2016 Mid-South Super Lawyers and Rising Stars Names 149 Bradley Attorneys

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP is pleased to announce that 149 attorneys from across the firm’s Alabama, Jackson, Miss. and Nashville, Tenn. offices have been named to the 2016 Mid-South Super Lawyers or Rising Stars lists. Further, a select 10 attorneys have been named to Super Lawyers Top 50 or Top 100 lists for having the highest respective point totals in the nomination, research and review process.

“Congratulations to each Bradley attorney who earned Super Lawyers recognition this year,” said Bradley Chairman of the Board and Managing Partner Beau Grenier. “Your daily commitment to ethical, innovative practice and outstanding service is one worthy of this esteem. We are pleased to be so well represented on the 2016 lists.”

T. Michael Brown, Matthew H. Lembke, and Kevin C. Newsom were named to the list of Top 50 Alabama Super Lawyers for 2016. Roy D. Campbell III, W. Wayne (Wayne) Drinkwater, J. William (Will) Manuel, Alan W. Perry and William (Bill) R. Purdy were named to the list of Top 50 Mississippi Super Lawyers for 2016. Patricia (Pat) Head Moskal and William (Bill) L. Norton III were named to the list of Top 100 Tennessee Super Lawyers and the list of Top 50 Nashville Super Lawyers for 2016. Ms. Moskal was also named to the list of Top 50 Women Mid-South Super Lawyers for 2016.

2016 Mid-South Super Lawyers

Attorneys (54) in the firm’s Birmingham office who have been named Mid-South Super Lawyers for 2016:

• Jim Archibald (Construction Litigation)

• Marc James Ayers (Appellate)

• Charles A. J. Beavers, Jr. (Real Estate)

• Jay R. Bender (Bankruptcy: Business)

• Dylan C. Black (Professional Liability: Defense)

• Paul P. Bolus (Insurance Coverage)

• T. Michael Brown (Land Use/Zoning)

• Philip J. Carroll III (General Litigation)

• J.S. “Chris” Christie, Jr. (Employee Benefits)

• Stewart M. Cox (Business Litigation)

• Michael S. Denniston (Antitrust Litigation)

• L. Susan Doss (Banking)

• Bruce P. Ely (Tax)

• James W. Gewin (Business Litigation)

• N. Chris Glenos (Bankruptcy: Business)

• Glenn E. Glover (Creditor Debtor Rights)

• Timothy W. Gregg (Securities & Corporate Finance)

• John W. Hargrove (Employment & Labor)

• Tripp Haston (Class Action)

• Christopher L. Hawkins (Bankruptcy: Business)

• William L. Hinds Jr. (Estate & Probate)

• Leigh Anne Hodge (Personal Injury – Products: Defense)

• Gary L. Howard (Insurance Coverage)

• David G. Hymer (Business Litigation)

• Nathan W. Johnson (Intellectual Property Litigation)

• Joel M. Kuehnert (Environmental Litigation)

• Matthew H. Lembke (Appellate)

• Jack B. Levy (Health Care)

• Joseph B. Mays Jr. (Business Litigation)

• Justin T. McDonald (Personal Injury General: Defense)

• Michael D. McKibben (Business Litigation)

• Carey B. McRae (Health Care)

• Hobart A. McWhorter Jr. (Business Litigation)

• T. Matthew Miller (Employment & Labor)

• Richard H. Monk III (Business Litigation)

• John H. Morrow (Business Litigation)

• Daniel F. Murphy (Health Care)

• Kevin C. Newsom (Appellate)

• D. Brian O’Dell (Real Estate)

• Michael R. Pennington (Business Litigation)

• Kenneth M. Perry (Personal Injury – Products: Defense)

• E. Mabry Rogers (Construction Litigation)

• David Roth (Environmental)

• Walter J. Sears III (Construction Litigation)

• Edward S. Sledge IV (General Litigation)

• John W. Smith T (Personal Injury – Products: Defense)

• Donald B. Sweeney, Jr. (Employment & Labor)

• Paul M. Sykes (Intellectual Property)

• Sid J. Trant (Environmental)

• Jason A. Walters (Insurance Coverage)

• John D. Watson (Business Litigation)

• Kenneth T. Wyatt (Banking)

• Ralph H. Yeilding (Estate & Probate)

• Anne R. Yuengert (Employment & Labor)

Attorneys (6) in the firm’s Huntsville, Ala., office who have been named Mid-South Super Lawyers for 2016:

• Frank M. Caprio (Intellectual Property)

• G. Bartley Loftin III (Business Litigation)

• Scott E. Ludwig (Business/Corporate)

• Kimberly B. Martin (Personal Injury – Products: Defense)

• Scott Burnett Smith (Appellate)

• H. Harold Stephens (Civil Litigation: Defense)

Attorneys (10) in the firm’s Jackson office who have been named Mid-South Super Lawyers for 2016:

