Adams and Reese is pleased to announce the inclusion of 131 attorneys in the 2019 edition of The Best Lawyers in America© (by BL Rankings, LLC).
Additionally, the firm was top-listed, noting the greatest number of lawyers from a single firm listed in each practice area, in the following locales:
Top-Listed State Awards
- Mississippi - Banking and Finance Law, Education Law
- Louisiana - Government Relations Practice; Litigation – Environmental; Public Finance Law
- Tennessee - Government Relations Practice; Media Law
Top-Listed City Awards
- Jackson, MS - Banking and Finance Law; Education Law; Litigation - Real Estate
- Nashville, TN - Government Relations Practice
- Jacksonville, FL - Insurance Law
- New Orleans, LA - Litigation – Environmental; Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions - Defendants
- Mobile, AL - Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Since its inception in 1983, Best Lawyers has published lists compiled on an exhaustive peer-review evaluation process on the legal abilities of other lawyers based on their specific practice areas. Lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed. The 2019 edition of The Best Lawyers in America includes more than 58,000 lawyers.
ATLANTA
- Ron C. Bingham II, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Glenn Dunaway, Tax Law
- John A. Thomson Jr., Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
BATON ROUGE
- Tom Clark, Administrative/Regulatory Law, Commercial Litigation, Entertainment Law - Motion Pictures and Television, Government Contracts, Insurance Law, Professional Malpractice Law – Defendants
- E.L. “Bubba” Henry, Government Relations Practice
- Kellen J. Mathews, Commercial Litigation
- Robert L. Rieger Jr., Government Relations Practice
- Robert Wooley, Insurance Law
BIRMINGHAM
- Richard P. Carmody, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Litigation – Bankruptcy
- Jeffery S. DeArman, Real Estate Law
- Robert Eckinger, Antitrust Law, Litigation – Antitrust, Litigation - Banking and Finance, Litigation - Bankruptcy
- Ann Huckstep, Health Care Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Securities/Capital Markets Law, Securities Regulation
- Charles C. Pinckney, Banking and Finance Law, Financial Services Regulation Law, Securities/Capital Markets Law, Securities Regulation
- Stephen A. Rowe, Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Securities, Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
COLUMBIA
- John F. Beach, Commercial Litigation
- Robert P. Bethea Jr., Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Tax Law
- William P. McElveen Jr., Banking and Finance Law, Real Estate Law
- Cliff Moore III, Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Banking and Finance, Litigation - Real Estate
- Kirby D. Shealy III, Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs
- Lana H. Sims Jr., Commercial Litigation, Insurance Law, Workers' Compensation Law – Employers
HOUSTON
- Lee Butler, Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
- Alex E. Cosculluela, Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions - Defendants, Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants, Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
- Christopher Derden, Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions - Defendants, Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
- Daryl G. Dursum, Commercial Litigation, Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
- Raymond R. Ferrera, Litigation - Intellectual Property
- Lee Haag III, Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Construction
- Alton J. Hall Jr., Commercial Litigation
- Chris P. Perque, Technology Law
- David Toney, Construction Law, Litigation - Construction
- Craig G. Townsend, Natural Resources Law, Oil and Gas Law
JACKSON
- Charles P. Adams Jr., Corporate Law, Litigation - Securities, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Securities/Capital Markets Law, Securities Regulation
- Holmes S. Adams, Litigation - Trusts and Estates, Trusts and Estates
- William C. Brabec, Insurance Law
- Phillip Buffington Jr., Banking and Finance Law, Commercial Finance Law, Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Paul A. Carrubba, Banking and Finance Law, Financial Services Regulation Law
- Matthew R. Dowd, Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions - Defendants
- James A. Keith, Education Law, Employment Law - Management, Labor Law - Management
- Elizabeth Lee Maron, Education Law
- Powell G. Ogletree Jr., Banking and Finance Law, Energy Law, Litigation - Real Estate, Natural Resources Law, Real Estate Law, Timber Law
- Charles N. Parrott, Banking and Finance Law, Corporate Law, Financial Services Regulation Law, Litigation - Real Estate
- Jeff Trotter, Energy Law, Environmental Law, Litigation - Environmental, Oil and Gas Law
- Charles R. Wilbanks Jr., Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions - Defendants
JACKSONVILLE
- Jamie W. Olinto, Commercial Litigation
- John T. Rogerson III, Banking and Finance Law, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Insurance Law, Litigation - Insurance
- Timothy W. Volpe, Arbitration, Banking and Finance Law, Commercial Litigation, Insurance Law, Litigation - Insurance
- Leslie A. Wickes, Commercial Litigation, Insurance Law, Litigation - Insurance
MEMPHIS
- Cannon F. Allen , Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions - Defendants
- Donna L. Boyce, Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants
- Jay Campbell, Corporate Law
- James B. McLaren Jr., Banking and Finance Law, Economic Development Law, Project Finance Law, Public Finance Law
- Mark S. Norris Sr., Litigation - Municipal
- Lucian T. Pera, 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, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Litigation - Bankruptcy
- Clarence A. Wilbon, Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Banking and Finance
MOBILE
- Raymond L. Bell Jr., Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law, Workers' Compensation Law - Employers
- Randall Scott Hetrick, Employment Law - Management, Labor Law - Management, Litigation - Labor and Employment
- David Johnson, Banking and Finance Law, Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Victor H. Lott Jr., Corporate Law, International Mergers & Acquisitions, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Securities/Capital Markets Law, Securities Regulation, Timber Law
