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2012 “Best Lawyers” List Released

April 25, 2012/by Sarah Skates

The 2012 edition of Best Lawyers In America includes many Nashville entertainment attorneys who were selected based on peer review.

Attorney Derek Crownover is Nashville’s newest addition to the book for 2012, in the field of Entertainment Law—Music. Crownover is the most recent past president and current legal counsel for the Nashville chapter of the TJ Martell Foundation.

Additionally, many other local lawyers have been included for a decade or longer. Attorneys who appear in the book are listed below in alphabetical order. This is a partial list based on information available on BestLawyers.com. The complete list is available in the print edition. Nationwide, only 96 entertainment lawyers were included.

Orville Almon, Jr., Almon Law, PLLC
Karl Braun, Hall Booth Smith & Slover, PC
John C. Beiter, Shackelford, Zumwalt & Hayes
Derek Crownover, Crownover Blevins PC
Linda Edell Howard, Adams and Reese LLP
Robin Mitchell Joyce
Joel A. Katz and three attorneys from Atlanta based Greenberg Traurig LLP
D. Page Kelley, Milom Horsnell Crow Rose Kelley PLC
Philip M. Kirkpatrick, Dickinson Wright PLLC
Samuel D. Lipshie, Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
W. Michael Milom, Milom Horsnell Crow Rose Kelley PLC
Denise M. Stevens, Loeb & Loeb LLP

If you are an attorney and your name should be included above, please email news@musicrow.com.

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Sarah Skates has been a writer and editor in the music business since 2004. She is a longtime contributor to MusicRow.
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