Twenty-two attorneys from Maynard, Cooper & Gale, P.C. are recognized as leading lawyers in Alabama in the 2012 edition of Chambers USA, America’s Leading Lawyers for Business. Additionally, Maynard Cooper was ranked as a leading firm in all six practice areas covered in Alabama: Banking & Finance; Bankruptcy/Restructuring; Corporate/Commercial; Labor & Employment; Litigation and Real Estate.

Chambers’ prominent rankings are determined based on legal practice submissions, in-depth interviews and individual research pulled from database resources. New editions are published annually and are used by firms nationwide for referrals. The 22 Maynard Cooper attorneys cited in the directory for special recognition in their areas of practice are:

Maynard, Cooper & Gale, P.C., was founded in 1984 and in its short but dynamic history has grown to more than 210 attorneys, emerging as a leading law firm in Alabama as well as the Southeast. With offices in Birmingham, Huntsville, Mobile and Montgomery, the firm offers a full array of legal services to a broad and diverse client base consisting of Fortune 500 companies as well as closely held companies, partnerships, professional associations, charities and individuals.

Maynard, Cooper & Gale is Alabama’s only member of Lex Mundi, an international association of more than 140 widely recognized independent law firms, which by membership gives the firm access to high quality local legal expertise throughout the world. The firm is also Alabama’s only member of the Southern Law Network, a regional network of independent law firms.

• Janell M. Ahnert– Labor & Employment
• Lee E. Bains, Jr.– Litigation: General Commercial
• Stephen E. Brown– Labor & Employment
• Thomas C. Clark, III– Real Estate
• Gregory S. Curran– Corporate/Commercial
• Mark L. Drew– Corporate/Commercial
• Kevin C. Gray– Bankruptcy/Restructuring
• Christopher B. Harmon– Corporate/Commercial
• Heyward C. Hosch, III– Banking & Finance: Public Finance
• Jayna Partain Lamar– Bankruptcy/Restructuring
• J. Kris Lowry– Banking & Finance
• Carole G. Miller– Labor & Employment
• Chris Mitchell– Labor & Employment
• Randall H. Morrow– Banking & Finance
• Michael D. Mulvaney– Litigation: General Commercial
• Carol Sue Nelson– Labor & Employment
• M. Beth O’Neill– Real Estate
• Maibeth J. Porter– Litigation: General Commercial
• Robert R. Sexton– Real Estate
• David M. Smith– Labor & Employment
• Joseph (Jodie) E. Smith– Banking & Finance: Public Finance
• James F. Watkins– Banking & Finance