Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC

Memphis, Tennessee Office

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20th Floor, First Tennessee Building, 165 Madison Avenue
Memphis, Tennessee 38103
(Shelby Co.)

Telephone: 901-526-2000
Telecopier: 901-577-2303
http://www.bakerdonelson.com

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Bar Register Practice Areas

Banking Law	Bankruptcy Law
Business Law	Labor and Employment Law
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About this office:

Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC, is ranked by The National Law Journal as one of the 100 largest law firms in the country. Through strategic acquisitions and mergers over the past century, the Firm has grown to include more than 550 attorneys and public policy and international advisors. Baker Donelson has offices located in five states in the southern U.S. as well as Washington, D.C., plus a representative office in London, England.

Current and former Baker Donelson attorneys and advisors include, among many other highly distinguished individuals, people who have served as: Chief of Staff to the President of the United States; U.S. Senate Majority Leader; U.S. Secretary of State; Members of the United States Senate; Members of the United States House of Representatives; Acting Administrator and Deputy Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration; Director of the Office of Foreign Assets Control for the U.S. Department of the Treasury; Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts; Chief Counsel, Acting Director, and Acting Deputy Director of U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services within the United States Department of Homeland Security; Majority and Minority Staff Director of the Senate Committee on Appropriations; a member of President's Domestic Policy Council; Counselor to the Deputy Secretary for the United States Department of HHS; Chief of Staff of the Supreme Court of the United States; Administrative Assistant to the Chief Justice of the United States; Deputy Under Secretary for International Trade for the U.S. Department of Commerce; Ambassador to Japan; Ambassador to Turkey; Ambassador to Saudi Arabia; Ambassador to the Sultanate of Oman; Governor of Tennessee; Governor of Mississippi; Deputy Governor and Chief of Staff for the Governor of Tennessee; Commissioner of Finance & Administration (Chief Operating Officer), State of Tennessee; Special Counselor to the Governor of Virginia; United States Circuit Court of Appeals Judge; United States District Court Judges; United States Attorneys; and Presidents of State and Local Bar Associations.

Baker Donelson represents local, regional, national and international clients. The Firm provides innovative, results-oriented solutions, placing the needs of the client first. Our state-of-the-art technologies seamlessly link all offices, provide instant information exchange, and support clients nationwide with secure access to our online document repository.

Baker Donelson is a member of several of the largest legal networks that provide our attorneys quick access to legal expertise throughout the United States and around the world.

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Specific Practice & Industry Groups Details:

Antitrust	Bankruptcy and Creditors' Rights
Business and Technology	Business and Technology -- Advertising and Marketing
Business and Technology -- Intellectual Property and Business Development	Business and Technology -- Mergers and Acquisitions and Securities Law
Business and Technology -- Privacy and Data Collections	Business and Technology -- Virtual Human Resources Department
Business and Technology -- eBusiness Public Policy	Business and Technology -- eBusiness Taxation
Business and Transactions	Business and Transactions -- Business Planning and Counseling
Business and Transactions -- Corporate Finance	Business and Transactions -- Corporate Governance
Business and Transactions -- Corporate/IT Procurement	Business and Transactions -- Mergers and Acquisitions
Business and Transactions -- Private Companies	Business and Transactions -- Public Companies
Business and Transactions -- Venture Capital	Construction
Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation	Estate Planning/Probate
Financial Services and Transactions	Financial Services and Transactions -- Financial Institutions
Financial Services and Transactions -- Securitization	Financial Services and Transactions -- Structured Finance/Commercial Transactions
Government Investigations and Litigation	Health Law
Health Law -- Drug, Device & Life Sciences	Health Law -- Employment and Labor
Health Law -- Long-Term Care	Intellectual Property
Labor & Employment	Labor & Employment -- EEO
Labor & Employment -- Employee Benefits	Labor & Employment -- Health Care
Labor & Employment -- Labor Law	Labor & Employment -- OFCCP/Affirmative Action Plans
Labor & Employment -- Policies and Training	Labor & Employment -- Reduction in Force
Labor & Employment -- Wage and Hour	Labor & Employment -- Workers' Compensation
Litigation	Litigation - White Collar Crime
Litigation -- Antitrust Litigation	Litigation -- Appellate Practice
Litigation -- Banking and Financial Services	Litigation -- Bankruptcy and Creditor's Rights
Litigation -- Class Action	Litigation -- Commercial/Business Litigation
Litigation -- Condemnation	Litigation -- Construction Litigation
Litigation -- Directors and Officers Litigation	Litigation -- Environmental Litigation
Litigation -- Health Care Litigation	Litigation -- Hospitality/Franchising
Litigation -- Intellectual Property Litigation	Litigation -- Labor and Employment Litigation
Litigation -- Product Liability/Tort	Litigation -- Professional Liability
Litigation -- State and Local Tax Litigation	Litigation -- State and Local Tax Litigation
Litigation -- Transportation Litigation	Public Finance
Public Law	Public Policy - Federal
Public Policy - Federal - Federal Health Policy	Public Policy - Federal - Homeland Security
Public Policy - Federal -- Appropriations Practice	Public Policy - State
Public Policy - State - Tennessee State Public Policy	Real Estate
Real Estate -- Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT)	Subprime Mortgage
Taxation - Federal and State/Local	Taxation - Federal and State/Local - Estate Planning/Probate
Taxation - Federal and State/Local - State and Local Tax Litigation	Transportation

