134 Bradley Attorneys Named 2020 Mid-South Super Lawyers or Rising Stars
December, 2020 - United States of America
Bradley is pleased to announce that 134 attorneys across the firm’s offices in Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee were selected as 2020 Mid-South Super Lawyers or Rising Stars.
In addition, the following Bradley attorneys in Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee were named to Top 50 or Top 100 Super Lawyers lists for 2020:
Top 50 Birmingham Super Lawyers
- Matthew H. Lembke (Appellate)
- Daniel F. Murphy (Health Care)
Top 50 Alabama Super Lawyers
- Matthew H. Lembke (Appellate)
- Daniel F. Murphy (Health Care)
Top 50 Mississippi Super Lawyers
- W. Wayne Drinkwater (Business Litigation)
- J. William Manuel (Business Litigation)
- Alan W. Perry (Business Litigation)
- William R. Purdy (Construction Litigation)
Top 50 Nashville Super Lawyers
- Russell B. Morgan (Business Litigation)
- William L. Norton III (Bankruptcy: Business)
- J. Thomas Trent Jr. (Real Estate)
Top 100 Tennessee Super Lawyers
- Lela M. Hollabaugh (Energy & Resources)
- Russell B. Morgan (Business Litigation)
- William L. Norton III (Bankruptcy: Business)
- Thomas Trent (Real Estate)
Top 50 Women Mid-South Super Lawyers
- Kimberly B. Martin (Personal Injury – Products: Defense)
- Leigh Anne Hodge (Personal Injury – Products: Defense)
“We congratulate all the attorneys in our Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee offices who have been named 2020 Mid-South Super Lawyers or Rising Stars,” said Bradley Chairman of the Board and Managing Partner Jonathan M. Skeeters. “This recognition of so many of Bradley’s attorneys represents the depth of knowledge and talent at our firm that continues to serve our clients so well.”
The complete list of the firm’s attorneys recognized as 2020 Mid-South Super Lawyers or Rising Stars, organized by metropolitan market and office location, is provided below.
Birmingham
Mid-South Super Lawyers for 2020:
- Wendell Allen (Business Litigation)
- Jim Archibald (Construction Litigation)
- Marc James Ayers (Appellate)
- Jay Bender (Bankruptcy: Business)
- Dylan C. Black (Professional Liability: Defense)
- Paul P. Bolus (Insurance Coverage)
- Michael Brown (Land Use/Zoning)
- Beau Byrd (Real Estate)
- Jennifer Hoover Clark (Health Care)
- Keith Covington (Employment & Labor)
- William S. “Buddy” Cox III (Environmental)
- Michael S. Denniston (Antitrust Litigation)
- Jeffrey D. Dyess (IP Litigation)
- Linda A. Friedman (IP Litigation)
- James W. Gewin (Business Litigation)
- Chris Glenos (Bankruptcy: Business)
- Glenn E. Glover (Creditor Debtor Rights)
- John E. Goodman (Civil Litigation: Defense)
- John W. Hargrove (Employment & Labor)
- Judd A. Harwood (Health Care)
- Tripp Haston (Class Action)
- Christopher L. Hawkins (Bankruptcy: Business)
- Leigh Anne Hodge (Personal Injury – Products: Defense)
- David G. Hymer (Business Litigation)
- Andy Johnson (Personal Injury – Products: Defense)
- Joel M. Kuehnert (Environmental Litigation)
- Matthew H. Lembke (Appellate)
- Jack B. Levy (Health Care)
- Robert Maddox (Banking)
- Joseph B. Mays Jr. (Business Litigation)
- Justin T. McDonald (Personal Injury General: Defense)
- Jennifer J. McGahey (Business Litigation)
- Michael D. McKibben (Business Litigation)
- Matthew Miller (Employment & Labor)
- Richard H. Monk III (Business Litigation)
- Daniel F. Murphy (Health Care)
- Brian O’Dell (Real Estate)
- David W. Owen (Construction Litigation)
- Michael R. Pennington (Class Action)
- Mabry Rogers (Construction Litigation)
- Walter J. Sears III (Construction Litigation)
- Anne Marie Seibel (Business Litigation)
- Edward S. Sledge IV (General Litigation)
- John W. Smith T (Personal Injury – Products: Defense)
- Ethan T. Tidmore (Business Litigation)
- Brian Alexander Wahl (General Litigation)
- R. Thomas Warburton (General Litigation)
- John D. Watson (Business Litigation)
- Anne R. Yuengert (Employment & Labor)
Mid-South Rising Stars for 2020:
- Anne Knox Averitt (Civil Litigation: Defense)
- James Blake Bailey (Bankruptcy: Business)
- Nancy W. Ball (Estate & Probate)
- Stanley E. Blackmon (Appellate)
- Jason R. Bushby (Banking)
- Hillary Campbell (Business Litigation)
- Aaron Chastain (Appellate)
- Anna Craft (Business Litigation)
- Lee Gilley (Banking)
- Parker Griffin Jr. (Creditor Debtor Rights)
- Rudy Hill (Intellectual Property Litigation)
- Matthew A. Hinshaw (Business/Corporate)
- Riley Key (Banking)
- Jonathan R. Kolodziej (Banking)
- James E. Long Jr. (Tax)
- Luke D. Martin (Construction Litigation)
- Carly Miller (Construction Litigation)
- Grant A. Premo (Business Litigation)
- Thomas Richie (Class Action)
- Brad Robertson (Criminal Defense: White Collar)
- Ryan P. Robichaux (Government Relations)
- Christopher Selman (Construction Litigation)
- Michael A. Thomason Jr. (Mergers & Acquisitions)
- Darrell C. Tucker II (Personal Injury – Products: Defense)
- James L. Webb (Real Estate)
- James W. Wright Jr. (Banking)
Huntsville, Ala.