• Roy D. Campbell III (General Litigation)
• David W. Clark (Business Litigation)
• W. Rodney Clement Jr. (Real Estate)
• W. Wayne Drinkwater Jr. (Business Litigation)
• J. William Manuel (Business Litigation)
• J. Douglas Minor Jr. (Business Litigation)
• Alan W. Perry (Business Litigation)
• William R. Purdy (Construction Litigation)
• Stephen L. Thomas (General Litigation)
• Clarence Webster III (Class Action)

Attorneys (4) in the firm’s Montgomery, Ala., office who have been named Mid-South Super Lawyers for 2016:

• Phil Butler (Business Litigation)

• William C. McGowin (General Litigation)

• George R. Parker (General Litigation)

• Charles Stewart (Business Litigation)

Attorneys (26) in the firm’s Nashville office who have been named Mid-South Super Lawyers for 2016:

• Stephen T. Braun (Mergers & Acquisitions)
• Michael D. Brent (Health Care)
• Ann Peldo Cargile (Real Estate)
• Brett R. Carter (Tax)
• Joseph W. Gibbs (Tax)
• William F. Goodman III (Class Action)
• Jay Hardcastle (Health Care)
• Lela Hollabaugh (Energy & Resources)
• H. Frederick Humbracht, Jr. (Banking)
• Roger G. Jones (Creditor Debtor Rights)
• Samuel D. Lipshie (Entertainment & Sports)
• Matthew C. Lonergan (Employment & Labor)
• Chuck Mataya (Employment & Labor)
• Russell B. Morgan (Business Litigation)
• Patricia Head Moskal (Appellate)
• John E. Murdock III (Mergers & Acquisition)
• Jim Murphy (Land Use/Zoning)
• 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)

2016 Mid-South Rising Stars

Attorneys (33) in the firm’s Birmingham office who have been named Mid-South Rising Stars for 2016:

• Trey Abbott (Civil Litigation: Defense)

• Anne Knox Averitt (Employment & Labor)

• C. Jason Avery (Real Estate)

• James Blake Bailey (Bankruptcy: Business)

• Lindsey C. Boney IV (General Litigation)

• Kane Burnette (Government Finance)

• Jason R. Bushby (Banking)

• R. Aaron Chastain (Appellate)

• Jennifer Hoover Clark (Health Care)

• Mary Ann Couch (Business Litigation)

• Ty E. Dedmon (General Litigation)

• Tiffany J. deGruy (Business Litigation)

• Hallman B. Eady (Business Litigation)

• John Mark Goodman (Personal Injury – Products: Defense)

• Blake B. Goodsell (Business Litigation)

• T. Parker Griffin Jr. (Creditor Debtor Rights)

• C. Meade Hartfield (Banking)

• Charles B. Hill III (Tax)

• J. Riley Key (Banking)

• James E. Long Jr. (Tax)

• Anna Manasco (Appellate)

• Stuart M. Maxey (Mergers & Acquisitions)

• Andrew S. Nix (Securities & Corporate Finance)

• Jon H. Patterson (General Litigation)

• J. Thomas Richie (Business Litigation)

• Ryan P. Robichaux (Government Relations)

• J. Andrew Robison (Mergers & Acquisitions)

• William T. Thistle II (Tax)

• Michael A. Thomason Jr. (Mergers & Acquisitions)

• Ethan T. Tidmore (Business Litigation)

• Darrell C. Tucker II (Personal Injury – Products: Defense)

• James L. Webb (Real Estate)

• James W. Wright Jr. ( Banking)

Attorneys (2) in the firm’s Huntsville office who have been named Mid-South Rising Stars for 2016:

• David W. Holt (IP Litigation)

• Harold D. Mooty III (Business Litigation)

Attorneys (7) in the firm’s Jackson office who have been named Mid-South Rising Stars for 2016:

• Simon Turner Bailey (Class Action)
• Michael J. Bentley (Appellate)
• Jason Fortenberry (Civil Litigation: Defense)
• Mary Clay W. Morgan (General Litigation)
• Alex Purvis (Insurance Coverage)
• Molly M. Walker (PI – Products: Defense)
• Michael Casey Williams (General Litigation)

Attorney (1) in the firm’s Montgomery office who has been named Mid-South Rising Star for 2016:

• Rudy Hill (IP Litigation)

Attorneys (6) in the firm’s Nashville office who have been named Mid-South Rising Stars for 2016:

• Jeffrey L. Allen (Entertainment & Sports)
• Brandon Bundren (Business Litigation)
• Sarah Clark Hannah (Mergers & Acquisition)
• Lauren B. Jacques (Health Care)
• Edmund S. Sauer (Appellate)
• D. Bryan Thomas (Construction Litigation)

Super Lawyers is a rating service of lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. Only up to five percent of attorneys in Alabama, Arkansas, Mississippi and Tennessee are named Mid-South Super Lawyers each year. No more than 2.5 percent of attorneys in the same jurisdiction are named Rising Stars, which recognizes lawyers who are under 40 years old or have less than 10 years of legal experience. Super Lawyers are selected through a patented process that involves peer nominations and evaluations, as well as third-party research.

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