Burr & Forman was nominated by its client Bank of America Corporation for recognition in the guide, which surveys data from general counsel at Fortune 500 companies. The guide, in its 10th year of publication, is available today at top500.law.com.

"Recognition from our clients is the highest honor that we can earn, and we are grateful to be included among this elite list of law firms," said William Lee Thuston, managing partner of Burr & Forman.

In-House Law Departments at the Top 500 Companies incorporates data collected on each company's primary law firms by surveys sent to general counsel at each of the top 500 companies and through research in various resources including public records, leading publications and well-respected commercial databases such as The American Lawyer, The National Law Journal, Corporate Counsel magazine, and numerous other maga ­zines and newspapers published by ALM and its family of publications.