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34 Baker Donelson Attorneys Named Best Lawyers® 2025 "Lawyers of the Year"

Each year, Best Lawyers designates a select group of individuals as "Lawyers of the Year" in high-profile specialties in large legal communities. 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. Lawyers being honored as "Lawyer of the Year" are selected based on particularly impressive voting averages received during the exhaustive peer-review assessments that Best Lawyers conducts with thousands of leading lawyers each year.

The Baker Donelson attorneys recognized as "Lawyers of the Year" in the 2025 edition of Best Lawyers are:

Attorney Best Lawyers Practice Area City
Ben C. Adams Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships) Memphis
Adam S. Baldridge Trademark Law Memphis
Frank C. Bonaventure Jr. Financial Services Regulation Law Baltimore
Scott D. Carey Transportation Law Nashville
Michael B. Chance Commercial Finance Law Memphis
Christopher J. Coats Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law Memphis
Barry K. Cockrell Health Care Law Jackson
Angie Davis Litigation - Labor and Employment Memphis
Michael T. Dawkins Qui Tam Law Jackson
Joseph R. Delgado Jr. Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships) Atlanta
Blair B. Evans Litigation - Banking and Finance Memphis
Kenneth P. "Pete" Ezell Jr. Economic Development Law Nashville
Samuel Lanier Felker Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants Nashville
William H.D. Fones Jr. Tax Law Memphis
Steven F. Griffith Jr. Litigation - Real Estate New Orleans
Mary Ann Jackson Mergers and Acquisitions Law Memphis
Joseph C. Kovars Litigation - Construction Baltimore
Edward D. Lanquist Litigation - Patent Nashville
James H. Levine Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships) Chattanooga
George T. Lewis Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants Memphis
Leonard C. "Len" Martin Tax Law Jackson
William S. Painter Mergers and Acquisitions Law Jackson
Lori H. Patterson Litigation - Municipal Memphis
Kelly M. Preteroti Litigation - Trusts and Estates Baltimore
J. Allen Roberts Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships) Nashville
William E. Robinson Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law Chattanooga
R. Culver Schmid Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships) Knoxville
Jason A. Strain Banking and Finance Law Memphis
Stacy E. Thomas Nonprofit / Charities Law Jackson
D. Jeffrey Wagner Project Finance Law Jackson
David P. Webb Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships) Jackson
Buckner Wellford Litigation - Health Care Memphis
Steve F. Wood Technology Law Nashville
Steven K. Wood Nonprofit / Charities Law Nashville

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