Sixty-four Butler Snow attorneys have been selected for inclusion in Super Lawyers’ 2019 Mid-South Super Lawyers and 29 have been selected as Mid-South Rising Stars.
“We are honored and proud that so many of our attorneys have received this significant recognition,” said Donald Clark, Jr., chairman of Butler Snow. “Our attorneys strive to provide our clients with the highest level of service, quality and expertise, and this recognition illustrates that commitment.”
The 64 attorneys named as 2019 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
Charles F. (Chip) Morrow, Personal Injury – Products: Defense
Randall D. Noel, Business Litigation
Amy M. Pepke, Civil Litigation: Defense
Todd P. Photopulos, Immigration: Business
Daniel W. Van Horn, Business Litigation
Joseph B. Walker, Estate & Probate
Nashville:
Jason W. Callen, Business Litigation
Kathryn Reed Edge, Banking
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
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
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
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
Timothy W. Lindsay, Employment & Labor
Christopher R. Maddux, Bankruptcy: Business
Michael E. McWilliams, Business Litigation
Robert A. Miller, Personal Injury – Products: Defense
Meade W. Mitchell, Class Action
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
Thad W. Varner, Government Finance
Benjamin M. Watson, Business Litigation
Joshua J. Wiener, Business Litigation
Rebecca Lee Wiggs, Personal Injury – Products: Defense
The 29 attorneys selected as 2019 Mid-South Rising Stars are:
Birmingham:
Matthew A. Barley, Business Litigation
Abbott Marie Jones, Appellate
Katie T. Powell, General Litigation
Memphis:
Diana M. Comes, Business Litigation
Adam M. Langley, Bankruptcy: Business
Scott M. McLeod, Real Estate
Gadson William (Will) Perry, Business Litigation
W. McDonald (Mac) Plosser , General Litigation
Christopher J. Tutor, Mergers & Acquisitions
Nashville:
C.E. Hunter Brush, Business Litigation
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:
John H. Dollarhide, Business Litigation
Haley Fowler Gregory, Business Litigation
W. Mackin Johnson, Employment Litigation – Defense
Kyle V. Miller, Personal Injury – Products: Defense
Samantha R. Moore, Estate & Probate
Christopher D. Morris, Personal Injury – Products: Defense
Ryan J. O’Beirne, Business/Corporate
Kenneth A. Primos, III, Mergers & Acquisitions
La’Toyia J. Slay, Business Litigation
Caroline B. Smith, Business Litigation
Jefferson K. B. Stancill, Banking
Ashley Nader Stubbs, General Litigation
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 annual selections are made using a rigorous process, including a statewide survey of lawyers, an independent research evaluation of candidates and peer reviews by practice area. Only 5 percent of lawyers in each state or region are named to the Super Lawyers® list and no more than 2.5 percent are named to the Rising Stars list. Super Lawyers® identifies Rising Stars as those attorneys, 40 years old or younger, who have made exceptional contributions in a particular practice area for 10 years or less.