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23 Baker Donelson Attorneys Named Best Lawyers® 2027 "Lawyer of the Year"

August 20, 2026
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Each year, Best Lawyers® designates a select group of individuals as "Lawyer 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 Purely 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 2027 edition of Best Lawyers are:

Attorney Best Lawyers Practice Area City
Adam S. Baldridge Trademark Law Memphis
Scott D. Carey Transportation Law Nashville
Michael B. Chance Commercial Finance Law Memphis
Christopher J. Coats Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law Nashville
Joseph R. Delgado Jr. Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships) Atlanta
Richard D. Faulkner Jr. Health Care Law Chattanooga
Mark W. Frilot Construction Law New Orleans
Matthew Gissendanner Utilities Law Columbia
Michael J. Halaiko Product Liability Litigation - Defendants Baltimore
Jonathan C. Hancock Employment Law - Individuals Memphis
Mary Ann Jackson Mergers and Acquisitions Law Memphis
E. Scott Johnson Copyright Law Baltimore
Ty Kelly Criminal Defense: General Practice Baltimore
Edward D. Lanquist Litigation - Intellectual Property; Litigation - Patent Nashville
Bruce Anthony McMullen Litigation - Health Care Memphis
Anjana D. Patel Health Care Law Metropark (Iselin)
Lori H. Patterson Litigation - Securities Memphis
Kelly M. Preteroti Litigation - Trusts and Estates Baltimore
Kristine L. Roberts Litigation - Banking and Finance Memphis
Jason A. Strain Commercial Transactions/UCC Law Memphis
Buckner Wellford Product Liability Litigation - Defendants Memphis
Steve F. Wood Privacy and Data Security Law; Technology Law Nashville
Steven K. Wood Nonprofit/Charities Law Nashville

 
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