Butler Snow is pleased to announce 70 of the firm’s attorneys have been selected for inclusion in Super Lawyer’s 2018 Mid-South Super Lawyers and 27 have been selected as Mid-South Rising Stars.
“We applaud all of our attorneys who were recognized by Super Lawyers,” said Donald Clark, Jr., chairman of Butler Snow. “This recognition reinforces our team’s commitment to the many clients, industries, and communities we serve.”
The 70 attorneys named as 2018 Mid-South Super Lawyers are:
Birmingham:
James C. Barton, Jr., Personal Injury – Products: Defense
Christopher S. Berdy, Personal Injury – Products: Defense
Gulfport:
Michael B. Hewes, Personal Injury – Products: Defense
Paul S. Murphy, Bankruptcy: Business
Memphis:
James E. Bailey, III, Bankruptcy: Business
Robert L. Crawford, Business Litigation
R. Campbell Hillyer, Bankruptcy: Business
Eric E. Hudson, Class Action
Michael I. Less, Construction Litigation
Melody McAnally, Business Litigation
Charles F. (Chip) Morrow, Personal Injury – Products: Defense
Randall D. Noel, Business Litigation
Amy M. Pepke, Civil Litigation: Defense
Todd P. Photopulos, Employment & Labor
Daniel W. Van Horn, Business Litigation
Joseph B. Walker, Estate & Probate
Nashville:
Jason W. Callen, Business Litigation
Kathryn Reed Edge Banking
Robert M. Holland, Jr., Real Estate
G. Brian Jackson, Personal Injury – Products: Defense
David L. Johnson, Employment & Labor
Charles I. Malone, Business Litigation
Gayle Malone, Jr., Personal Injury – Medical Malpractice: Plaintiff
Anita Modak-Truran, Entertainment & Sports
William R. O’Bryan, Jr., Business Litigation
Erin Palmer Polly, Civil Litigation: Defense
Kara E. Shea, Employment & Labor
Robert L. Trentham, Personal Injury – Medical Malpractice: Defense
Robert J. Walker, Business Litigation
William S. Walton Personal Injury – Medical Malpractice: Defense
Joseph F. Welborn, III, Business Litigation
Oxford:
Paul V. Cassisa, Jr., Personal Injury – Products: Defense
Kari L. Sutherland, Personal Injury – Products: Defense
Ridgeland:
Phil B. Abernethy, Construction Litigation
Paula Graves Ardelean, Employment & Labor
P. Ryan Beckett, Business Litigation
H. Barber Boone, Business Litigation
Fred E. (Trey) Bourn, III, Personal Injury – Products: Defense
Tommie S. Cardin, Administrative Law
Donald Clark, Jr., Government Finance
Paul N. Davis, Business Litigation
Richard M. Dye, General Litigation
John F. England, Government Finance
W. Davis Frye, Personal Injury – Medical Malpractice: Defense
William M. Gage, Personal Injury – Products: Defense
Mark W. Garriga Administrative Law
Charles E. Griffin, Business Litigation
Tray Hairston, Government Finance
Steven M. Hendrix, Real Estate
John C. Henegan Business Litigation
Chad R. Hutchinson, Personal Injury – Medical Malpractice: Defense
Donna Brown Jacobs, Appellate
Alyson Bustamante Jones, Personal Injury – Products: Defense
Christy D. Jones, Personal Injury – Products: Defense
Christopher R. Maddux, Bankruptcy: Business
Michael E. McWilliams, Business Litigation
Robert A. Miller, Personal Injury – Products: Defense
Meade W. Mitchell, Class Action
Lem E. Montgomery, III, Personal Injury – Products: Defense
Luther T. Munford, Appellate
Orlando R. Richmond, Sr., Personal Injury – Products: Defense
E. Barney Robinson, III, Business Litigation
Stephen W. Rosenblatt, Bankruptcy: Business
Phillip S. Sykes, Business Litigation
Timothy M. Threadgill, Employee Litigation: Defense
James B. Tucker, Criminal Defense: White Collar
J. Paul Varner, Tax
Thad W. Varner, Government Finance
Benjamin M. Watson Business Litigation
Joshua J. Wiener, Business Litigation
The 27 attorneys selected as 2018 Mid-South Rising Stars are:
Birmingham:
Austin A. Averitt, Real Estate
Matthew A. Barley, Business Litigation
David R. Kinman, Banking
Katie T. Powell, General Litigation
Memphis:
Diana M. Comes, Business Litigation
Katherine Mara Dowd, Health Care
Adam M. Langley, Bankruptcy: Business
Scott M. McLeod, Real Estate
Gadson William (Will) Perry, Business Litigation
Nashville:
Beau C. Creson, Business Litigation
B. Hart Knight Environmental Litigation
Lauren Patten, Business Litigation
Adam G. Smith, Mergers & Acquisitions
Travis B. Swearingen, Business Litigation
Ridgeland:
Elizabeth Lambert Clark, Government Finance
John H. Dollarhide, Business Litigation
Haley Fowler Gregory, Business Litigation
Matthew H. Grenfell, Real Estate
George C. (Clay) Gunn IV, Personal Injury – Products: Defense
Kyle V. Miller, Personal Injury – Products: Defense
Samantha R. Moore, Estate & Probate
Christopher D. Morris, Personal Injury – Products: Defense
Kenneth A. Primos, III, Business/Corporate
Adam J. Spicer, Personal Injury – Products: Defense
Ashley Nader Stubbs, Personal Injury – Products: Defense
William P. (Will) Thomas, Personal Injury – Products: Defense
Ashley N. Wicks, Tax
Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The selection process is multi-phased and includes independent research, peer nominations and peer evaluations. Selections are made on an annual, state-by-state basis. The objective is to create a credible, comprehensive and diverse listing of outstanding attorneys that can be used as a resource for attorneys and consumers searching for legal counsel. Lawyers are selected to a Super Lawyers list in all 50 states and Washington, D.C.
