These attorneys were recognized in the 2018 edition of The Best Lawyers in America as Lawyers of the Year:
Baker Donelson Lawyers of the Year
- Cameron Hill, Sr.: Construction Law Lawyer of the Year
- Micheline Kelly Johnson: Patent Law Lawyer of the Year
- James Levine: Business Organizations Lawyer of the Year
- Joshua Powers: Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants Lawyer of the Year
- K. Stephen Powers: Bet-the-Company Litigation Lawyer of the Year
- Susan Elliott Rich: Banking and Finance Law Lawyer of the Year
Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel Lawyers of the Year
- Justice William Barker: Mediation Lawyer of the Year
- Dana Perry: Trusts and Estates Lawyer of the Year
- Michael St. Charles: Real Estate Law
Leitner, Williams, Dooley & Napolitan Lawyers of the Year
- William Godbold III: Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants Lawyer of the Year
Miller & Martin Lawyers of the Year
- John Bode: Litigation - Labor and Employment Lawyer of the Year
- William Brown: Arbitration Lawyer of the Year
- Christie Kizer Burbank: Health Care Law Lawyer of the Year
- James Haley IV: Securitization and Structured Finance Law Lawyer of the Year
- Douglas Johnson: Trademark Law Lawyer of the Year
- Hugh Sharber: Corporate Law Lawyer of the Year
- C. Crews Townsend: Product Liability Litigation - Defendants Lawyer of the Year
- W. Randall Wilson: Litigation - Construction Lawyer of the Year