A total of 101 attorneys from Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis, LLP were selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© 2022.
Waller attorneys were recognized by Best Lawyers in 65 distinct practice areas with many attorneys recognized in multiple areas. Attorneys representing each of Waller's five offices in Nashville, Austin, Birmingham, Chattanooga and Memphis were among those honored.
In addition, eight Waller attorneys were named “Lawyer of the Year” for specific practice areas in their respective cities:
Memphis, Tenn.
- Denise Burke - Health Care Law
Nashville, Tenn.
- James Bristol - Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
- Robert R. Campbell, Jr. - Banking and Finance Law
- Marcus Crider - Labor Law - Management
- Paul Davidson - Litigation - Mergers and Acquisitions
- David Lemke - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- E. Andrew Norwood - Technology Law
- James Weaver - Environmental Law
Following is a complete list of the Waller attorneys recognized in The Best Lawyers in America© 2022.
Nashville, Tenn.
Alexander B. Buchanan
- Administrative / Regulatory Law
- Corporate Law
- Public Finance Law
Robb Harvey
- Advertising Law
- Commercial Litigation
- Communications Law
- Copyright Law
- Entertainment Law - Music
- Entertainment Law - Theater
- First Amendment Law
- Franchise Law
- Litigation - First Amendment
- Litigation - Intellectual Property
- Litigation - Patent
- Media Law
- Privacy and Data Security Law
- Trade Secrets Law
- Trademark Law
Lew Conner
- Arbitration
- Bet-the-Company Litigation
- Commercial Litigation
- Family Law
- Family Law Mediation
- Litigation - Construction
- Mediation
Robert R. Campbell, Jr.
- Banking and Finance Law
- Project Finance Law
- Real Estate Law
Robert L. Harris
- Banking and Finance Law
- Commercial Finance Law
Richard Hills
Gerald Mace
- Banking and Finance Law
- Commercial Finance Law
Ryan Cochran
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
David Lemke
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Michael R. Paslay
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Litigation - Bankruptcy
Kathleen Stenberg
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
John Tishler
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Litigation - Bankruptcy
Robert E. Boston
- Bet-the-Company Litigation
- Commercial Litigation
- Employment Law - Management
- Labor Law - Management
- Litigation - Labor and Employment
Theodore W. Lenz
- Commercial Finance Law
- Commercial Transactions / UCC Law
Walter Crouch
- Commercial Litigation
- Litigation - Intellectual Property
Paul Davidson
- Commercial Litigation
- Litigation - Antitrust
- Litigation - Intellectual Property
- Litigation - Mergers and Acquisitions
- Litigation - Securities
Ames Davis
Derek Edwards
Michael Harmon
W. Travis Parham
- Commercial Litigation
- Litigation - Banking and Finance
- Litigation - Real Estate
- Litigation - Securities
James H. Nixon III
- Commercial Transactions / UCC Law
Christopher S. Dunn
- Construction Law
- Litigation - Construction
E. Andrew Norwood
- Copyright Law
- Information Technology Law
- Litigation - Intellectual Property
- Technology Law
- Trade Secrets Law
- Trademark Law
Wes Scott
- Corporate Governance Law
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
George Bishop III
- Corporate Law
- Health Care Law
- Litigation - Mergers and Acquisitions
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Brent Bowman
Matthew R. Burnstein
- Corporate Law
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
J. Chase Cole
- Corporate Law
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
E. Brent Hill
- Corporate Law
- Health Care Law
E. Marlee Mitchell
- Corporate Law
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Securities / Capital Markets Law
Donald R. Moody
- Corporate Law
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
MaryEllen Pickrell
G. Scott Rayson
- Corporate Law
- Health Care Law
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Thomas H. Peebles IV
- Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law
James Bristol
- Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
- Employment Law - Management
- Litigation - ERISA
- Tax Law
Shannon Goff Kukulka
- Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
- Employment Law - Management
Marcus Crider
- Employment Law - Management
- Labor Law - Management
- Litigation - Labor and Employment
John E.B. Gerth
- Employment Law - Management
- Litigation - Labor and Employment
Stanley E. Graham
- Employment Law - Management
- Labor Law - Management
- Litigation - Labor and Employment
Andrew S. Naylor
- Employment Law - Management
- Labor Law - Management
- Litigation - Labor and Employment
Edward M. Callaway
Michael Stagg
James Weaver
- Environmental Law
- Gaming Law
- Government Relations Practice
William T. Cheek III
- Food and Beverage Law
- Nonprofit / Charities Law
Robert P. Felber, Jr.
- Franchise Law
- Trade Secrets Law
- Trademark Law
J. Leigh Griffith
- Government Relations Practice
- Litigation and Controversy - Tax
- Tax Law
Brian Browder
David R. Clay
Carla Fenswick
David Head
- Health Care Law
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Molly Huffman
Neil B. Krugman
Nora Liggett
Mark Peters
- Health Care Law
- Litigation - Labor and Employment
Patricia Owen Powers
Colbey Reagan
Eric Scalzo
Tonya Scharf
- Health Care Law
- Real Estate Law
J.D. Thomas
- Health Care Law
- Litigation - Health Care
- Qui Tam Law
Jennifer Weaver
- Health Care Law
- Qui Tam Law
Mark Bell
Wells Trompeter
Charles H. Williamson
A.J. Bahou
- Litigation - Intellectual Property
John Park
- Litigation - Labor and Employment
G. Michael Yopp
- Litigation and Controversy - Tax
- Tax Law
- Trusts and Estates
L. Hunter Rost, Jr.
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Donald B. Stuart
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Tax Law
Beth Vessel
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Erica Garrison
I.C. (Jack) Waddey, Jr.
Stephen C. Baker
Jeffrey A. Calk
John Claybrook
Philip Head
J. Steven Kirkham
Walter Neilsen
Jon P. Gaston
Richard Johnson
- Tax Law
- Trusts and Estates
Shane P. Morris
Christopher A. Wilson
Aaron Flinn
Birmingham, Ala.
Larry B. Childs
- Banking and Finance Law
- Commercial Litigation
- Litigation - Banking and Finance
- Litigation - Construction
- Litigation - Securities
Paul H. Greenwood
- Banking and Finance Law
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Litigation - Bankruptcy
- Real Estate Law
Eric T. Ray
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Litigation - Bankruptcy
Jesse S. Vogtle Jr.
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Commercial Litigation
- Litigation - Banking and Finance
- Litigation - Bankruptcy
- Litigation - Real Estate
William C. Athanas
- Bet-the-Company Litigation
- Criminal Defense: White-Collar
- Litigation - Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy)
Kristen A. Larremore
Colin H. Luke
- Health Care Law
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Randolph H. Lanier
Chattanooga, Tenn.
J. Patrick Murphy
- Banking and Finance Law
- Corporate Law
Roger D. Bailey, Jr.
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Austin, Texas
Eric J. Taube
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Bet-the-Company Litigation
- Commercial Litigation
- Litigation - Banking and Finance
- Litigation - Bankruptcy
- Litigation - Real Estate
- Litigation - Securities
Mark C. Taylor
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Morris D. Weiss
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Kevin W. Brown
- Commercial Litigation
- Litigation - Construction
Richard W. Harrison
- Commercial Litigation
- Litigation - Construction
- Litigation - Patent
Fletcher H. Brown
Memphis, Tenn.
Jeffrey C. Smith
- Commercial Litigation
- Construction Law
Denise Burke
