About

Provided by Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

With nearly 100 litigators serving clients in all 50 states and many countries around the globe, Bass, Berry & Sims has a track record of successful outcomes, first-rate client service, and industry-leading efficiency tools and practices. We approach disputes by addressing not only the matter at hand but also by analyzing litigation trends facing the client and suggesting creative solutions to minimize risk over the long term.

 

We regularly handle a wide variety of complex litigation, multidistrict litigation, and class actions across practice areas and industries. As a complement to litigation in the state of Tennessee, we offer the leading government relations practice in the state.

 

Our team includes former leaders from the DOJ, FTC, HHS, Department of Homeland Security, and State Attorneys General Offices. Our experience inside the government gives us significant insight into how these and other agencies think about investigations and disputes, along with the strategies they use to pursue these cases.


Key Practice Areas

  • Antitrust
  • Asset Recovery
  • Bankruptcy
  • Business Disputes
  • Compliance & Government Investigations
  • Construction & Real Estate
  • Environmental
  • False Claims Act
  •  Financial Services
  • Government Contracts
  • Healthcare Fraud & Abuse
  • Higher Education
  • Intellectual Property
  • International Trade
  • Labor & Employment
  • Managed Care
  • Privacy & Data Security
  • Products Liability & Torts
  • Securities & Shareholder Litigation
  • Tax

Chambers Review

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Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations - Tennessee

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What the Team is Known For

Bass, Berry & Sims is a top-notch law firm with an outstanding reputation for its wide-ranging litigation expertise. It is well equipped to handle disputes in highly regulated industries, with notable capabilities in financial services and healthcare cases. It demonstrates wider strengths in commercial disputes, including class actions, IP claims and privacy disputes. The firm is further active in bankruptcy-related litigation. Its expertise extends to white-collar criminal matters, including litigation and investigations.

Work Highlights

  • Bass, Berry & Sims represented HCA Healthcare in a consolidated class action alleging that it violated provisions of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and the Federal Trade Commission Act as a result of a data security incident in late June 2023.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Britt K Latham
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Britt K Latham
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Britt Latham is recognized his deep expertise in securities and shareholder litigation. He also comes highly recommended for his representation of clients facing big-ticket class actions and SEC enforcement proceedings. He operates from Nashville.

Britt's experience is invaluable to our company. His legal advice is timely, clear, and most importantly focuses on the practical business implications that follow.

Lisa S. Rivera
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Lisa S. Rivera
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Lisa Rivera is an accomplished litigator with an impressive background as a state and federal prosecutor. Her clients include public health systems and aerospace companies.

Lisa is client and service-oriented, she goes above and beyond. We've had excellent experience with her and with everyone at the firm.

W Brantley Phillips, Jr
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W Brantley Phillips, Jr
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Brantley Phillips is a well-known attorney with a strong reputation in the Tennessee market. He leads the firm's litigation team and has considerable experience acting for clients in declaratory judgment proceedings.

Brantley is knowledgeable, skilled and has good team around him. He is substantively excellent and does a really good job in litigation.

He is extremely knowledgeable, terrific at working with a board and great at communicating. He is wonderful in helping resolve problems and really enjoyable to work with.

Jessalyn H. Zeigler
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Jessalyn H. Zeigler
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Jessalyn Zeigler assists clients with an array of negligence claims and breach of contract litigation. She is additionally well versed in handling product liability cases.

Her handling of our complex litigation was fantastic. She can quickly identify implications of a case strategy from both a litigation and business perspective, and clearly communicates her analysis.

Her litigation instincts are very strong. She does a great job in helping to counsel the company.

Overton Thompson III
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Overton Thompson III
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Overton Thompson has an excellent track record in the commercial litigation space, offering specific strengths in securities disputes and contentious IP matters. He has more than three decades of experience and is well regarded in the market.

Overton not only represented us well, but became a valued part of our organization.

Ranked Lawyers at
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Tennessee

Litigation: General Commercial

Britt K Latham
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Britt K Latham
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W Brantley Phillips, Jr
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W Brantley Phillips, Jr
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Jessalyn H. Zeigler
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Jessalyn H. Zeigler
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Overton Thompson III
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Overton Thompson III
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Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations

Lisa S. Rivera
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Lisa S. Rivera
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Clients

Provided by Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Brookdale Senior Living (NYSE: BKD)

CBS Broadcasting, Inc.

Envision Healthcare Corp. (NYSE: EVHC) (formerly AmSurg)

Genesco Inc. (NYSE: GCO)

HCA Holdings Inc. (NYSE: HCA)

Industries

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Aerospace & defense

Financial services

Healthcare

Higher education

Hospitality & leisure

Life sciences

Manufacturing

Nonprofit organizations

Real estate

Retail

Sports, entertainment & media

Technology

Telecommunications

Transportation

Utilities