Adams and Reese is pleased to announce the inclusion of 162 attorneys throughout the firm's regional footprint in the 2023 edition of The Best Lawyers in America® and Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America™. Of those, 35 were recognized as "Ones to Watch."
Additionally, 14 Adams and Reese attorneys are recognized by Best Lawyers® as "Lawyer of the Year," an individual recognition for lawyers with the highest overall peer feedback for a specific practice area and geographic region. Only one lawyer is recognized as the "Lawyer of the Year" for each specialty and location. The 2023 "Lawyers of the Year" include:
COLUMBIA, SC
Matthew B. Hill - Banking and Finance Law
HOUSTON, TX
David Toney - Litigation - Construction
JACKSON, MS
Elizabeth Lee Maron - Employment Law - Management
Jeffrey Trotter - Oil and Gas Law
JACKSONVILLE, FL
Timothy W. Volpe - Arbitration
MEMPHIS, TN
James B. McLaren, Jr. - Project Finance Law
MOBILE, AL
C. Britton Bonner - Government Relations Practice
Andrew B. Freeman - Timber Law
NASHVILLE, TN
C. Dale Allen - Government Relations Practice
Haverly MacArthur - Trademark Law
NEW ORLEANS, LA
Robin B. Cheatham - Financial Services Regulation Law
Roland M. Vandenweghe, Jr. - Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
SARASOTA, FL
David L. Boyette - Litigation - Trusts and Estates
ST. PETERSBURG, FL
V. James Dickson - Construction Law
Adams and Reese attorneys included in the 2023 edition of Best Lawyers in America® and Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America™ (denoted with an asterisk) include:
ATLANTA, GA
Ron C. Bingham II - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Banking and Finance
Roy E. Hadley, Jr. - Biotechnology and Life Sciences Practice, Government Relations, Privacy and Data Security Law
John A. Thomson, Jr. - Banking and Finance Law, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
David Stewart* - Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
BATON ROUGE, LA
E. L. "Bubba" Henry - Government Relations Practice
Kellen J. Mathews - Administrative/Regulatory Law, Commercial Litigation, Government Contracts, Labor Law - Management
Robert L. Rieger, Jr. - Communications Law, Government Relations Practice, Health Care Law, Litigation - Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy)
William D. Shea - Insurance Law
BIRMINGHAM, AL
Richard P. Carmody - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Litigation - Bankruptcy
Robert D. Eckinger - Litigation – Antitrust, Litigation - Banking and Finance, Litigation - Bankruptcy
M. Ann Huckstep - Health Care Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Securities / Capital Markets Law, Securities Regulation
Rebecca W. Pritchett - Environmental Law, Litigation - Environmental
Stephen A. Rowe - Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Securities, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
CHARLOTTE, NC
Ashlee B. Poplin* - Construction Law, Litigation-Construction
COLUMBIA, SC
John F. Beach - Arbitration, Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Trusts and Estates
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
Matthew B. Hill - Banking and Finance Law, Corporate Law
Jack Pringle - Administrative / Regulatory Law, Privacy and Data Security Law
Luke Allen* - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Lyndey R.Z. Bryant* - Commercial Litigation
Anthony M. Quattrone* - Tax Law
DENVER, CO
Hilary Morgan* - Administrative/Regulatory Law, Construction Law, Litigation-Construction
HOUSTON, TX
F. Lee Butler - Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
Alex E. Cosculluela - Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants, Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
A. Christopher Derden - Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants, Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
Raymond R. Ferrera - Litigation - Intellectual Property
Alton J. Hall, Jr. - Commercial Litigation
Leslie M. Henry - Product Liability Litigation – Defense
David Toney - Construction Law, Litigation – Construction, Real Estate Law
Craig G. Townsend - Natural Resources Law, Oil and Gas Law
Matthew A. Copeland* - Commercial Litigation
Joshua A. Lesser* - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Chelsea J. Lu* - Commercial Litigation
JACKSON, MS
Holmes 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, Financial Services Regulation Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Paul A. Carrubba - Banking and Finance Law, Financial Services Regulation Law
KaShonda L. Day - Education Law
John S. Hooks - Education Law
James A. Keith - Education Law, Employment Law – Management, Labor Law - Management
Elizabeth Lee Maron - Education Law, Employment Law – Management
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
Jeffrey Trotter - Energy Law, Environmental Law, Litigation – Environmental, Oil and Gas Law
Timothy J. Anzenberger* - Commercial Litigation
Alexander Bondurant* - Oil and Gas Law
JACKSONVILLE, FL
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
Angela N. Grewal* - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Thomas P. White* - Commercial Litigation
MEMPHIS, TN
Cannon F. Allen, Sr. - Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
Donna L. Boyce - Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
J. Bennett Fox Jr. - Education Law
James B. McLaren, Jr. - Banking and Finance Law, Economic Development Law, Project Finance Law, Public Finance Law
Lucian T. Pera - Appellate Practice, Commercial Litigation, Ethics and Professional Responsibility Law, First Amendment 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, AL
Michael Berson - Government Contracts, Government Relations Practice
Britton Bonner - Economic Development Law, Government Contracts, Government Relations Practice
Robert C. Campbell III - Commercial Litigation, Education Law, Litigation - First Amendment, Litigation - Labor and Employment, Litigation – Municipal
Andrew B. Freeman - Corporate Law, International Mergers and Acquisitions, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Timber Law
Blake Hale Harwich - Government Relations Practice
