2025 Chambers USA Ranks 37 Adams & Reese Attorneys Among Top Legal Counsel

Chambers USA ranks 37 Adams & Reese attorneys as leading practitioners and recognizes 16 of the firm’s practice areas across national and state jurisdictions in the 2025 global rankings edition. The annual Chambers USA guide is a cornerstone directory for business leaders selecting legal counsel as rankings are based on client and peer evaluations and attorney interviews.

Law firms and individual lawyers are ranked in Bands 1 (highest) to 6 (lowest), both nationwide and by jurisdiction. Up & Coming and Senior Statespeople are also recognized. Interviews are conducted with firms, clients, and peers, and then rankings are assessed from technical legal ability, professional conduct, client service, commercial astuteness, diligence, commitment, etc.

Adams & Reese has four attorneys ranked nationwide, including: Aviation & Aerospace Team Leader Marc Warren, Band 1 in Transportation: Aviation: Regulatory; IBG Partner Britton Bonner, Band 2 in Government Relations: State & Local; and Alcohol & Hospitality Team Leader Rob Pinson and Alcohol & Hospitality Partner Will Cheek, both Band 4 in Food & Beverage: Alcohol.

Warren joins a total of five Adams & Reese attorneys ranked Band 1 in their respective practice areas. Leading Global IP Practice Group member and EC Member Mitch Boult ranks Band 1 in Tennessee in Intellectual Property. Corporate Services Practice Group Leader Bill McElveen ranks Band 1 in South Carolina in Banking & Finance. Appellate Team Leader and Firm General Counsel Martin Stern ranks Band 1 in Louisiana in Litigation: Appellate. Litigation Practice Group Leader Jeff Trotter ranks Band 1 in Mississippi in Energy & Natural Resources.

The Adams & Reese Global Intellectual Property practice also ranks Band 1 in Tennessee, and the Litigation: Appellate practice ranks Band 1 in Louisiana. Adams & Reese had three nationwide practice area rankings, including Government Relations: State & Local and Transportation: Aviation: Regulatory, both ranked Band 2 nationwide; and Food & Beverages: Alcohol, ranked Band 4 nationwide.

Below are Adams & Reese’s rankings in the 2025 Chambers USA global guide:

2025 Chambers USA Firm Practice Area Rankings

• Bankruptcy/Restructuring - Georgia, Band 4; Louisiana, Band 3
• Construction - Alabama, Band 3; Florida, Band 5; Texas, Band 3
• Corporate/M&A - South Carolina, Band 3
• Energy & Natural Resources - Mississippi, Band 2
• Food & Beverages: Alcohol - Nationwide, Band 4
• Government Relations: State & Local - Nationwide, Band 2
• Insurance - Louisiana, Band 2
• Insurance: Dispute Resolution - Florida, Band 4
• Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory - Florida, Band 2
• Intellectual Property - Tennessee, Band 1
• Labor & Employment - Louisiana, Band 3
• Litigation: Appellate - Louisiana, Band 1
• Litigation: General Commercial - Louisiana, Band 3; Tennessee, Band 4
• Media & Entertainment - Tennessee, Band 3
• Real Estate - Tennessee, Band 4
• Transportation: Aviation: Regulatory - Nationwide, Band 2

2025 Chambers USA Individual Attorney Rankings

Nationwide

• Britton Bonner - Government Relations: State & Local – Band 2
• Will Cheek - Food & Beverage: Alcohol – Band 4
• Rob Pinson - Food & Beverage: Alcohol – Band 4
• Marc Warren - Transportation: Aviation: Regulatory – Band 1

Alabama

• Richard Carmody - Bankruptcy/Restructuring – Senior Statespeople
• Jannea Rogers - Construction – Band 3

Florida

• Trent Cotney - Construction – Band 3
• Tim Volpe - Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory – Band 3

Georgia

• Ron Bingham - Bankruptcy/Restructuring – Band 4
• John Thomson, Jr. - Bankruptcy/Restructuring – Band 4

Louisiana

• Richard Aguilar - Bankruptcy/Restructuring, Litigation: General Commercial – Band 2
• Mark Beebe - Litigation: General Commercial – Band 2
• Robin Cheatham - Bankruptcy/Restructuring – Band 3
• John Duck - Bankruptcy/Restructuring – Band 2
• Brooke Duncan III - Labor & Employment – Senior Statespeople
• Lisa Hedrick - Bankruptcy/Restructuring – Band 3
• Leslie Lanusse - Labor & Employment – Senior Statespeople
• Jeffrey Richardson - Litigation: Appellate – Band 2
• Liz Roussel - Labor & Employment – Band 3
• Leigh Ann Schell - Litigation: Appellate – Band 2
• Bill Shea - Insurance – Band 2
• Martin Stern - Litigation: Appellate – Band 1
• Ray Ward - Litigation: Appellate – Band 2

Mississippi

• Gee Ogletree - Real Estate – Band 2
• Jeff Trotter - Energy & Natural Resources – Band 1

South Carolina

• Rob Bethea - Corporate/M&A – Band 2
• Bill McElveen - Banking & Finance – Band 1
• Will Umbach - Corporate/M&A – Band 3

Tennessee

• Mitch Boult - Intellectual Property – Band 1
• Aubrey Harwell, Jr. - Litigation: General Commercial – Senior Statespeople
• Russell Harwell - Real Estate – Band 3
• Lynn Morrow - Media and Entertainment – Band 2
• Lucian Pera - Litigation: General Commercial – Band 2
• Kristina Montanaro Schrader - Intellectual Property – Up & Coming
• Maia Woodhouse - Intellectual Property – Band 2

Texas

• Adam Massey - Construction – Up & Coming
• David Toney - Construction – Band 2