August 20, 2020
Butler Snow is pleased to announce 198 attorneys have been recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2021. The firm also had 51 attorneys recognized as Best Lawyers® 2021: Ones to Watch and 20 attorneys recognized as The Best Lawyers in America® 2021 “Lawyer of the Year.”
“We are honored and proud that so many of our attorneys have been recognized by their peers in this year’s rankings,” said Christopher R. Maddux, chair of Butler Snow. “We strive for excellence in our representation and this recognition demonstrates that.”
Best Lawyers® is the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession. A listing in the publication is widely regarded by both clients and legal professionals as a significant honor. Best Lawyers® compiles its lists of outstanding attorneys by conducting peer-review surveys in which lawyers confidently evaluate their professional peers.
For a complete listing of the 198 Butler Snow attorneys listed in The Best Lawyers in America® 2021, click here.
The inaugural Best Lawyers® 2021: Ones to Watch recognitions are awarded to attorneys who are earlier in their careers for outstanding professional excellence in private practice in the United States. These attorneys have typically been in practice five to nine years. The 51 Butler Snow attorneys named to this list are:
Atlanta
- Pamela R. Lawrence – Best Lawyers® 2021: Ones to Watch – Commercial Litigation, Insurance Law, Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
Austin, Texas
- Katie A. Fillmore – Best Lawyers® 2021: Ones to Watch – Administrative/Regulatory Law, Appellate Practice, Commercial Litigation, Government Relations Practice
Baton Rouge, La.
- Keith J. Fernandez – Best Lawyers® 2021: Ones to Watch – Appellate Practice, Insurance Law, Technology Law
- George P. Holmes – Best Lawyers® 2021: Ones to Watch – Health Care Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Joshua G. McDiarmid – Best Lawyers® 2021: Ones to Watch – Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Construction, Oil and Gas Law
Birmingham, Ala.
- Austin A. Averitt – Best Lawyers® 2021: Ones to Watch – Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Real Estate Law
- Matthew A. Barley – Best Lawyers® 2021: Ones to Watch – Commercial Litigation, Insurance Law, Transportation Law
- Caitlyn Smith Burchfield – Best Lawyers® 2021: Ones to Watch – Public Finance Law, Real Estate Law
- Sarah E. Hoffmann – Best Lawyers® 2021: Ones to Watch – Tax Law, Trusts and Estates
- Barton T. Lee – Best Lawyers® 2021: Ones to Watch – Corporate Governance and Compliance Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Carol Thetford Montgomery – Best Lawyers® 2021: Ones to Watch – Commercial Litigation, Insurance Law, Litigation – Labor and Employment, Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants
- Danielle N. Roberts – Best Lawyers® 2021: Ones to Watch – Real Estate Law
- Caroline D. Walker – Best Lawyers® 2021: Ones to Watch – Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
Charleston, S.C.
- Kenyatta L. Gardner – Best Lawyers® 2021: Ones to Watch – Commercial Litigation, Insurance Law, Litigation – Construction
Memphis, Tenn.
- Kyle R. Cummins – Best Lawyers® 2021: Ones to Watch – Health Care Law, Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Susanna M. Moldoveanu – Best Lawyers® 2021: Ones to Watch – Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- McDonald Plosser – Best Lawyers® 2021: Ones to Watch – Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants
Nashville, Tenn.
- Tara L. Blake – Best Lawyers® 2021: Ones to Watch – Insurance Law, Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- E. Hunter Brush – Best Lawyers® 2021: Ones to Watch – Appellate Practice, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Commercial Litigation, Government Relations Practice, Litigation – Construction, Real Estate Law
- Beau C. Creson – Best Lawyers® 2021: Ones to Watch – Commercial Litigation, Intellectual Property Law, Litigation – Intellectual Property
- Trammel Hoehn, Jr. – Best Lawyers® 2021: Ones to Watch – Government Relations Practice
- Ashley J. Markham – Best Lawyers® 2021: Ones to Watch – Health Care Law
- Terrence M. McKelvey – Best Lawyers® 2021: Ones to Watch – Commercial Litigation
- Elizabeth W. Moreton – Best Lawyers® 2021: Ones to Watch – Commercial Litigation
- Sara Anne T. Quinn – Best Lawyers® 2021: Ones to Watch – Labor and Employment – Management, Litigation – Labor and Employment
New Orleans
- Peter Connick – Best Lawyers® 2021: Ones to Watch – Real Estate Law
Richmond, Va.
- Lee Adair Floyd – Best Lawyers® 2021: Ones to Watch – Oil and Gas Law, Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
Ridgeland, Miss.
