Eighty-one Maynard Cooper & Gale PC attorneys are recognized in the 2015 edition of The Best Lawyers in America as being leaders in their areas of practice. Many of the attorneys appear on the list more than once for their work in multiple practice areas.

The 81 attorneys listed is an increase from the number of attorneys recognized in the 2014 edition. Maynard Cooper attorneys appear in every edition of The Best Lawyers in America dating back to the first edition in 1983, one year before the firm’s founding.

The annual list recognizes attorneys from across the country based on an extensive peer-review process. This year’s list includes more than 52,000 names compiled from more than 5.5 million evaluations of attorneys nationwide. Previously Corporate Counsel magazine called Best Lawyers “the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice.”

The Maynard Cooper lawyers cited in the directory for special recognition in their areas of practice are:

Scott A. Abney
Real Estate Law

W. Edward Bailey
Litigation - Intellectual Property; Litigation - Patent

Lee E. Bains, Jr.
Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Insurance Law

Elizabeth G. Beaube
Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law

Julia Gruenewald Bernstein
Banking and Finance Law

Jaime W. Betbeze
Admiralty & Maritime Law

David B. Block
Employment Law – Management; Litigation – Labor & Employment

John N. Bolus
Commercial Litigation; Insurance Law; Litigation – Banking & Finance; Litigation – Securities

Thomas H. Brinkley
Corporate Law; Economic Development Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law; Tax Law

James R. Bussian
Commercial Litigation; Insurance Law; Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants

Thomas J. Butler
Insurance Law

Thomas C. Clark III
Real Estate Law; Banking and Finance Law

John David Collins
Insurance Law

Gregory S. Curran
Corporate Compliance Law; Corporate Governance Law; Corporate Law; Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law; Private Funds/Hedge Funds Law; Securities / Capital Markets Law; Securities Regulation; Venture Capital Law

Luther M. “Rusty” Dorr, Jr.
Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Securities; Litigation – Trusts & Estates

Mark L. Drew
Banking and Finance Law; Corporate Compliance Law; Corporate Governance Law; Corporate Law; Financial Services Regulation Law; Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law; Real Estate Law; Venture Capital Law

John P. Dulin, Jr.
Banking and Finance Law; Corporate Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law;

John Earnhardt
Commercial Litigation

Alvin L. “Peck” Fox, Jr.
Government Relations Practice

Peter S. Fruin
Commercial Litigation

Lucas B. Gambino
Banking and Finance Law

W. Clark Goodwin
Corporate Compliance Law; Corporate Governance Law; Corporate Law; Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law; Venture Capital Law

James L. Goyer, III
Litigation – Banking & Finance; Litigation – ERISA; Litigation – Mergers & Acquisitions

Jeffrey M. Grantham
Commercial Litigation; Insurance Law

Kevin C. Gray
Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Litigation – Bankruptcy

Timothy W. Gregg
Securities Litigation

David C. Hannan
Admiralty and Maritime Law; Insurance Law

Christopher B. Harmon
Corporate Compliance Law; Corporate Governance Law; Corporate Law; Health Care Law; Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law; Securities / Capital Markets Law; Securities Regulation; Venture Capital Law

Jon E. Holland
Technology Law

John B. Holmes III
Litigation - Labor and Employment

Heyward C. Hosch III
Banking and Finance Law

Edward A. “Ted” Hosp
Government Relations Practice

Stephen C. Jackson
Commercial Litigation; Insurance Law

Anthony A. Joseph
Criminal Defense: Non-White-Collar; Criminal Defense: White Collar

James W. King
Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law

Cynthia G. Lamar-Hart
Litigation – Trusts & Estates; Trusts & Estates

Jayna Partain Lamar
Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Litigation - Bankruptcy

John T. Lanier
Health Care Law

Warren B. Lightfoot, Jr.
Employment Law – Management; Litigation – Labor & Employment; Mining Law

J. Kris Lowry
Banking and Finance Law; Commercial Transactions / UCC Law; Corporate Law; Project Finance Law

George G. Lynn
Litigation - Antitrust

Daniel H. Markstein, III
Corporate Law; Litigation & Controversy – Tax; Litigation – Trusts & Estates; Mergers & Acquisitions Law; Securities / Capital Markets Law ; Tax Law; Trusts and Estates

Jennifer R. McCain
Banking and Finance Law; Financial Services Regulation Law

Jim G. McLaughlin
Corporate Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law; Tax Law

Frank D. McPhillips
Public Finance Law

Chris Mitchell
Employment Law – Management; Labor Law - Management

Randall H. Morrow
Banking and Finance Law; Commercial Finance Law; Commercial Transactions / UCC Law; Real Estate Law

Michael D. Mulvaney
Insurance Law

Andrew Nix
Corporate Compliance Law

M. Beth O’Neill
Corporate Law

James M. Pool
Health Care Law; Non-Profit/Charities Law

Maibeth J. Porter
Appellate Practice; Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants; Product Liability Litigation - Defendants

Julie Portera
Litigation - Securities

James L. Priester
Health Care Law

Frances King Quick
Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law; Health Care Law

Thomas S. Rue
Admiralty and Maritime Law; Commercial Litigation

J. Michael Savage
Securities Regulation

Kirby Sevier
Trusts and Estates

Robert R. Sexton
Real Estate Law

Mitesh B. Shah
Commercial Litigation

Lee Sheppard
Banking and Finance Law

Edward S. Sledge IV
Commercial Litigation

David M. Smith
Employment Law – Management; Labor Law - Management; Litigation – Labor & Employment

Joseph E. “Jodie” Smith
Public Finance Law

John A. Smyth III
Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions - Defendants

Stephen Stallcup
Banking and Finance Law; Real Estate Law

Matthew W. Stiles
Labor Law - Management; Litigation - Labor and Employment

Stephen W. Still
Government Relations Practice

Jarred O. Taylor, II
Environmental Law; Litigation – Environmental

Thomas W. Thagard, III
Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Banking & Finance; Litigation – Intellectual Property; Litigation – Mergers & Acquisitions; Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants

J. Alan Truitt
Energy Law; Environmental Law; Litigation – Environmental; Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants; Natural Resources Law

D. Bart Turner
Environmental Law; Litigation - Environmental

William B. Wahlheim, Jr.
Commercial Litigation; Health Care Law; Insurance Law; Litigation – ERISA

Hardwick C. Walthall
Corporate Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law; Non-Profit/Charities Law; Tax Law

James F. Watkins
Banking and Finance Law; Financial Services Regulation Law

J. Andrew Watson III
Corporate Law

Katharine A. Weber
Insurance Law

H. Thomas Wells, Jr.
Energy Law; Litigation – Environmental; Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants; Natural Resources Law; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants

Chris J. Williams
Environmental Law

S. Douglas Williams
Project Finance Law; Public Finance Law

Daniel M. Wilson
Government Relations Practice; Real Estate Law