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The Best Lawyers in America® 2025 edition features 160 Adams and Reese attorneys ranked by their peers among “Best Lawyers” and “Ones to Watch”.

Attorneys are ranked among The Best Lawyers in America (10 or more years of practice) and Ones to Watch (less than 10 years), both in their practice areas and in their cities. These lawyers represent the top 5% across the U.S. 

The 2025 edition features lawyers from 204 metropolitan areas spanning 150 practice areas. More than 23 million votes were analyzed, which resulted in almost 80,000 honorees. "Ones to Watch" highlights over 26,000 of the next generation of legal leaders in 79 practice areas. 

The Best Lawyers in America, launched in 1983, is the oldest peer-review publication in the legal profession. Recognition is regarded by clients and professionals as a significant honor, conferred on a lawyer by their peers. Lists are compiled through tens of thousands of confidential peer review surveys.

The following are this year’s Adams and Reese honorees.

2025 The Best Lawyers in America® and Ones to Watch

Atlanta

Best Lawyers in America®

Ron Bingham

  • Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization
  • Commercial Litigation

John Thomson

  • Banking and Finance Law
  • Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization

Ones to Watch

David Stewart

  • Corporate Law
  • Mergers and Acquisitions Law

Baton Rouge

Best Lawyers in America®

Kellen Mathews

  • Administrative/Regulatory Law
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Labor Law - Management

Rob Rieger

  • Communications Law
  • Government Relations Practice
  • Health Care Law
  • Litigation - Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy)

Bill Shea

  • Insurance Law

Ones to Watch

Chris Joseph

  • Construction Law

Taylor LeDuff

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Insurance Law

Katelin Varnado

  • Construction Law
  • Litigation – Construction

Birmingham

Richard Carmody

  • Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization
  • Litigation - Bankruptcy

Robert Eckinger

  • Antitrust Law
  • Litigation - Antitrust
  • Litigation - Banking and Finance
  • Litigation - Bankruptcy

Mark Gaines

  • Administrative/Regulatory Law
  • Government Relations Practice

Aaron McLeod

  • Appellate Practice

Stephen Rowe

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Litigation – Securities
  • Personal Injury Litigation

Charlotte

Ones to Watch

Ashlee Poplin

  • Construction Law
  • Litigation - Construction

Columbia

Best Lawyers in America®

Rob Bethea

  • Corporate Law
  • Mergers and Acquisitions Law
  • Tax Law

Drew English

  • Commercial Transactions/UCC Law
  • Corporate Law
  • Real Estate Law

Burnie Maybank

  • Administrative / Regulatory Law
  • Litigation and Controversy – Tax
  • Tax Law

Bill McElveen

  • Banking and Finance Law
  • Real Estate Law

Cliff Moore

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Litigation - Banking and Finance
  • Litigation - Real Estate

Kirby Shealy

  • Personal Injury Litigation

Will Umbach

  • International Mergers and Acquisitions

Ones to Watch

Lyndey Bryant

  • Commercial Litigation

Anthony Quattrone

  • Tax Law

Taylor Stanley

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Litigation - Construction
  • Litigation - Real Estate

Houston

Best Lawyers in America®

Lee Butler

  • Product Liability Litigation - Defendants

Alex Cosculluela

  • Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants
  • Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
  • Product Liability Litigation - Defendants

Chris Derden

  • Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants
  • Product Liability Litigation – Defendants

Jane Haas

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Litigation – Construction
  • Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants

Alton Hall

  • Commercial Litigation

Leslie Henry

  • Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants
  • Product Liability Litigation - Defendants

David Toney

  • Construction Law
  • Litigation – Construction
  • Real Estate Law

Bradley Waters

  • Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants

Ones to Watch

Anam Fazli

  • Litigation - Construction

Cassie Walsh

  • Real Estate Law

Jackson

Best Lawyers in America®

Holmes Adams

  • Litigation - Trusts and Estates
  • Trusts and Estates

Paul Carrubba

  • Banking and Finance Law
  • Financial Services Regulation Law

KaShonda Day

  • Education Law

John Hooks

  • Education Law
  • Litigation – Labor and Employment

Jim Keith

  • Education Law
  • Employment Law – Management
  • Labor Law - Management

Elizabeth Maron

  • Education Law
  • Employment Law - Management

Gee Ogletree

  • Banking and Finance Law
  • Energy Law
  • Litigation - Real Estate
  • Natural Resources Law
  • Real Estate Law
  • Timber Law

