Baker Donelson Attorneys Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2025 Listing

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Thirty-four of the Firm's attorneys were also recognized by Best Lawyers^®as "Lawyer of the Year," a designation given to a select group of individuals in high-profile specialties in large legal communities. Only one attorney in each community for each specialty is honored.

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The latest edition of Best Lawyers^® also includes 77 Baker Donelson attorneys in its Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch^® in America list, which recognizes attorneys who are earlier in their careers for outstanding professional excellence in private practice.

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Baker Donelson was also top-listed in the nation in three practice areas in the latest Best Lawyers^® edition: Litigation - Health Care with 11 attorneys, Mortgage Banking Foreclosure Law with five attorneys, and Nonprofit/Charities Law with eight attorneys. The top-listed designation is given to the firm that has the most recognized lawyers in a particular practice area.

Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers^® has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Best Lawyers recognitions are compiled based on an exhaustive Purely Peer Review^® evaluation. More than 184,000 industry leading lawyers are eligible to vote (from around the world), and we have received more than 25.8 million evaluations on the legal abilities of other lawyers based on their specific practice areas around the world.