185 Firm Attorneys Named to 2011 Listing; Seven Practice Areas Ranked First in the Nation

With 185 of its attorneys selected for inclusion in the 2011 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®, Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC is the fourth highest ranked law firm in the country, based on the number of attorneys named to the list.

This significant ranking places Baker Donelson among an elite group of leading national firms. Each of the other firms ranked in the top five has more than 1,000 attorneys in the U.S., versus Baker Donelson's total attorney and advisor count of 564.

Baker Donelson is ranked first in the nation in seven practice areas: Gaming Law, Mass Tort Litigation, Medical Malpractice Law, Personal Injury Litigation, Product Liability Litigation, Professional Malpractice Law and Transportation Law.

The Best Lawyers in America® (copyright 2010 by Woodward/White, Inc. of Aiken, SC), a well-respected attorney listing that is widely regarded as a definitive guide to legal excellence, is produced by Woodward/White Inc., a professional research firm in Aiken, South Carolina. First published in 1983, Best Lawyers is based on an exhaustive annual peer-review survey. For the new U.S. edition, more than 39,000 leading attorneys cast more than 3.1 million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in the same and related specialties. Because of the rigorous and transparent methodology, and because lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed, inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor. Corporate Counsel magazine has called Best Lawyers "the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice."