Bass, Berry & Sims has added five attorneys — four in its Nashville office and one in Memphis.
Meg S. Casey, who joins as a senior litigation attorney in Nashville, was previously a contract attorney with the firm. Another new senior litigation attorney in Nashville, Meri B. Gordon, previously practiced in the New York office of Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett.
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