation. Email: Christopher G. Lazarini | | Peter R. Pettit (Member) born Memphis, Tennessee, September 9, 1946; admitted to bar, 1971, Tennessee. Education: University of Virginia (B.A., 1968; J.D., 1971). Member: Tennessee and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial Law. Email: Peter R. Pettit | | Stephen W. Ragland (Member) born Knoxville, Tennessee, March 19, 1963; admitted to bar, 1988, Tennessee. Education: University of Tennessee at Knoxville (B.S., with highest honors, in Business Administration with a major in Accounting, 1985; J.D., with honors, 1988). Phi Alpha Delta; Beta Gamma Sigma; Phi Kappa Phi; Phi Eta Sigma; Golden Key. Member: Memphis (Member, Bankruptcy Section), Tennessee (Member: Bankruptcy Section; Litigation Section) and American (Member, Litigation Section) Bar Associations; American Bankruptcy Institute; Western District of Tennessee Bankruptcy Court (Member, Local Rules Revision Committee). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Bankruptcy. Email: Stephen W. Ragland | | John C. Speer (Member) born Memphis, Tennessee, March 25, 1947; admitted to bar, 1972, Kentucky and Tennessee. Education: University of Kentucky (B.A., 1969; J.D., 1972). Order of the Coif; Phi Delta Phi. Member, Kentucky Law Review, 1971-1972. Author: "Wallace v. National Bank of Commerce Bank Service Fee Litigation," The Tennessee Bankers Magazine (1995). Seminar Presenter: American Bankers Association; National Institute of Business; American Institute of Savings and Loans. Member: Memphis, Tennessee and American (Sections: Business, Commercial and Consumer Financial Services Committee; Litigation) Bar Associations; Tennessee Bankers Association (Lawyers Committee). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Consumer Class Action; Lender Liability; Financial Institutions; Health Law Litigation; Banking Litigation. Email: John C. Speer | | Richard R. Spore, III (Member) born Memphis, Tennessee, May 28, 1962; admitted to bar, 1987, Tennessee. Education: The University of the South (B.A., summa cum laude, 1984); The University of Virginia (J.D., 1987); Christian Brothers University (M.B.A., 1992). Author: Business Organizations in Tennessee. Member: Memphis, Tennessee and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial Law; Real Estate; Lender Law; Corporate Law; Securities; Health Care. Email: Richard R. Spore, III | | John A. Stemmler (Member) born Memphis, Tennessee, October 6, 1946; admitted to bar, 1971, Tennessee. Education: Vanderbilt University (B.A., 1968; J.D., 1971). Phi Delta Phi. Associate Editor, Vanderbilt Law Review, 1970-1971. Member: Memphis, Tennessee (Tennessee Business Corporation Act Revision Committee, 1993-1996; Special Committee on Opinion Standards, 1993-1994; Corporation & Business Law Section, Chairman, 1995-1997) and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Mergers and Acquisitions; Commercial Real Estate; Corporate Law; Commercial Lending; Hospitality Law; Multi-Family Residential Real Estate. Email: John A. Stemmler | | Shepherd D. Tate (Member) born Memphis, Tennessee, March 16, 1952; admitted to bar, 1977, Tennessee; 1978, U.S. District Court, Western District of Tennessee; 1982, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1994, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1995, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Tennessee and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Vanderbilt University (B.A., 1974; J.D., 1977). Listed in "The Best Lawyers in America." Member: Memphis, Tennessee and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Broker-Dealer; Securities; Securities Litigation; Business Litigation; Securities Arbitration; Civil Litigation. Email: Shepherd D. Tate | | David A. Thornton (Member) born Dyersburg, Tennessee, 1959; admitted to bar, 1984, Tennessee; U.S. District Court, Western, Middle and Eastern Districts of Tennessee and U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth and Eighth Circuits. Education: University of Tennessee at Knoxville (B.S., with high honors, 1981; J.D., with high honors, 1984). Order of the Coif; Beta Gamma Sigma; Phi Eta Sigma; Phi Kappa Phi; Phi Alpha Delta; Golden Key. