Bass, Berry & Sims Members John Kelly and Lisa Rivera have been appointed co-chairs of the firm’s compliance and government investigations (CGI) practice.
The moves comes as the firm recently announced that Bob Cooper, former Tennessee attorney general and Metro director of law, has returned to the firm as a member in the CGI practice.
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