Birmingham, Ala. (May 8, 2015) – Maynard & Gale proudly announces that Shareholder Maibeth Porter has been named in the 2015 Top 10 list of Alabama Super Lawyers. Joining her are six more attorneys selected in the 2015 Top 50 listing of Alabama Super Lawyers – Lee Bains, Anthony Joseph, Jayna Partain Lamar, John Smyth, Matt Stiles, and Tom Thagard. Maynard attorneys make up one-fifth of the 2015 Top 25 Women listing of Alabama Super Lawyers with Beth Beaube, Jayna Partain Lamar, Cynthia Lamar-Hart, and Kathie Weber joining Porter on the list recognizing top female attorneys in the state. In total, 91 Maynard attorneys are cited in the publication for special recognition in their areas of practice, including 19 Rising Stars. Maynard's San Francisco office was also represented with Partner Sasha Rao named to the California Super Lawyers list for Intellectual Property Litigation.

The selections for Super Lawyers, an independent lawyer rating publication, are made by peer nominations and evaluations combined with third-party research. Each year, the candidates are evaluated on 12 indicators of peer recognition and professional achievement. Only five percent of the attorneys in the State are named by Super Lawyers.

A complete attorney listing can be found below.

• Scott A. Abney – Real Estate
• Lee E. Bains, Jr. – Class Action
• Josh B. Baker – Rising Star, Business Litigation
• Elizabeth G. Beaube – Employee Benefits, Top 25 Women
• Allen B. "Josh" Bennett - Rising Star, Employment & Labor
• John Douglas Bethay, III – Rising Star, Business/Corporate
• Jaime Betbeze - Transportation/Maritime
• David B. Block – Employment & Labor
• John N. Bolus – Securities Litigation
• Scott S. Brown – Intellectual Property Litigation
• Kathryn J. "Katie" Bushby - Rising Star, Civil Litigation: Defense
• James R. Bussian – General Litigation
• Thomas J. Butler – Class Action
• Matthew J. Cannova - Rising Star, Employee Benefits
• Thomas C. Clark, III – Real Estate
• Bryan A. Coleman – Rising Star, Personal Injury Defense: Products
• John David Collins – General Litigation
• Gregory S. Curran – Mergers and Acquisitions
• Richard J. Davis – General Litigation
• Stephen D. Davis – Rising Star, General Litigation
• Lauren C. DeMoss – Rising Star, Health Care
• Walter A. Dodgen – Business Litigation
• Luther M. “Rusty” Dorr – Estate and Trust Litigation
• Mark L. Drew – Mergers & Acquisitions
• John P. Dulin, Jr. – Banking
• John Earnhardt – Personal Injury Defense: Products
• Kathryn Roe Eldridge – Rising Star, Securities Litigation
• Robert H. Fowlkes – Rising Star, Business Litigation
• Christopher C. Frost – Insurance Coverage
• Peter S. Fruin – Securities Litigation
• Lucas Gambino - Banking
• W. Clark Goodwin – Mergers & Acquisitions
• James L. Goyer, III – Mergers & Acquisitions
• Jeffrey M. Grantham – Insurance Coverage
• Kevin C. Gray – Bankruptcy: Business
• Timothy W. Gregg – Securities & Corporate Finance
• Mitchell D. Greggs – Rising Star, Business Litigation
• Matthew W. Grill – Real Estate
• Christopher B. Harmon – Mergers & Acquisitions
• John B. Holmes - Employment & Labor
• Edward A. “Ted” Hosp – General Litigation
• Stephen C. Jackson – Civil Litigation Defense
• Anthony A. Joseph – Criminal Defense: White Collar, Top 50
• Christopher S. Kuffner – Rising Star, Employment & Labor
• Cynthia G. Lamar-Hart – Estate & Trust Litigation, Top 25 Women
• Jayna Partain Lamar – Bankruptcy: Business, Top 25 Women, Top 50
• John T. Lanier - Rising Star, Health Care
• Warren B. Lightfoot, Jr. – Employment & Labor
• J. Kris Lowry – Business/Corporate
• John Thomas A. Malatesta, III – Business Litigation
• Daniel H. Markstein, III – Estate & Probate
• Stephanie Houston Mays – Employment & Labor
• J. Ethan McDaniel –Business Litigation
• Jim G. McLaughlin – Business/Corporate
• Frank D. McPhillips - Government Finance
• Christopher M. Mitchell – Employment & Labor
• James L. “Jay” Mitchell – Business Litigation
• Randall H. Morrow – Banking
• Michael D. Mulvaney – Insurance Coverage
• J. Leland Murphree – Rising Star, Bankruptcy: Business
• Grace Robinson Murphy – Employee Benefits
• John C. Neiman - Appellate
• Andrew S. Nix – Rising Star, Business/Corporate
• M. Beth O’Neill – Real Estate
• James M. Pool – Health Care
• Joel C. Porter – Rising Star, Health Care
• Maibeth J. Porter – General Litigation, Top 50, Top 10, Top 25 Women
• Frances King Quick – Employee Benefits
• Sasha G. Rao - Intellectual Property Litigation
• Matthew B. Reeves – Rising Star, Business Litigation
• Clayton M. Ryan –Government Relations
• Kirby Sevier – Estate & Probate
• Robert R. Sexton – Real Estate
• Mitesh B. Shah –General Litigation
• Lee L. Sheppard - Real Estate: Business
• Christopher E. Smith – Rising Star, Business/Corporate
• David M. Smith – Employment & Labor
• Joseph E. “Jodie” Smith – Government Finance
• Will A. Smith – Rising Star, Business Litigation
• John A. Smyth, III – Civil Litigation Defense, Top 50
• Stephen W. Stallcup – Real Estate
• Matthew W. Stiles - Employment & Labor, Top 50
• Thomas W. Thagard, III – Business Litigation, Top 50
• J. Alan Truitt – Environmental Litigation
• D. Bart Turner – Environmental
• William B. Wahlheim, Jr. – Employee Benefits
• J. Andrew Watson, III – Business/Corporate
• Katharine A. Weber – Insurance Coverage, Top 25 Women
• H. Thomas Wells, Jr. – Class Action
• Christopher J. Williams – Environmental Litigation
• Daniel M. Wilson – Real Estate