- Raymond G. Russell, Corporate Law
NASHVILLE
- Dale Allen, Government Relations Practice
- Cynthia Mitchell Barnett, Public Finance Law
- Reber M. Boult, Copyright Law, Litigation - Intellectual Property, Litigation - Patent, Patent Law, Trademark Law
- Laurens “Larry” Brock, Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
- Martin S. Brown Jr., Corporate Law, Litigation - Securities, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- William R. Bruce, Government Relations Practice
- Charles W. Cook III, Financial Services Regulation Law, Health Care Law, Litigation - Banking and Finance, Litigation - Bankruptcy
- Fred Russell Harwell, Real Estate Law
- Reed Houk, Banking and Finance Law, Financial Services Regulation Law, Real Estate Law
- Linda Edell Howard, Copyright Law, Entertainment Law - Music, Media Law
- Philip M. Kirkpatrick, Commercial Litigation, Entertainment Law - Motion Pictures and Television, Entertainment Law - Music, Litigation - Intellectual Property
- Brad A. Lampley, Government Relations Practice
- Haverly MacArthur, Litigation - Intellectual Property, Litigation - Patent, Trademark Law
- Lynn Morrow, Copyright Law, Entertainment Law - Music, Litigation - Intellectual Property
- Anne L. Russell, Litigation and Controversy - Tax
- Larry Stewart, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Public Finance Law
- Thomas Anthony Swafford, Labor Law - Management, Litigation - Labor and Employment
- Guilford F. “Gif” Thornton Jr., Education Law, Government Relations Practice, Health Care Law, Insurance Law
NEW ORLEANS
- Gregg Barrios, Admiralty and Maritime Law
- Mark R. Beebe, Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Antitrust, Litigation - Securities
- Philip O. Bergeron, Health Care Law
- Charles A. Cerise Jr., Admiralty and Maritime Law, Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Environmental, Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
- Robin B. Cheatham, Banking and Finance Law, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Financial Services Regulation Law
- Jaimmé A. Collins, Litigation - Insurance
- Johnny L. Domiano Jr., Commercial Litigation
- Kathleen F. Drew, Litigation - Environmental, Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
- John M. Duck, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law, International Mergers & Acquisitions
- Brooke Duncan III, Employment Law - Management, Labor Law - Management
- Richard B. Eason II, Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants, Product Liability Litigation - Defendants, Workers' Compensation Law - Claimants, Workers' Compensation Law - Employers
- Mark S. Embree, Tax Law, Trusts and Estates
- Philip A. Franco, Litigation - Real Estate
- Kirk Gasperecz, Insurance Law
- William B. Gaudet, Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions - Defendants, Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
- Charles F. Gay Jr., Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants, Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants, Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
- Matthew C. Guy, Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
- Lisa Merz Hedrick, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Louis C. LaCour Jr., Appellate Practice
- Edwin C. Laizer, Admiralty and Maritime Law, Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants, Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
- Leslie A. Lanusse, Employment Law - Management, Insurance Law, Litigation - Labor and Employment
- Francis V. Liantonio Jr., Admiralty and Maritime Law, Energy Law, Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions - Defendants
- Don S. McKinney, Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Health Care
- Robert B. Nolan, Oil and Gas Law, Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants, Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
- Glen M. Pilié, Litigation - Environmental
- Jane C. Raiford, Energy Law, Environmental Law, Litigation - Environmental
- Lee C. Reid, Economic Development Law
- Edward J. Rice Jr., Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants, Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
- Jeffrey E. Richardson, Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions - Defendants, Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
- James T. Rogers III, Admiralty and Maritime Law
- Deborah B. Rouen, Commercial Litigation, Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants, Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
- Elizabeth A. Roussel, Commercial Litigation, Employment Law - Management, Labor Law - Management
- Paige Sensenbrenner, Government Relations Practice, Health Care Law, Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants
- Ronald J. Sholes, Arbitration, Environmental Law, Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions - Defendants, Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
- Mark J. Spansel, Admiralty and Maritime Law, Litigation - Environmental
- Martin A. Stern, Appellate Practice, Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions - Defendants
- Mark C. Surprenant, Commercial Litigation, Environmental Law, Litigation - Environmental, Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants, Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
- Roland M. Vandenweghe Jr., Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions - Defendants
- Robert A. Vosbein, Commercial Litigation
- David M. Wolf, Public Finance Law
SARASOTA
- David L. Boyette, Litigation - Trusts and Estates
- Thomas H. Dart, Litigation - Construction, Litigation - Real Estate
- Jason T. Gaskill, Litigation - Intellectual Property
ST. PETERSBURG
- David S. Bernstein, Real Estate Law
- James Dickson, Construction Law, Litigation - Construction
- Richard H. Malchon Jr., Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
TAMPA
- Robert W. Boos, Litigation - Bankruptcy, Litigation - Construction, Litigation - Real Estate
- Donald A. Mihokovich, Commercial Litigation
- Eric Partlow, Commercial Litigation
- Lynn Welter Sherman, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Commercial Transactions/UCC Law, Litigation - Bankruptcy
- Louis M. Ursini III, Litigation - Banking and Finance