Wednesday, May 11, 2011
EIGHTY-ONE MAYNARD, COOPER & GALE LAWYERS NAMED IN 2011 ALABAMA SUPER LAWYERS
Eighty-one lawyers from Maynard, Cooper & Gale, P.C. are recognized as leading lawyers in the 2011 edition of Alabama Super Lawyers, an independent lawyer rating publication. Of these eighty-one, seven attorneys – Lee E. Bains, Jr., Elizabeth G. Beaube, James R. Bussian, Mark L. Drew, Anthony A. Joseph, Cynthia G. Lamar, and H. Thomas Wells, Jr. – are included in the Top 50 list. In addition, six attorneys – Elizabeth G. Beaube, Cynthia G. Lamar, Jayna Partain Lamar, Carol Sue Nelson, Maibeth J. Porter, and Katharine A. Weber – made the Top 25 Women list.
The selections for Super Lawyers are made by Law & Politics, a division of Key Professional Media, Inc. Each year, Law & Politics undertakes a rigorous multi-phase selection process that includes a statewide survey of lawyers, independent evaluation of candidates by Law & Politics’ attorney-led research staff, a peer review of candidates by practice area, and a good-standing and disciplinary check. Only five percent of the lawyers in the State are named by Super Lawyers.
The eighty-one Maynard lawyers cited in the publication for special recognition in their areas of practice are as follows:
- Scott A. Abney– Real Estate
- Lee E. Bains, Jr.– Class Action/Mass Torts
- Elizabeth G. Beaube– Employee Benefits/ERISA
- John N. Bolus– Securities Litigation
- Thomas H. Brinkley– Business/Corporate
- Scott S. Brown– Rising Star, General Litigation
- James R. Bussian– General Litigation
- Thomas C. Clark, III– Real Estate
- Bryan A. Coleman– Rising Star, Personal Injury Defense: Products
- Gregory S. Curran– Corporate Governance & Compliance
- Richard J. Davis– General Litigation
- Lauren C. DeMoss– Rising Star, Health Care
- Luther M. Dorr– Business Litigation
- Mark L. Drew– Mergers & Acquisitions
- John A. Earnhardt– Personal Injury Defense: Products
- Kathryn Roe Eldridge– Rising Star, Securities Litigation
- Robert Fowlkes– Rising Star, Business Litigation
- Christopher C. Frost– Rising Star, Insurance Coverage
- W. Clark Goodwin– Business/Corporate
- Jeffrey M. Grantham– Insurance Coverage
- Kevin C. Gray– Rising Star, Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights
- Jessica S. Grover– Rising Star, Estate Planning & Probate
- Christopher B. Harmon– Mergers & Acquisitions
- John B. Holmes, III– Rising Star, Employment & Labor
- Edward M. “Ted” Holt– Rising Star, Business Litigation
- Edward A. “Ted” Hosp– General Litigation
- Stephen C. Jackson– Civil Litigation Defense
- Joshua D. Jones– Rising Star, Securities Litigation
- Anthony A. Joseph– Criminal Defense: White Collar
- C. Andrew Kitchen– Rising Star, Insurance Coverage
- Cynthia G. Lamar– Estate Planning & Probate
- Jayna Partain Lamar– Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights
- Warren B. Lightfoot, Jr.– Employment & Labor
- J. Kris Lowry– Business/Corporate
- John Thomas Malatesta– Rising Star, Business Litigation
- Daniel H. Markstein, III– Estate Planning & Probate
- J. Ethan McDaniel– Rising Star, Business Litigation
- Jim G. McLaughlin– Business/Corporate
- Steven L. McPheeters– Rising Star, Business/Corporate
- Frank D. McPhillips– Bonds/Government Finance
- Christopher M. Mitchell– Employment & Labor
- James L. “Jay” Mitchell– Rising Star, General Litigation
- Randall H. Morrow– Banking
- Michael D. Mulvaney– Insurance Coverage
- Grace R. Murphy– Rising Star, Employee Benefits/ERISA
- Andrew S. Nix– Rising Star, Business/Corporate
- Joel C. Porter– Rising Star, Health Care
- Maibeth J. Porter– Class Action/Mass Torts
- Frances King Quick– Employee Benefits/ERISA
- Kirby Sevier– Estate Planning & Probate
- Robert R. Sexton– Real Estate
- Mitesh B. Shah– Rising Star, General Litigation
- Lee L. Sheppard– Rising Star, Real Estate
- David M. Smith– Employment & Labor
- Joseph E. Smith– Bonds/Government Finance
- Will A. Smith– Rising Star, Business Litigation
- John Smyth– Rising Star, Civil Litigation Defense
- Jarred O. Taylor, II– Environmental Litigation
- M. Allison Taylor– Rising Star, Estate Planning & Probate
- Thomas W. Thagard, III– Business Litigation
- William B. Wahlheim, Jr.– Employee Benefits/ERISA
- Katharine A. Weber– Insurance Coverage
- H. Thomas Wells, Jr.– Class Action/Mass Torts
- Christopher J. Williams– Rising Star, Environmental
- Daniel M. Wilson– Real Estate