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award in Family Law, Outstanding Lawyers of America, Best Lawyers in America, 2006 Mid-South Super Lawyer. Member: Memphis (Treasurer, 1992 and Director, 1991, Young Lawyers Division), Tennessee (Member, Corporation and Business Law Section) and American (Member, Business Law Section) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Tax; Employee Benefits; Corporate Law; Health Care. Email: David A. Thornton | | ASSOCIATES | | Ryan R. Baker (Associate) born Plantation, Florida, 1980; admitted to bar, 2005, Tennessee. Education: Florida State University (B.S., Management Information Systems, 2002; Political Science, 2002); Vanderbilt University (J.D., 2005). Phi Delta Phi. Recipient, Academic Excellence Awards: Conflicts of Law; WTO Dispute Resolution; Public Education Law. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Ryan R. Baker | | Helen Woodyard Brown (Associate) born Little Rock, Arkansas, March 24, 1977; admitted to bar, 2002, Tennessee; 2003, Arkansas. Education: University of Arkansas (B.A., cum laude, 1999; J.D., summa cum laude, 2002). Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Delta Phi (President). Note and Comment Editor, Arkansas Law Review. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Securities. Email: Helen Woodyard Brown | | Tonya K. Bryan (Associate) born 1980; admitted to bar, 2007, Tennessee. Education: International Christian Unviersity, Tokyo, Japan (B.B.A., summa cum laude, 1998); University of Memphis (M.B.A., 2001; J.D., 2007). Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Securities. Email: Tonya K. Bryan | | B. Taylor Gray (Associate) born Fort Riley, Kansas, 1976; admitted to bar, 2003, Tennessee. Education: University of Memphis (B.A., magna cum laude, 1999; J.D., cum laude, 2003). Member: Memphis (Vice Chair, Real Estate and Environmental Law Sections) and Tennessee (Member, Real Estate Section) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial Real Estate; Lender Law. Email: B. Taylor Gray | | M. Ruthie Hagan (Associate) born Gravette, Arkansas, October 17, 1977; admitted to bar, 2004, Arkansas; 2008, Tennessee. Education: University of Kansas (B.S., Chemistry, 2000); University of Arkansas (M.Ed., Higher Education, 2003; J.D., cum laude, 2004). Managing Editor, Arkansas Law Review, 2003-2004. Recipient, American Bankruptcy Institute Medal of Excellence; Board of Advocates. Author: "Nef v. Ag Services of America, Inc.: Revised Article 9 Brings Uncertainty to Holders of Agricultural Landlord's Liens," 56 Arkansas Law Review 871 (2004). Member: Arkansas Bar Association (Member, Debtor-Creditor Rights Section); American Bankruptcy Institute. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Debtor and Creditor; Lender Liability; Banking Law; Commercial Litigation. Email: M. Ruthie Hagan | | Catherine M. Harris (Associate) born Atlanta, Georgia, 1981; admitted to bar, 2006, Tennessee. Education: University of Georgia (B.A., 2003; J.D., 2006). Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Securities. Email: Catherine M. Harris | | Colleen D. Hitch (Associate) admitted to bar, 2002, Ohio; 2005, Tennessee, U.S. District Court, Western District of Tennessee and U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Education: Georgetown University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1998); University of Virginia (J.D., 2002). Articles and Notes Editor, Journal of Law and Politics. Law Clerk to Honorable Irene M. Keeley, U.S. District Court, Northern District of West Virginia, 2003-2004; Law Clerk to Honorable Samuel H. Mays, Jr., U.S. District Court, Western District of Tennessee, 2002-2003. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Colleen D. Hitch | | Robert C. Humphreys (Associate) born Memphis, Tennessee, July 14, 1980; admitted to bar, 2005, Tennessee; 2006, U.S. District Court, Western District of Tennessee. Education: University of Tennessee (B.S., magna cum laude, 2002); University of Memphis (J.D., cum laude, 2005). Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Alpha Delta; Mortar Board. Recipient: Order of Omega Award for Excellence; Dean's Award for Academic Excellence in Corporate Taxation and Remedies, 2003-2004. Staff Member, University of Memphis Law Review, 2003-2005. Member: Memphis, Tennessee and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Securities; Corporate Law; Business Law. Email: Robert C. Humphreys | | Robert P. McDaniel, Jr. (Associate) born Tennessee, 1980; admitted to bar, 2006, Tennessee. Education: Rhodes College (B.A., 2002); Vanderbilt University (J.D., 2006). Practice Areas: Commercial Law. Email: Robert P. McDaniel, Jr. | | Michael T. Moore (Associate) born Jackson, Mississippi, December 