There are 5 article(s) tagged Baker Donelson:

• January 2025

  • As city’s legal challenges mount, so does spending on outside firms

    Last year, Memphis taxpayers paid $4.9 million in private legal bills, which have climbed each of the past four years.

    By Samuel Hardiman January 27, 2025

• September 2020

  • ‘Legal legend’ Leo Bearman Jr. dies

    He represented clients in high-profile and important cases, even until his death. His communication skills were so legendary that other lawyers would slip into the back of the courtroom just to watch him work. 

    By Tom Bailey September 22, 2020

• March 2020

  • Coronavirus daily blog, March 9: Baptist patient improving

    Editor's note: Due to the serious public health implications associated with COVID-19, The Daily Memphian is making our coronavirus coverage accessible to all readers — no subscription needed.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff March 20, 2020

• January 2020

  • Memphis has paid $1 million in attorney fees in consent decree lawsuit

    The City of Memphis has paid $1 million to Baker Donelson law firm in attorney fees to defend the city in a 2017 consent decree lawsuit. 

    By Yolanda Jones January 06, 2020

• July 2019

  • Adams returns to practice, focuses on Memphis after 21 years as Baker Donelson CEO

    After 21 years leading one of the 60 largest law firms in the country, Baker Donelson chairman and CEO Ben C. Adams is taking more time to focus on his practice and serve his hometown. 

    By Michelle Corbet July 11, 2019