Randall Scott Hetrick - Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management, Litigation - Labor and Employment
W. David Johnson - Banking and Finance Law, Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Victor H. Lott, Jr - Corporate Law, International Mergers and Acquisitions, Mergers and Acquisitions Law. Securities / Capital Markets Law, Securities Regulation, Timber Law
Raymond G. Russel - Corporate Law
April D. Smith - Corporate Law, Timber Law
Patrick Dungan* - Government Relations Practice
Blake T. Richardson* - Insurance Law, Transportation Law
Suntrease Williams-Maynard* - Government Relations Practice, Labor and Employment Law – Management
NASHVILLE, TN
Guilford F. "Gif" Thornton Jr. - Education Law, Government Relations Practice, Health Care Law, Insurance Law
C. 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
Martin S. Brown, Jr. - Corporate Law, Litigation – Securities, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
William R. Bruce - Government Relations Practice
Will Cheek - Food and Beverage Law, Nonprofit / Charities Law
Joshua Counts Cumby * - Litigation – Intellectual Property
Fred Russell Harwell - Real Estate Law
Philip M. Kirkpatrick - Commercial Litigation, Entertainment Law - Motion Pictures and Television, Entertainment Law – Music, Litigation - Intellectual Property
Brad A. Lampley - Government Relations Practice
Lynn Morrow - Copyright Law, Entertainment Law – Music, Litigation - Intellectual Property, Media Law
Larry Stewart - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Public Finance Law
Maia T. Woodhouse - Copyright Law, Litigation - Intellectual Property, Trademark Law
Haverly MacArthur - Litigation - Intellectual Property, Litigation – Patent, Trademark Law
Edward H. L. Playfair - Trademark Law
NEW ORLEANS, LA
Richard Aguilar - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, 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 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, Oil and Gas Law, Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
Robin B. Cheatham - Banking and Finance Law, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Financial Services Regulation Law
Chris A. D'Amour - Insurance Law
Johnny L. Domiano Jr. - Admiralty and Maritime Law, Commercial Litigation
John M. Duck - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, International Mergers and 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
Philip A. Franco - Commercial Litigation, 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 - Construction Law, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
Lisa Merz Hedrick - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Christopher J. Kane - Economic Development Law
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, Oil and Gas Law
Don S. McKinney - Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Health Care, Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
Robert B. Nolan - Oil and Gas Law, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants, Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
Glen M. Pilié - Litigation – Environmental
Lee C. Reid - Economic Development Law
Jeffrey E. Richardson - Appellate Practice, Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
James T. Rogers III - Admiralty and Maritime Law, Litigation – Construction, Litigation – Insurance
Deborah B. Rouen - Commercial Litigation, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants, Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
Elizabeth Roussel - Commercial Litigation, Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management
E. Paige Sensenbrenner - Government Relations Practice, Health Care Law, Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
Philip B. Sherman - Corporate Law, Mortgage Banking Foreclosure Law, Real Estate Law
Tyson B. Shofstahl - Product Liability Litigation - 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
Lauren L. Tafaro - Commercial Litigation, Employment Law - Management
Roland M. Vandenweghe, Jr. - Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
David M. Wolf - Public Finance Law
Laurie Briggs Young - Admiralty and Maritime Law, Commercial Litigation
Jennifer C. Bergeron* - Commercial Litigation
Taylor E. Brett* - Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Environmental, Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
Mark J. Chaney III* - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Commercial Litigation
Gerard J. Gaudet* - Commercial Litigation
Alexandra Roselli Lamb* - Litigation - Labor and Employment
William K. Wright IV* - Commercial Litigation, Insurance Law, Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
SARASOTA, FL
David L. Boyette - Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Trusts and Estates
Drew F. Chesanek* - Construction Law, Real Estate Law
Thomas H. Dart - Litigation – Construction, Litigation - Real Estate
Ryan W. Owen - Construction Law
ST. PETERSBURG, FL
David S. Bernstein - Real Estate Law
James Dickson - Construction Law, Litigation – Construction
TAMPA, FL
Trent Cotney - Construction Law, Litigation-Construction
Robert W. Boos - Commercial Litigation
Brian Lambert - Commercial Litigation, Construction Law, Insurance Law, Litigation - Construction
Donald A. Mihokovich - Commercial Litigation
Brian Oblow - Commercial Litigation, Construction Law, Insurance Law, Litigation - Construction
Deborah H. Oliver - Commercial Litigation
Eric J. Partlow - Commercial Litigation
Louis M. Ursini III - Litigation – Banking and Finance
Michael A. Kolcun* - Litigation – Banking and Finance
Chantal Pillay* - Litigation – Banking and Finance
Tray Batcher* - Construction Law, Litigation-Construction
Christie Coston* - Construction Law
Jacqueline Feliciano* - Construction Law, Tax Law, Trusts and Estates
Benjamin Lute* - Construction Law, Environmental Law, Litigation-Construction
Steven McCommon* - Construction Law
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
The 2023 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America is based entirely on peer review. Lawyers are reviewed by their peers on the basis of professional experience and undergo an authentication process to make sure they currently practice and are in good standing.