Maynard & Gale PC is pleased to announce that five of its attorneys have been selected in the 2014 Top 50 listing of Alabama Super Lawyers – Anthony Joseph, Maibeth Porter, Ed Sledge, John Smyth, and Matt Stiles. Five Maynard attorneys were selected for the 2014 Top 25 Women listing of Alabama Super Lawyers – Beth Beaube, Cynthia Lamar-Hart, Jayna Lamar, Maibeth Porter, and Kathy Weber. In addition, 89 Maynard attorneys are cited in the publication for special recognition in their areas of practice, including 24 Rising Stars. 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
• Erica W. Barnes – Rising Star, Criminal Defense: White Collar
• Elizabeth G. Beaube – Employee Benefits, Top 25 Women
• John Douglas Bethay, III – Rising Star, Business/Corporate
• David B. Block – Employment & Labor
• John N. Bolus – Securities Litigation
• Christine Keifer Borton – Rising Star, Bankruptcy: Business
• Thomas H. Brinkley – Business/Corporate
• Scott S. Brown – Intellectual Property Litigation
• James R. Bussian – General Litigation
• Thomas J. Butler – Class Action
• 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
• David P. Donahue – Insurance Coverage
• 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 – Rising Star, Insurance Coverage
• Peter S. Fruin – Securities Litigation
• Andrea D. Germany – Rising Star, Insurance Coverage
• 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
• Edward A. “Ted” Hosp – General Litigation
• Stephen C. Jackson – Civil Litigation Defense
• Anthony A. Joseph – Criminal Defense: White Collar, Top 50
• C. Andrew Kitchen – Entertainment & Sports
• 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
• Warren B. Lightfoot, Jr. – Employment & Labor
• J. Kris Lowry – Business/Corporate
• John Thomas A. Malatesta, III – Rising Star, Business Litigation
• Daniel H. Markstein, III – Estate & Probate
• Stuart M. Maxey – Rising Star, Mergers & Acquisitions
• Stephanie Houston Mays – Employment & Labor
• J. Ethan McDaniel –Business Litigation
• Jim G. McLaughlin – Business/Corporate
• Christopher M. Mitchell – Employment & Labor
• James L. “Jay” Mitchell – Rising Star, Business Litigation
• Randall H. Morrow – Banking
• Michael D. Mulvaney – Insurance Coverage
• Leland J. Murphree – Rising Star, Bankruptcy: Business
• Grace Robinson Murphy – Rising Star, Employee Benefits
• 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 25 Women
• Frances King Quick – Employee Benefits
• 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
• Edward S. Sledge, IV – General Litigation, Top 50
• 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
• Jarred O. Taylor, II – Environmental Litigation
• Thomas W. Thagard, III – Business Litigation
• 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
• Donald F. Winningham, III – Rising Star, General Litigation