Adams and Reese had 129 attorneys named to the 2018 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America© (by BL Rankings, LLC), one of the oldest and most respected peer-review publications in the legal industry. Best Lawyers® has published its list for more than three decades, earning the respect of the legal profession, the media and the public as a reliable, unbiased source of legal referrals.
Of Adams and Reese’s 129 listed attorneys, 114 are repeat honorees with 98 celebrating five-plus years, 58 celebrating 10-plus years and 10 celebrating 15-plus years in The Best Lawyers In America, including 20-year designees Richard Carmody of Birmingham, F. Earl Ellis, Jr., of Columbia, S.C., Henry C. Shelton, III, of Memphis, Tenn., Philip M. Kirkpatrick of Nashville, Tenn., and Holmes S. Adams of Jackson, Miss.
The Best Lawyers® list of outstanding attorneys is compiled by conducting exhaustive peer-review surveys in which tens of thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers. Attorneys are separated by geographic region and practice areas. They are reviewed by their peers on the basis of professional expertise and must undergo a stringent authentication process to confirm their current practice and good attorney standing.
Adams and Reese congratulates the following attorneys who will appear in The Best Lawyers in America, 2018 Edition:
2018 BEST LAWYERS® IN AMERICA
Atlanta, Ga.
Ron C. Bingham, II (2016)
• Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Baton Rouge, La.
V. Thomas Clark, Jr. (2010)
• Administrative / Regulatory Law
• Commercial Litigation
• Entertainment Law – Motion Pictures and Television
• Government Contracts
• Insurance Law
• Professional Malpractice Law – Defendants
E.L. Henry (2010)
• Government Relations Practice
Kellen J. Mathews (2018)
• Commercial Litigation
Robert L. Rieger, Jr. (2018)
• Government Relations Practice
J. Robert Wooley (2018)
• Insurance Law
Birmingham, Ala.
Richard P. Carmody (1995)
• Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
• Litigation – Bankruptcy
Jeffery S. DeArman (2018)
• Real Estate Law
Robert D. Eckinger (2005)
• Antitrust Law
• Litigation – Antitrust
• Litigation – Banking and Finance
• Litigation – Bankruptcy
M. Ann Huckstep (2005)
• Health Care Law
• Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Securities / Capital Markets Law
• Securities Regulations
Charles C. Pinckney (2005)
• Banking and Finance Law
• Financial Services Regulation Law
• Securities / Capital Markets Law
• Securities Regulations
Stephen A. Rowe (2005)
• Commercial Litigation
• Litigation – Securities
• Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
Stephen A. Walsh (2018)
• Employment Law – Management
Columbia, S.C.
John F. Beach (2013)
• Commercial Litigation
Robert P. Bethea, Jr. (2011)
• Corporate Law
• Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Tax Law
F. Earl Ellis (1995)
• Insurance Law
• Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers
Ernest G. Lawhorne (2005)
• Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers
William P. McElveen, Jr. (2007)
• Banking and Finance Law
• Real Estate Law
W. Cliff Moore, III (2010)
• Commercial Litigation
• Litigation – Banking and Finance
• Litigation – Real Estate
Louis T. Runge, Jr. (2013)
• Real Estate Law
Kirby D. Shealy, III (2001)
• Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs
Lana H. Sims, Jr. (2005)
• Commercial Litigation
• Insurance Law
• Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers
Houston, Texas
F. Lee Butler (2015)
• Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
Alex E. Cosculluela (2012)
• Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
• Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
• Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
Christopher Derden (2018)
• Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
Daryl G. Dursum (2006)
• Commercial Litigation
• Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
Raymond R. Ferrera (2016)
• Litigation – Intellectual Property
Alton J. Hall, Jr. (2013)
• Commercial Litigation
Chris P. Perque (2011)
• Technology Law
David Toney (2015)
• Construction Law
Craig G. Townsend (2009)
• Natural Resources Law
• Oil and Gas Law
Jackson, Miss.
