Sixty-Seven lawyers from Maynard, Cooper & Gale, P.C. have been selected as leading lawyers in the 2012 edition of The Best Lawyers in America, an independent lawyer rating publication.

Since its inception in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as one of the definitive guides to legal excellence. Because Best Lawyers is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey in which more than 41,000 leading attorneys cast almost 3.9 million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their practice areas, and because lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed, inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor. Corporate Counsel magazine has called Best Lawyers “the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice.” The sixty-seven Maynard Cooper lawyers cited in the publication for special recognition in their areas of practice are as follows:

Scott A. Abney
Real Estate Law

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

Elizabeth G. Beaube
Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law

David B. Block
Employment Law Management
Litigation – Labor and Employment

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

Thomas H. Brinkley
Corporate Law
Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Tax Law

Stephen E. Brown
Employment Law - Management
Labor Law – Management
Litigation – Labor & Employment
Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers

James R. Bussian
Commercial Litigation
Insurance Law

Thomas C. Clark III
Real Estate 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
Mergers & Acquisitions Law
Real Estate Law

John P. Dulin Jr.
Corporate Law

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

W. Clark Goodwin
Corporate Compliance Law
Corporate Governance Law
Corporate Law
Mergers & Acquisitions Law
Venture Capital Law

James L. Goyer III
Litigation – Banking and Finance
Litigation – ERISA
Litigation – Mergers and Acquisitions

Jeffrey M. Grantham
Insurance Law

Kevin C. Gray
Bankruptcy & Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Litigation - Bankruptcy

Christopher B. Harmon
Corporate Governance Law
Corporate Law
Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law
Mergers & Acquisitions Law
Securities Regulation
Venture Capital 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

Cynthia G. Lamar
Litigation – Trusts and Estates
Trusts and Estates

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

John T. Lanier
Health Care Law

Sarah Yates Larson
Litigation - ERISA

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

G. Bartley Loftin III
Commercial Litigation
Litigation – Banking and Finance
Litigation – Mergers and Acquisitions
Litigation – Securities

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

Carole G. Miller
Employment Law - Management

Tony G. Miller
Bet-the-Company Litigation
Litigation – Banking & Finance
Litigation – Mergers and Acquisitions
Litigation – Real Estate
Litigation - Securities

Christopher M. Mitchell
Employment Law – Management
Labor Law - Management

Randall H. Morrow
Banking and Finance Law
Real Estate Law

Michael D. Mulvaney
Insurance Law

Carol Sue Nelson
Employment Law – Management
Labor Law – Management
Litigation – Labor and Employment

M. Beth O’Neill
Corporate Law

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

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

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

Bradley B. Rounsaville
Litigation - Securities

J. Michael Savage
Securities Regulation

A. Inge Selden, III
Bet-the-Company Litigation
Litigation – Securities
Securities Regulation

Kirby Sevier
Trusts and Estates

Robert R. Sexton
Real Estate Law

David M. Smith
Employment Law – Management
Litigation – Labor and Employment

George A. Smith II
Corporate Law
Mergers and Acquisitions Law

Joseph E. “Jodie” Smith
Public Finance Law

Stephen W. Stallcup
Banking and Finance Law

Stephen W. Still
Government Relations Practice

Robert W. Tapscott Jr.
Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Commercial Litigation

Jarred O. Taylor II
Environmental Law
Litigation – Environmental

M. Allison Taylor
Trusts & Estates

Thomas W. Thagard III
Commercial Litigation
Litigation – Banking and Finance
Litigation – Mergers and Acquisitions
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
Insurance Law
Litigation - ERISA

Hardwick C. Walthall
Tax Law
Non-Profit/Charities Law

James F. Watkins
Banking and Finance Law
Financial Services Regulation Law
Litigation - Bankruptcy

Katherine A. Weber
Insurance Law

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

S. Douglas Williams
Public Finance Law

Daniel M. Wilson
Government Relations Practice
Real Estate Law