Charles 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

Ones to Watch

Tim Anzenberger

  • Commercial Litigation

Alex Bondurant

  • Oil and Gas Law

Jacksonville

Best Lawyers in America®

John Rogerson

  • Banking and Finance Law
  • Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization
  • Insurance Law
  • Litigation - Insurance

Tim Volpe

  • Arbitration
  • Banking and Finance Law
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Insurance Law
  • Litigation - Insurance

Leslie Wickes

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Insurance Law
  • Litigation - Insurance

Ones to Watch

Chris Earle

  • Commercial Litigation

Josh Gostel

  • Insurance Law
  • Personal Injury Litigation

Angela Grewal

  • Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization

Tom White

  • Commercial Litigation

Memphis

Best Lawyers in America®

Cannon Allen

  • Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions - Defendants

Donna Boyce

  • Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants

Ben Fox

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Education Law

James McLaren

  • Banking and Finance Law
  • Corporate Law
  • Economic Development Law
  • Project Finance Law
  • Public Finance Law

Lucian Pera

  • Appellate Practice
  • 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

Hank Shelton

  • Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization
  • Litigation - Banking and Finance
  • Litigation - Bankruptcy

Clarence Wilbon

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Litigation - Banking and Finance

Ones to Watch

John Woods

  • Health Care Law
  • Insurance Law

Mobile

Best Lawyers in America®

Michael Berson

  • Government Contracts
  • Government Relations Practice

Britton Bonner

  • Economic Development Law
  • Government Relations Practice

Andy Freeman

  • Corporate Law
  • International Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Mergers and Acquisitions Law
  • Timber Law

Blake Hardwich

  • Government Relations Practice

Scott Hetrick

  • Employment Law – Management
  • Labor Law – Management
  • Litigation - Labor and Employment

David Johnson

  • Banking and Finance Law
  • Corporate Law
  • Mergers and Acquisitions Law

Vic Lott

  • Corporate Law
  • International Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Mergers and Acquisitions Law
  • Securities / Capital Markets Law
  • Securities Regulation
  • Timber Law

Rusty Russell

  • Corporate Law

April Smith

  • Corporate Law
  • Timber Law

Ones to Watch

Patrick Dungan

  • Government Relations Practice

Blake Richardson

  • Insurance Law
  • Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
  • Transportation Law

Nashville

Best Lawyers in America®

Dale Allen

  • Government Relations Practice

Cindy Barnett

  • Public Finance Law

Mitch Boult

  • Copyright Law
  • Litigation - Intellectual Property
  • Trademark Law

Larry Brock

  • Litigation - Health Care
  • Product Liability Litigation - Defendants

Martin Brown

  • Corporate Law
  • Litigation – Securities
  • Mergers and Acquisitions Law

Will Cheek

  • Food and Beverage Law
  • Nonprofit/Charities Law

Russell Harwell

  • Real Estate Law

Phil Kirkpatrick

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Entertainment Law - Motion Pictures and Television
  • Entertainment Law – Music
  • Litigation - Intellectual Property

Brad Lampley

  • Government Relations Practice

Haverly MacArthur

  • Litigation - Intellectual Property
  • Litigation – Patent
  • Trademark Law

Lynn Morrow

  • Copyright Law
  • Entertainment Law – Music
  • Litigation - Intellectual Property
  • Media Law

Rob Pinson

  • Food and Beverage Law

Edward Playfair

  • Copyright Law
  • Trademark Law

Larry Stewart

  • Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization
  • Public Finance Law

Gif Thornton

  • Education Law
  • Government Relations Practice
  • Health Care Law
  • Insurance Law

Maia Woodhouse

  • Copyright Law
  • Litigation - Intellectual Property
  • Trademark Law

Ones to Watch

Joshua Cumby

  • Litigation - Intellectual Property

New Orleans

Best Lawyers in America®

Richard Aguilar

  • Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Litigation - Banking and Finance
  • Litigation – Bankruptcy
  • Litigation - Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Litigation - Real Estate
  • Litigation - Trusts and Estates

Gregg Barrios

  • Admiralty and Maritime Law

Mark Beebe

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Litigation – Antitrust
  • Litigation - Securities

Phil Bergeron

  • Health Care Law

Charlie Cerise

  • Admiralty and Maritime Law
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Litigation – Environmental
  • Oil and Gas Law
  • Product Liability Litigation - Defendants

Robin Cheatham

  • Banking and Finance Law
  • Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization
  • Financial Services Regulation Law

Chris D'Amour

  • Insurance Law

Johnny Domiano

  • Admiralty and Maritime Law
  • Commercial Litigation

John Duck

  • Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization
  • International Mergers and Acquisitions