Charles P. Adams, Jr. (2005)
• Corporate Law
• Litigation – Securities
• Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Securities / Capital Markets Law
• Securities Regulation
Holmes S. Adams (1999)
• Litigation – Trusts and Estates
• Trusts and Estates
William C. Brabec (2010)
• Insurance Law
C. Phillip Buffington, Jr. (2016)
• Banking and Finance Law
• Commercial Finance Law
• Corporate Law
• Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Paul A. Carrubba (2008)
• Banking and Finance Law
• Finance Services Regulation Law
James A. Keith (2010)
• Education Law
• Employment Law – Management
• Labor Law – Management
Elizabeth Lee Maron (2012)
• Education Law
Powell G. Ogletree, Jr. (2005)
• Energy Law
• Litigation – Real Estate
• Natural Resources Law
• Real Estate Law
• Timber Law
Charles N. Parrott (2007)
• Banking and Finance Law
• Corporate Law
• Financial Services Regulation Law
• Litigation – Real Estate
Raymond G. Russell (2017)
• Corporate Law
A. Jerry Sheldon (2003)
• Energy Law
• Natural Resources Law
Jeff Trotter (2010)
• Energy Law
• Environmental Law
• Litigation – Environmental
• Oil and Gas Law
Charles R. Wilbanks, Jr. (2014)
• Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
Jacksonville, Fla.
Jamie W. Olinto (2018)
• Commercial Litigation
John T. Rogerson, III (2015)
• Banking and Finance Law
• Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtors Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
• Insurance Law
• Litigation – Insurance
Timothy W. Volpe (2016)
• Arbitration
• Banking and Finance Law
• Insurance Law
• Litigation – Insurance
Leslie A. Wickes (2016)
• Commercial Litigation
• Insurance Law
• Litigation – Insurance
Memphis, Tenn.
Cannon F. Allen, Sr. (2009)
• Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
Donna L. Boyce (2010)
• Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
Jay Campbell (2016)
• Corporate Law
James B. McLaren, Jr. (2009)
• Banking and Finance Law
• Economic Development Law
• Project Finance Law
• Public Finance Law
Mark S. Norris, Sr. (2017)
• Litigation – Municipal
Lucian T. Pera (2005)
• Commercial Litigation
• Ethics and Professional Responsibility Law
• First Amendment Law
• Health Care Law
• Legal Malpractice Law – Defendants
• Legal Malpractice Law – Plaintiffs
• Litigation – First Amendment
• Media Law
Henry C. Shelton, III (1995)
• Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
• Litigation – Bankruptcy
Clarence A. Wilbon (2013)
• Commercial Litigation
• Litigation – Banking and Finance
Mobile, Ala.
Raymond L. Bell, Jr. (2012)
• Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law
• Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers
Randall Scott Hetrick (2010)
• Employment Law – Management
• Labor Law – Management
• Litigation – Labor and Employment
W. David Johnson (2009)
• Banking and Finance Law
• Corporate Law
• Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Victor H. Lott, Jr. (2005)
• Corporate Law
• International Mergers & Acquisitions
• Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Securities / Capital Markets Law
• Securities Regulations
• Timber Law
Nashville, Tenn.
C. Dale Allen (2015)
• Government Relations Practice
Cynthia Mitchell Barnett (2006)
• Public Finance Law
Reber M. Boult (2007)
• Copyright Law
• Litigation – Intellectual Property
• Litigation – Patent
• Patent Law
• Trademark Law
F. Laurens “Larry” Brock (2011)
• Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
Martin S. Brown, Jr. (2009)
• Corporate Law
• Litigation – Securities
• Mergers and Acquisitions Law
William R. Bruce (2007)
• Government Relations Practice
John L. Chambers (2011)
• Arbitration
• Commercial Litigation
• Litigation – Bankruptcy
• Litigation – Construction
• Litigation – Real Estate
Charles W. Cook, III (2009)
• Financial Services Regulation Law
• Health Care Law
• Litigation – Banking and Finance
• Litigation – Bankruptcy
Fred Russell Harwell (2011)
• Real Estate Law
Reed Houk (2006)
• Banking and Finance Law
• Financial Services Regulation Law
• Real Estate Law
Linda Edell Howard (2006)
• Copyright Law
• Entertainment Law – Music
• Media Law
Philip M. Kirkpatrick (1999)
• Commercial Litigation
• Entertainment Law – Motion Pictures and Television
• Entertainment Law – Music
• Litigation – Intellectual Property
Brad A. Lampley (2016)
• Government Relations Practice
Haverly MacArthur (2018)
• Litigation – Intellectual Property
• Litigation – Patent
• Trademark Law
Lynn Morrow (2008)
• Copyright Law
• Entertainment Law – Music
• Litigation – Intellectual Property
Anne L. Russell (2013)
• Litigation and Controversy – Tax
Larry Stewart (2008)
• Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
• Public Finance Law
Thomas Anthony Swafford (2016)
• Labor Law – Management
• Litigation – Labor and Employment
Guilford F. “Gif” Thornton, Jr. (2007)
• Education Law
• Government Relations Practice
• Health Care Law
• Insurance Law
New Orleans, La.