13, 1974; admitted to bar, 2000, Tennessee. Education: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (B.A., 1997); University of Virginia (J.D., 2000). Phi Beta Kappa. Articles Review Editor, Virginia Tax Review. Practice Areas: Employee Benefits; Taxation. Email: Michael T. Moore | | Bradley L. Ottinger (Associate) born Chesapeake, Virginia, June 16, 1969; admitted to bar, 2002, Florida and U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida; 2004, Virginia, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia and U.S. Court of Appeals, 4th Circuit; 2005, Tennessee. Education: Pennsylvania State University (B.A., Liberal Arts, 1991); Vanderbilt University (M.Ed., 1993); Washington University at St. Louis (J.D., 2002). Member: The Florida Bar; Virginia State Bar; Virginia and American Bar Associations; American Bankruptcy Institute. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Securities. Email: Bradley L. Ottinger | | Amanda Robins Poe (Associate) admitted to bar, 2004, Tennessee. Education: University of Mississippi (B.B.A., summa cum laude, 2001; J.D., summa cum laude, 2004). Phi Delta Phi. James O. Eastland Scholar. Member, Mississippi Law Journal. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Securities. Email: Amanda Robins Poe | | William E. Scott, III (Associate) born 1980; admitted to bar, 2007, Tennessee. Education: University of Mississippi (B.Accy., summa cum laude, 2003; M.Tax, 2004); University of Memphis (J.D., 2007). Recipient: Scholar Athlete Award, SBC Cotton Bowl Classic, 2004; CALI Awards in: Securities Regulation; Federal Taxation of Business Entities; Art Law. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Securities. Email: William E. Scott, III | | Scott B. Shanker (Associate) born Kansas City, Missouri, January 20, 1976; admitted to bar, 2001, Missouri; 2002, Kansas; 2005, Tennessee. Education: University of Kansas (B.A., 1998); St. Louis University School of Law (J.D., 2001). Member: American Health Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Health Care(80%); Corporate Law(20%). Email: Scott B. Shanker | | Kelly N. Stovall (Associate) born Frankfort, Kentucky, 1981; admitted to bar, 2006, Tennessee. Education: University of Memphis (B.A., summa cum laude, 2002; J.D., magna cum laude, 2006). Practice Areas: Commercial Law. Email: Kelly N. Stovall | | Theodore Gaillard Uhlhorn, V (Associate) admitted to bar, 2000, Tennessee. Education: Washington & Lee University (B.A., cum laude, 1997); University of Tennessee (J.D., with honors, 2000). Member: Memphis, Tennessee and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Real Estate. Email: Theodore Gaillard Uhlhorn, V | | William G. (Bill) Whitman, IV (Associate) born Memphis, Tennessee, February 13, 1976; admitted to bar, 2002, Georgia; 2004, Tennessee. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.A., cum laude, 1998); Notre Dame Law School ( J.D., magna cum laude, 2002). Articles Editor, Notre Dame Law Review. Law Clerk to the Hon. Thomas M. Shanahan, U.S. District Court, 2002-2004. Member: Tennessee Bar Association; State Bar of Georgia. Practice Areas: Litigation; Products Liability. Email: William G. (Bill) Whitman, IV | | Clarence A. Wilbon (Associate) born Little Rock, Arkansas, November 30, 1973; admitted to bar, 2000, Kentucky; 2004, Tennessee. Education: Arkansas State University (B.A., 1996); Louis D. Brandeis School of Law, University of Louisville (J.D., cum laude, 2000). Member: Memphis, Tennessee (Member, Young Lawyers Division Board of Directors), Kentucky and American (Co-Chair, Banking and Lender Liability Litigation Subcommittee) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Financial Institutions; Banking Litigation. Email: Clarence A. Wilbon | | LaToya L. Williams (Associate) born 1976; admitted to bar, 2004, Tennessee. Education: University of Memphis (B.B.A., magna cum laude, 1997); University of Tennessee College of Law (J.D., 2004). Dean's List. Member: Student Bar Association; Law Women's Association. University of Tennessee Representative, 2003. Participant, ABA Minority Judicial Clerkship Program, Seattle. Member: Memphis, Tennessee, National and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Capital Markets Lending; Conduit Lending; Real Estate Finance; Real Estate Practice. Email: LaToya L. Williams | | Jodi Wilson (Associate) born Tyler, Texas; admitted to bar, 2001, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Illinois; 2002, Missouri; 2005, Tennessee. Education: University of Arkansas (B.A., summa cum laude, 1998); Washington University (J.D., 2001). Order of the Coif. Staff Member, Washington University Law Quarterly, 2000-2001. Member: St. Clair County, Madison County, Illinois State and American Bar Associations; The Missouri Bar; Illinois Trial Lawyers Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Practice Areas: Securities Arbitration; Civil Litigation. Email: Jodi Wilson | | Amy C. Worrell (Associate) born 1977; admitted to bar, 2006, Tennessee. Education: Belmont University (B.B.A., cum laude, 1999); University of Memphis (J.D., cum laude, 2006). Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Amy C. Worrell | | Kristen Collier Wright (Associate) admitted to bar, 2001, Tennessee and Arkansas. Education: University of Arkansas (B.A., English, Communications, with departmental honors, cum laude, 1998; J.D., cum laude, 2001). Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Delta Phi. Fulbright Senior Scholar, University of Arkansas. Member, American Inns of Court. Member, Arkansas Law Review. Teacher, The Legal Environment of Business, East Arkansas Community College. Member: Memphis, St. Francis County, Tennessee, Arkansas and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Bankruptcy. Email: Kristen Collier Wright | | Tiffany A. Yates (Associate) born Dallas, Texas, 1975; admitted to bar, 2006, Tennessee. Education: McMurry University (B.A., 1998); The University of Mississippi (J.D., 2006). Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Tiffany A. Yates | Other Office Addresses: Links to Other Offices
Nashville Downtown, Tennessee Office: 315 Deaderick Street, Suite 2700, 37238-3001. Telephone: 615-742-6200. Fax: 615-742-6293.
Knoxville, Tennessee Office: 1700 Riverview Tower, 900 S. Gay Street, 37902. Telephone: 865-521-6200. Fax: 865-521-6234.
| Law Firm Network Affiliations Bass, Berry & Sims is a founding member and the Tennessee representative of Lex Mundi, the State Capital Global Law Firm Group and the Southern Law Network. These three organizations are associations of independent law firms located in principal business centers throughout the United States and major foreign markets. Member firms of each are selected for the significance of their practices and their reputation as a leading firm in their legal community. Bass, Berry & Sims is one of only six law firms in the United States selected for membership in both Lex Mundi and the State Capital Global Law Firm Group. Member firms of these three organizations practice independently and not in relationship for the joint practice of law. Lex Mundi Lex Mundi has 162 member firms around the world, representing approximately 17,000 lawyers. The organization provides for the exchange of professional information about the global practice and development of law, facilitates and disseminates communications among its members and improves the members' abilities to serve the needs of their respective clients. Member law firms are located throughout North America, Europe, Latin America, the Caribbean, Asia and the Pacific, the Middle East and Africa. State Capital Global Law Firm Group The State Capital Global Law Firm Group member firms are located in all 50 U.S. state capitals and in business markets and financial centers around the world. The organization has a membership of nearly 120 independent law firms, representing approximately 9,000 attorneys located throughout the United States, Canada, Latin America, the Caribbean, Europe, Africa/Middle East and Asia/Pacific Rim. Member firm attorneys offer a broad range of skills and experience to clients. Those based in U.S. state capitals offer a unique knowledge of state legislatures and regulatory agencies. Those based outside the United States offer similar perspectives and abilities in their jurisdictions. Southern Law Network The Southern Law Network, representing approximately 2,700 attorneys, is comprised of 12 leading law firms throughout the South. These include Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia. The Network serves as a strategic alternative to certain types of expansion and is a vehicle for the cooperation trend among law firms, even in overlapping markets. | (For Complete Biographical Data on all Personnel, see Professional Biographies at Nashville Downtown Office) | | Maintains an office in more than one location. |
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