Global M&A Network has named local attorney Tonya Mitchem Grindon a Top USA Women Dealmaker.
Grindon (pictured), a shareholder in the Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz Nashville office, was one of 22 women who received the award.
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