Eighty-Eight Bradley Arant Boult Cummings Attorneys Named 2012 Super Lawyers or Rising Stars in Alabama and Washington, D.C.

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP is pleased to announce that 65 of the firm’s attorneys have been named to the 2012 Alabama or Washington, D.C., Area Super Lawyers lists. In addition, 23 of the firm’s attorneys were named 2012 Alabama Rising Stars.

Super Lawyers are recognized as leading attorneys in their state or region, while Rising Stars, who are either under 40 years old or in practice for 10 years or less, are honored as a state or region’s up-and-coming attorneys.

In any state or region, no more than five percent of all attorneys can be named as Super Lawyers and only up to 2.5 percent of attorneys can be listed as Rising Stars each year. Both Super Lawyers and Rising Stars are chosen through nominations and peer evaluations, as well as independent research.

The Alabama Super Lawyers and Rising Stars lists will be published in Alabama Super Lawyers magazine and as a special section inside Business Alabama magazine. The Washington, D.C., Area Super Lawyers list will appear in DC Magazine and the Washington Post.

“Each year, we are humbled as a firm by the large number of our attorneys who continually achieve success in their areas of practice, landing them on the Super Lawyers or Rising Stars lists,” said Firm Chairman Beau Grenier. “We congratulate our talented attorneys who are highly regarded for the work they deliver for our clients and the examples they set for their colleagues as well as lateral recruits.”

Attorneys in the firm’s Birmingham office (and their practice areas) who were named Alabama Super Lawyers for 2012 are: James F. Archibald III (Construction Litigation); Kay K. Bains (Banking); Charles A.J. Beavers, Jr. (Real Estate); Jay R. Bender (Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights); Paul P. Bolus (Insurance Coverage); Axel Bolvig III (Construction Litigation); T. Michael Brown (Land Use/Zoning); Philip J. Carroll III (General Litigation); Brittin T. Coleman (Civil Litigation Defense); J. Paul Compton, Jr. (Banking); Stewart M. Cox (Business Litigation); J. Patrick Darby (Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights); Michael S. Denniston (Antitrust Litigation); L. Susan Doss (Banking); J. David Dresher (Banking); Bruce P. Ely (Tax); Stuart J. Frentz (Tax); Linda A. Friedman (Intellectual Property); James W. Gewin (Business Litigation); John E. Goodman (Civil Litigation Defense); John W. Hargrove (Employment & Labor); F.M. “Tripp” Haston III (Class Action/Mass Torts); William L. Hinds, Jr. (Estate Planning & Probate); Gary L. Howard (Insurance Coverage); David G. Hymer (Business Litigation); Joel M. Kuehnert (Environmental Litigation); Harold B. Kushner (Securities & Corporate Finance); Matthew H. Lembke (Appellate); Jack B. Levy (Health Care/formerly with Balch & Bingham) Colin H. Luke (Health Care/formerly with Balch & Bingham); Joseph B. Mays, Jr. (Business Litigation); Michael D. McKibben (Business Litigation); Hobart A. McWhorter, Jr. (Business Litigation); T. Matthew Miller (Employment & Labor); John K. Molen (Business/Corporate); Stephen R. Monk (Real Estate); John H. Morrow (Business Litigation); Michael R. Pennington (Business Litigation); Kenneth M. Perry (Personal Injury Defense: Products); E. Mabry Rogers (Construction Litigation); David E. Roth (Environmental); Walter J. Sears III (Construction Litigation); Dawn H. Sharff (Real Estate); John W. Smith T (Intellectual Property); Paul M. Sykes (Intellectual Property); Sid J. Trant (Environmental Litigation); Laurence D. Vinson, Jr. (Banking); Robert C. Walthall (Tax); Paul S. Ware (Business/Corporate); John D. Watson III (Business Litigation); Meade Whitaker, Jr. (Real Estate); Ralph H. Yeilding (Estate Planning & Probate); and Anne R. Yuengert (Employment & Labor).

Attorneys in the firm’s Huntsville office (and their practice areas) who were named Alabama Super Lawyers for 2012 are: Hall B. Bryant III (Mergers & Acquisitions); Frank M. Caprio (Intellectual Property); G. Bartley Loftin, III (Business Litigation/ formerly with Maynard Cooper); Scott E. Ludwig (Business/Corporate); Scott Burnett Smith (Appellate); and H. Harold Stephens (Civil Litigation Defense).

Attorneys in the firm’s Montgomery office (and their practice areas) who were named Alabama Super Lawyers for 2012 are: Philip H. Butler (Business Litigation); William C. McGowin (General Litigation); and Charles A. Stewart III (Business Litigation).

Attorneys in the firm’s Washington office (and their practice areas) who were named Washington, D.C., Area Super Lawyers for 2012 are: Douglas L. Patin (Construction/Surety); Stephen R. Spivack (Criminal Defense: White Collar); and Robert J. Symon (Construction/Surety).

Attorneys in the firm’s Birmingham office (and their practice areas) who were named Alabama Rising Stars for 2012 are: Scott E. Adams (Estate Planning & Probate); Hope T. Cannon (Personal Injury Defense: Products); Jennifer Hoover Clark (Health Care/formerly Balch & Bingham); Ty E. Dedmon (General Litigation); Graham W. Gerhardt (Banking); John Mark Goodman (General Litigation); Judd A. Harwood (Health Care/formerly Balch & Bingham); Christopher L. Hawkins (Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights); Jonathan D. Kipp (Business/Corporate); Jennifer J. McGahey (Business Litigation); Daniel F. Murphy (Health Care/formerly Balch & Bingham); Kevin Newsom (Appellate); D. Brian O’Dell (Real Estate); Jon H. Patterson (General Litigation); Anne Marie Seibel (Business Litigation); Jim Stewart (Mergers & Acquisitions); Ann T. Taylor (Real Estate); Tracy M. Thompson (Mergers & Acquisitions); Ethan T. Tidmore (Business Litigation); Brian Alexander Wahl (General Litigation); and Jason A. Walters (Insurance Coverage).

Attorneys in the firm’s Huntsville office (and their practice areas) who were named Alabama Rising Stars for 2012 are: Timothy P. Cummins (General Litigation) and Angela Holt (Intellectual Property).

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