E. Gregg Barrios (2010)
• Admiralty and Maritime Law
Mark R. Beebe (2007)
• Commercial Litigation
• Litigation – Antitrust
• Litigation – Securities
Philip O. Bergeron (2011)
• Health Care Law
Charles A. Cerise, Jr. (2012)
• Admiralty and Maritime Law
• Commercial Litigation
• Litigation – Environmental
• Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
Robin B. Cheatham (2010)
• Banking and Finance Law
• Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
• Financial Services Regulation Law
Jaimmé A. Collins (2018)
• Litigation – Insurance
Kathleen F. Drew (2012)
• Litigation – Environmental
• Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
John M. Duck (2006)
• Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
• International Mergers & Acquisitions
Brooke Duncan, III (2007)
• Employment Law – Management
• Labor Law – Management
Richard B. Eason, II (2012)
• Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
• Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
• Workers’ Compensation Law – Claimants
• Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers
Mark S. Embree (2010)
• Tax Law
• Trusts and Estates
Philip A. Franco (2012)
• Litigation – Real Estate
A. Kirk Gasperecz (2010)
• Insurance Law
William B. Gaudet (2010)
• Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
• Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
Charles F. Gay, Jr. (2003)
• Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
• Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
• Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
Louis C. LaCour, Jr. (2018)
• Appellate Practice
Edwin C. Laizer (2012)
• Admiralty and Maritime Law
• Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
• Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
Leslie A. Lanusse (2010)
• Employment Law – Management
• Insurance Law
• Litigation – Labor and Employment
Francis V. Liantonio, Jr. (2012)
• Admiralty and Maritime Law
• Energy Law
• Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
Don S. McKinney (2013)
• Commercial Litigation
• Litigation – Health Care
Robert B. Nolan (2005)
• Oil and Gas Law
• Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
• Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
Glen M. Pilié (2009)
• Litigation – Environmental
Jane C. Raiford (2010)
• Energy Law
• Environmental Law
• Litigation – Environmental
Lee C. Reid (2018)
• Economic Development Law
Edward J. Rice, Jr. (2003)
• Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
• Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
Jeffery E. Richardson (2012)
• Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
• Personal injury Litigation – Defendants
James T. Rogers, III (2013)
• Admiralty and Maritime Law
Deborah B. Rouen (2010)
• Commercial Litigation
• Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
• Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
Elizabeth Roussel (2016)
• Commercial Litigation
• Employment Law – Management
• Labor Law – Management
E. Paige Sensenbrenner (2010)
• Government Relations Practice
• Health Care Law
• Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
Ronald J. Sholes (2007)
• Arbitration
• Environmental Law
• Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
• Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
Mark J. Spansel (2006)
• Admiralty and Maritime Law
• Litigation – Environmental
Martin A. Stern (2008)
• Appellate Practice
• Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
Mark C. Surprenant (2005)
• Litigation – Environmental
• Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
• Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
Roland M. Vandenweghe, Jr. (2015)
• Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
Robert A. Vosbein (2005)
• Commercial Litigation
Lara E. White (2018)
• Commercial Litigation
David M. Wolf (2013)
• Public Finance Law
Sarasota, Fla.
David Boyette (2018)
• Litigation – Trusts and Estates
Thomas H. Dart (2013)
• Litigation – Construction
• Litigation – Real Estate
Jason T. Gaskill (2018)
• Litigation – Intellectual Property
St. Petersburg, Fla.
David S. Bernstein (2011)
• Real Estate Law
V. James Dickson (2009)
• Construction Law
• Litigation – Construction
Richard H. Malchon, Jr. (2013)
• Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Tampa, Fla.
Robert W. Boos (2012)
• Litigation – Bankruptcy
• Litigation – Construction
• Litigation – Real Estate
Marilyn Mullen Healy (2013)
• Land Use and Zoning Law
• Real Estate Law
Donald A. Mihokovich (2013)
• Commercial Litigation
Eric Partlow (2018)
• Commercial Litigation
Lynn Welter Sherman (2008)
• Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
• Commercial Transactions / UCC Law
• Litigation – Bankruptcy
NOTE: (Year) denotes first year earning Best Lawyers® recognition
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