TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Kate Prince on Sep 22, 2020

Details on memorial services have been announced for Memphis attorney and Baker Donelson Senior Counsel Leo M. Bearman Jr., who died yesterday afternoon at 85. According to the Daily Memphian, out of safety concerns, funeral services will be held tomorrow at 10 a.m. for immediate family only. Baker Donelson issued a statement on Bearman’s passing today, noting the high regard held for him within the legal community and detailing several high profile cases in his distinguished legal career that spanned more than 50 years. Bearman discusses his career with law partner Jill M. Steinberg in a 2010 interview found on the Tennessee Bar Foundation’s YouTube page.