Brooke Duncan

  • Employment Law – Management
  • Labor Law - Management

Richard Eason

  • Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
  • Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
  • Workers' Compensation Law – Claimants
  • Workers' Compensation Law - Employers

Phil Franco

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Litigation - Real Estate

Kirk Gasperecz

  • Insurance Law

Charlie Gay

  • Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
  • Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
  • Product Liability Litigation - Defendants

Matt Guy

  • Admiralty and Maritime Law
  • Construction Law
  • Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants

Lisa Hedrick

  • Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization

Chris Kane

  • Economic Development Law

Ed Laizer

  • Admiralty and Maritime Law
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
  • Product Liability Litigation - Defendants

Leslie Lanusse

  • Employment Law – Management
  • Insurance Law
  • Litigation - Labor and Employment

Frank Liantonio

  • Admiralty and Maritime Law
  • Energy Law
  • Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants
  • Oil and Gas Law

Michael MacHarg

  • Labor Law - Management

Don McKinney

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Litigation - Health Care
  • Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants

Bob Nolan

  • Oil and Gas Law
  • Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
  • Product Liability Litigation - Defendants

Glen Pilié

  • Litigation - Environmental

Lee Reid

  • Economic Development Law
  • Education Law

Jeff Richardson

  • Appellate Practice
  • Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
  • Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants

Jim Rogers

  • Admiralty and Maritime Law
  • Litigation – Construction
  • Litigation - Insurance

Debbie Rouen

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
  • Product Liability Litigation - Defendants

Liz Roussel

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Employment Law – Management
  • Labor Law - Management

Leigh Ann Schell

  • Appellate Practice
  • Energy Law

Paige Sensenbrenner

  • Government Relations Practice
  • Health Care Law
  • Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants

Philip Sherman

  • Corporate Law
  • Mortgage Banking Foreclosure Law
  • Real Estate Law

Tyson Shofstahl

  • Product Liability Litigation - Defendants

Ron Sholes

  • Arbitration
  • Environmental Law
  • Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants
  • Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants

Mark Spansel

  • Admiralty and Maritime Law
  • Litigation - Environmental

Martin Stern

  • Appellate Practice
  • Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions - Defendants

Mark Surprenant

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Environmental Law
  • Litigation – Environmental
  • Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
  • Product Liability Litigation - Defendants

Lauren Tafaro

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Employment Law - Management

Roland Vandenweghe

  • Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants
  • Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants

David Wolf

  • Public Finance Law

Laurie Young

  • Admiralty and Maritime Law
  • Commercial Litigation

Ones to Watch

Taylor Brett

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Litigation – Environmental
  • Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
  • Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants

Mark Chaney

  • Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization
  • Commercial Litigation

Gerard Gaudet

  • Commercial Litigation

Alex Lamb

  • Litigation - Labor and Employment

Robert Parrott

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Litigation - Bankruptcy

Billy Wright

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Insurance Law
  • Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
  • Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants

Sarasota

Best Lawyers in America®

David Boyette

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Litigation - Trusts and Estates

Tom Dart

  • Litigation – Construction
  • Litigation - Real Estate

Ryan Owen

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Construction Law

Ones to Watch

Drew Chesanek

  • Construction Law
  • Real Estate Law

Tampa

Best Lawyers in America®

Ben Bard

  • Litigation – Labor and Employment

David Bernstein

  • Real Estate Law

Bob Boos

  • Commercial Litigation

Trent Cotney

  • Construction Law
  • Litigation - Construction

Jim Dickson

  • Construction Law
  • Litigation - Construction

Roscoe Green

  • Litigation - Construction

Brian Lambert

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Construction Law
  • Insurance Law
  • Litigation - Construction

Don Mihokovich

  • Commercial Litigation

Brian Oblow

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Construction Law

Deb Oliver

  • Commercial Litigation

Eric Partlow

  • Commercial Litigation

Lou Ursini

  • Litigation - Banking and Finance

Ones to Watch

Tray Batcher

  • Construction Law
  • Litigation - Construction

Christie Coston

  • Construction Law

Jacqueline Feliciano

  • Construction Law
  • Tax Law
  • Trusts and Estates

Ben Lute

  • Construction Law
  • Environmental Law
  • Litigation - Construction

Steven McCommon

  • Construction Law

Chantal Pillay

  • Litigation - Banking and Finance

Mason Pokorny

  • Construction Law
  • Labor and Employment Law – Management
  • Litigation – Construction
  • Workers’ Compensation Law - Employers

Kyle Rea

  • Construction Law
  • Litigation - Construction

Lee Tomlinson

  • Construction Law
  • Litigation - Construction

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