Mid-South Super Lawyers for 2020:
- Frank M. Caprio (Intellectual Property)
- Stephen H. Hall (Intellectual Property)
- Scott E. Ludwig (Business/Corporate)
- Kimberly B. Martin (Personal Injury – Products: Defense)
- Scott Burnett Smith (Appellate)
Mid-South Rising Star for 2020:
- Austin Hagood (Health Care)
Jackson, Miss.
Mid-South Super Lawyers for 2020:
- Michael J. Bentley (Appellate)
- Roy D. Campbell III (General Litigation)
- David W. Clark (Business Litigation)
- W. Rodney Clement (Real Estate)
- Margaret Oertling Cupples (Appellate)
- W. Wayne Drinkwater (Business Litigation)
- Ralph B. Germany Jr. (Construction Litigation)
- J. William Manuel (Business Litigation)
- Mary Clay W. Morgan (General Litigation)
- Alan W. Perry (Business Litigation)
- William R. Purdy (Construction Litigation)
- Joseph J. Stroble (Class Action)
- Stephen L. Thomas (General Litigation)
- Molly M. Walker (Personal Injury – Products: Defense)
- Clarence Webster III (Class Action)
Mid-South Rising Stars for 2020:
- Simon Bailey (Class Action)
- Erin D. Saltaformaggio (Business Litigation)
- Michael Casey Williams (Intellectual Property)
Montgomery, Ala.
Mid-South Super Lawyer for 2020:
- Charles Stewart (Business Litigation)
Mid-South Rising Star for 2020:
- Sarah Sutton Osborne (Civil Litigation: Defense)
Nashville, Tenn.
Mid-South Super Lawyers for 2020:
- Michael D. Brent (Health Care)
- Ann Peldo Cargile (Real Estate)
- George H. Cate III (Business Litigation)
- J. Greer Cummings Jr. (Real Estate)
- Joseph W. Gibbs (Tax)
- William F. Goodman III (Class Action)
- John R. Haynes (Real Estate)
- Lela Hollabaugh (Energy & Resources)
- Samuel D. Lipshie (Entertainment & Sports)
- Matthew C. Lonergan (Employment & Labor)
- Chuck Mataya (Employment & Labor)
- Russell B. Morgan (Business Litigation)
- John E. Murdock III (Mergers & Acquisition)
- Jim Murphy (Land Use/Zoning)
- Andrew J. Murray (Health Care)
- William L. Norton III (Bankruptcy: Business)
- Craig Oliver (Employment & Labor)
- Robert S. Patterson (Business Litigation)
- Todd Presnell (Business Litigation)
- Brooks R. Smith (Real Estate)
- David K. Taylor (Construction Litigation)
- J. Thomas Trent Jr. (Real Estate)
- Thor Y. Urness (Business Litigation)
- Robert E. Wood (Real Estate)
Mid-South Rising Stars for 2020:
- Jeffrey L. Allen (Entertainment & Sports)
- Caleb Barron (Employee Benefits)
- Katherine H. Blankenship (Construction Litigation)
- Brandon Bundren (Business Litigation)
- Marc Bussone (Employee Benefits)
- Lauren B. Jacques (Health Care)
- Alex McFall (Business Litigation)
- Fritz Spainhour (Business Litigation)
- D. Bryan Thomas (Construction Litigation)
Only the top 5% of lawyers in Alabama, Arkansas, Mississippi and Tennessee are named Mid-South Super Lawyers. No more than 2.5% of lawyers in these states are selected as Rising Stars, who must be 40 years old or younger or have been in practice for 10 or fewer years. Published by Thomson Reuters, Super Lawyers determines its rankings through independent research, peer nominations and peer evaluations. The Mid-South Super Lawyers and Rising Stars lists are published in Mid-South Super Lawyers Magazine and in supplements in various regional publications, as well as distributed to attorneys and ABA-accredited law school libraries.
