Legal 500’s US City Elite 2026 Honors Stites & Harbison’s Edward Burrell in Nashville

NASHVILLE, Tenn.—Legal 500 has recognized Stites & Harbison, PLLC attorney Edward H. Burrell III in its inaugural US City Elite 2026 rankings for Nashville Elite, Corporate and M&A.

Legal 500 US City Elite is a city-focused ranking series that recognizes exceptional attorneys practicing in local and regional US markets. The rankings focus on regional powerhouse firms that operate at the highest levels in their respective legal markets. Selections for the US City Elite list are based on referee and peer feedback, key matters within the past year and attorney interviews.

Burrell is a Member (Partner) of Stites & Harbison based in the firm’s Nashville office and is a member of the Business & Corporate Services Group. He has a broad transactional practice including extensive experience with mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, due diligence, entity formation and governance, private equity transactions, corporate finance, equity owner disputes and commercial contracts. Burrell’s experience with commercial contracts includes drafting, reviewing and negotiating various supply chain contracts and bid contracts and related terms and conditions for the purchase and supply of goods, services and raw materials. He also acts as an outside general counsel advising clients on a variety of legal issues.