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Benchmark Litigation has again named Sims|Funk a “Highly Recommended” firm in Tennessee and has recognized Sam Funk and Scott Sims as “Local Litigation Stars” in the area of Securities and Commercial Litigation. Benchmark exclusively covers the litigation market in the US and around the world. It bills itself as “the definitive guide to America’s leading […]

Sam Funk, Rob Peal, and Scott Sims have been selected by their peers for inclusion in the 28th Edition of The Best Lawyers in America©. Mark Donnell and Gil Schuette were selected by their peers for the 2nd Edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America. Funk was recognized for his work in Commercial […]

Samuel Funk and W. Scott Sims have been selected for inclusion in the Nashville Business Journal 2021 Best of the Bar in the areas of Litigation and Dispute Resolution. Once nominated to Best of the Bar, lawyers are voted on by their peers with weight given to votes received from outside their firm.

Mark Lenihan recently received the Enterprise Award from the Young Lawyer’s Division of the Nashville Bar Association.  This award is given to a member of the YLD who has advanced the charitable purposes of the NBA through a new initiative, program, or activity.  Specifically, Lenihan was recognized for his work organizing the first-ever virtual Race Judicata […]

United States District Court Judge William L. Campbell and Sam Funk recently presented a CLE for the Federal Courts Committee of the Nashville Bar Association entitled, “Noncompete Agreements in the Era of Remote Working.”  During it, they discussed issues concerning noncompete, non-solicitation and confidentiality agreements as well as trade secret law in the context of […]