- Kasey M. Adams – Best Lawyers® 2021: Ones to Watch – Health Care Law, Product Liability Litigation – Defendants, Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs
- Corey Allen Aiken – Best Lawyers® 2021: Ones to Watch – Real Estate Law
- Parker Berry – Best Lawyers® 2021: Ones to Watch – Administrative/Regulatory Law, Commercial Litigation
- Charles A. Byrd – Best Lawyers® 2021: Ones to Watch – Commercial Litigation, Health Care Law
- Mitchell Carrington II – Best Lawyers® 2021: Ones to Watch – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Commercial Litigation
- Kathleen Ingram Carrington – Best Lawyers® 2021: Ones to Watch – Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants, Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Benjamin Z. Claxton, Sr. – Best Lawyers® 2021: Ones to Watch – Insurance Law, Product Liability Litigation – Defendants, Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs
- Jahviah D. Cooley – Best Lawyers® 2021: Ones to Watch – Litigation – Construction, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Real Estate Law
- John H. Dollarhide – Best Lawyers® 2021: Ones to Watch – Commercial Litigation, Financial Services Regulation Law
- Memrie M. Fortenberry – Best Lawyers® 2021: Ones to Watch –Banking and Finance Law
- Haley Fowler Gregory – Best Lawyers® 2021: Ones to Watch – Appellate Practice, Commercial Litigation, Insurance Law
- Thomas M. Hewitt – Best Lawyers® 2021: Ones to Watch – Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Stephen P. Huwe – Best Lawyers® 2021: Ones to Watch – Commercial Litigation, Health Care Law
- Mackin Johnson – Best Lawyers® 2021: Ones to Watch – Appellate Practice, Labor and Employment Law – Employee, Labor and Employment Law – Management, Litigation – Labor and Employment
- Blair Harden Jussely – Best Lawyers® 2021: Ones to Watch – Tax Law, Trusts and Estates
- Morgan G. Miranda – Best Lawyers® 2021: Ones to Watch – Health Care Law, Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants
- Anna Little Morris – Best Lawyers® 2021: Ones to Watch – Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants, Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Elizabeth Roper – Best Lawyers® 2021: Ones to Watch – Health Care Law
- Matthew D. Sitton – Best Lawyers® 2021: Ones to Watch – Health Care Law
- La’Toyia J. Slay – Best Lawyers® 2021: Ones to Watch – Commercial Litigation
- Margaret Z. Smith – Best Lawyers® 2021: Ones to Watch – Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants, Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Jonathan H. Still – Best Lawyers® 2021: Ones to Watch – Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Anna H. Watson – Best Lawyers® 2021: Ones to Watch – Public Finance Law
- Harrison Webb – Best Lawyers® 2021: Ones to Watch – Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
The Best Lawyers in America® 2021 “Lawyer of the Year” recognitions are awarded to individual attorneys with the highest overall peer-feedback for a specific practice area and geographic location. Only one attorney is recognized as the “Lawyer of the Year” for each specialty and location. The 20 Butler Snow attorneys named to this list are:
Atlanta
- Lesly Gaynor Murray – The Best Lawyers in America® 2021 “Lawyer of the Year” – Public Finance Law
Charleston, S.C.
- Stephen P. Groves, Sr. – The Best Lawyers in America® 2021 “Lawyer of the Year” – Appellate Practice
Denver
- Dee P. Wisor – The Best Lawyers in America® 2021 “Lawyer of the Year” – Public Finance Law
Gulfport, Miss.
- John M. Harral – The Best Lawyers in America® 2021 “Lawyer of the Year” – Banking and Finance Law
Ridgeland, Miss.
- Barry Cannada – The Best Lawyers in America® 2021 “Lawyer of the Year” – Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Tommie S. Cardin – The Best Lawyers in America® 2021 “Lawyer of the Year” – Government Relations Practice
- Stephen C. Edds – The Best Lawyers in America® 2021 “Lawyer of the Year” – Project Finance Law
- John F. England – The Best Lawyers in America® 2021 “Lawyer of the Year” – Commercial Finance Law
- Clifford Harrison – The Best Lawyers in America® 2021 “Lawyer of the Year” – Financial Services Regulation Law
- John J. Healy III – The Best Lawyers in America® 2021 “Lawyer of the Year” – Copyright Law
- Phillip S. Sykes – The Best Lawyers in America® 2021 “Lawyer of the Year” – Corporate Governance Law
- Timothy M. Threadgill – The Best Lawyers in America® 2021 “Lawyer of the Year” – Labor Law – Management
- James B. Tucker – The Best Lawyers in America® 2021 “Lawyer of the Year” – Corporate Compliance Law
- Thad W. Varner – The Best Lawyers in America® 2021 “Lawyer of the Year” – Public Finance Law
Memphis, Tenn.
- James E. Bailey III – The Best Lawyers in America® 2021 “Lawyer of the Year” – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Don Campbell, Jr. – The Best Lawyers in America® 2021 “Lawyer of the Year” – Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Hemant Gupta – The Best Lawyers in America® 2021 “Lawyer of the Year” – Trademark Law
Nashville, Tenn.
- Robert L. Trentham – The Best Lawyers in America® 2021 “Lawyer of the Year” – Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
New Orleans
- Victor J. Franckiewicz, Jr. – The Best Lawyers in America® 2021 “Lawyer of the Year” – Administrative/Regulatory Law
Wilmington, N.C.
- Scott Lewis – The Best Lawyers in America® 2021 “Lawyer of the Year” – Litigation – Insurance