Statement of Practice Summary:

Alternative Dispute Resolution; Admiralty and Maritime; Antitrust; Aviation; Bankruptcy and Creditors' Rights; Business and Transactions; Construction; eBusiness/Technology; Eminent Domain; Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation; Environmental, Health and Safety; Equipment Leasing; Estate Planning/Probate; Financial Services and Transactions; Government Investigations and Litigation; Gulf Coast Reconstruction; Health Law; Immigration; Intellectual Property; International; Labor and Employment; Litigation; Public Finance; Public Policy - Federal; Public Policy - State; Real Estate; Subprime Mortgage; Taxation - Federal and State/Local; Transportation.

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Articles Authored by Lawyers at this office:

Expenses Related to Securities Lawsuit over Stock Offering Can be Deducted as Ordinary and Necessary Business Expense
Adam C. Flock, October 9, 2009
A corporation recently requested guidance from the IRS on whether a deduction under Section 162 of the Code would be allowed for expenses - including legal fees and settlement payments - that it incurred in settling a lawsuit over allegedly fraudulent financial representations in a prospectus. The...

Putting Economic Development Incentives to Work for Business
Gary S. Schiff, Richard A. Walker, William N. Norton, William S. Mendenhall, Louann Prater Smith, Desiree M. Franklin, Nancy A. Vincent, Robert D. Van de Vuurst, Doreen M. Edelman, October 7, 2009
A lucrative package of tax and other incentives offered by state and local governments made it easy for a multinational manufacturer to decide where to build its new manufacturing facility. The glow of the incentives began to dim, however, as company executives grappled with how to take advantage...

Infringement Puts Profits at Risk
Eugene J. Podesta, October 4, 2009
The Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, which sits in Chicago, recently handed down a decision which could significantly impact hotel and restaurant franchisors and terminated franchisees.

Year Established: 1888

Representative Clients:

American Contract Bridge League; AOC, LLC; Buckeye Technologies Inc.; Celtic Insurance Company; Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc.; Direct General Corporation; FedEx Corporation; First Aviation Services, Inc.; First Horizon National Corporation; First Tennessee Bank National Association; Ford Motor Credit Company; Fred's Stores, Inc.; GSW, Inc.; Guardsmark, LLC; Hancock Fabrics, Inc.; Hewson Properties; Hunter Fan Company; Intrepid Aviation Partners Group, LLC; King Pharmaceuticals; L & B Realty Advisors, Inc.; Methodist LeBonheur Health Care Systems; Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.; Millington Municipal Airport Authority; Mitsui & Co. (U.S.A.), Inc.; Monogram Food Solutions, LLC; Morgan Keegan & Company, Inc.; Pinnacle Airlines Corp.; Philip Morris Incorporated; Delta & Pine Land Company; Pittco Management; P.S.S. World Medical; Renal Care Group, Inc.; Seacor Smit, Inc.; St. Jude; State Farm Insurance Companies; Southern Systems, Inc.; Starr Printing Company; The Troxel Company; Thomas & Betts; Waste Connections, Inc.; Wells Fargo Financial, Inc.

Law Firm Affiliations: MACKRELL INTERNATIONAL: A world wide association of independent law firms created to meet the increasing complex and varied needs of clients throughout the world and to respond to the challenges of the international legal commercial market.

(For complete biographical data on Nashville, Chattanooga, Knoxville, Johnson City and Huntsville, Tennessee; Washington, D.C.; Jackson, Mississippi; Atlanta, Georgia; Baton Rouge, New Orleans and Mandeville, Louisiana; and Birmingham, Alabama personnel, see Professional Biographies at those locations)

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