Bradley Attorneys Named 2019 Mid-South Super Lawyers or Rising Stars

Bradley is pleased to announce that 151 attorneys across the firm’s offices in Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee have been selected as 2019 Mid-South Super Lawyers or Rising Stars. The complete list of the firm’s ranked attorneys, organized by metropolitan market/Bradley office, is provided below.

In addition, the following Bradley attorneys in Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee were named to Top 50 or Top 100 Super Lawyers lists for 2019:

Top 50 Birmingham Super Lawyers

• Marc James Ayers (Appellate)
• 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)
• Alan W. Perry (Business Litigation)
• William R. Purdy (Construction Litigation)

Top 50 Nashville Super Lawyers and Top 100 Tennessee Super Lawyers

• William L. Norton III (Bankruptcy: Business)

Top 50 Women Mid-South Super Lawyers

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

“Once again, Bradley is well represented in the annual Mid-South Super Lawyers and Rising Stars by more than 150 of our attorneys who have been recognized as among the top lawyers in Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee,” said Bradley Chairman of the Board and Managing Partner Jonathan M. Skeeters. “We congratulate each of our ranked attorneys who continue to set the standard for providing business legal services in the region.”

Only the top 5 percent of lawyers in Alabama, Arkansas, Mississippi and Tennessee are named Mid-South Super Lawyers. No more than 2.5 percent 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.

2019 Mid-South Super Lawyers

Following are the 52 attorneys in the firm’s Birmingham office who have been named Mid-South Super Lawyers for 2019:

• Wendell Allen (Business Litigation)
• Jim Archibald (Construction Litigation)
• Marc James Ayers (Appellate)
• Charles A. J. Beavers Jr. (Real Estate)
• Jay Bender (Bankruptcy: Business)
• Dylan C. Black (Professional Liability: Defense)
• Paul P. Bolus (Insurance Coverage)
• Axel Bolvig III (Construction Litigation)
• Michael Brown (Land Use/Zoning)
• Phil Butler (Business Litigation)
• Beau Byrd (Real Estate)
• Keith Covington (Employment & Labor)
• William S. “Buddy” Cox III (Environmental Litigation)
• 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 (Consumer Law)
• 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)
• Jamie L. Moore (Insurance Coverage)
• Daniel F. Murphy (Health Care)
• Brian O’Dell (Real Estate)
• David W. Owen (Construction Litigation)
• Dorothy Daigle Pak (Health Care)
• Michael R. Pennington (Business Litigation)
• 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)
• John D. Watson (Business Litigation)
• Anne R. Yuengert (Employment & Labor)

Following are the seven attorneys in the firm’s Huntsville, Ala., office who have been named Mid-South Super Lawyers for 2019:

• Frank M. Caprio (Intellectual Property)
• Kevin C. Gray (Bankruptcy: Business)
• Stephen H. Hall (Intellectual Property)
• Bartley Loftin III (Business Litigation)
• Scott E. Ludwig (Business/Corporate)
• Kimberly B. Martin (Personal Injury – Products: Defense)
• Scott Burnett Smith (Appellate)

Following are the 14 attorneys in the firm’s Jackson, Miss., office who have been named Mid-South Super Lawyers for 2019:

• 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)

Following is the attorney in the firm’s Montgomery, Ala., office who has been named a Mid-South Super Lawyer for 2019:

• Charles Stewart (Business Litigation)

Following are the 27 attorneys in the firm’s Nashville, Tenn., office who have been named Mid-South Super Lawyers for 2019:

• Michael D. Brent (Health Care)
• Kevin B. Campbell (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)
• Jay Hardcastle (Health Care)
• John R. Haynes (Real Estate)
• Lela Hollabaugh (Energy & Resources)
• Roger G. Jones (Creditor Debtor Rights)
• Samuel D. Lipshie (Entertainment & Sports)
• Matthew C. Lonergan (Employment & Labor)
• Chuck Mataya (Employment & Labor)
• J. Douglas Minor Jr. (Business Litigation)
• 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)
• David K. Taylor (Construction Litigation)
• J. Thomas Trent Jr. (Real Estate)
• Thor Y. Urness (Business Litigation)
• Robert E. Wood (Real Estate)

2019 Mid-South Rising Stars

Following are the 34 attorneys in the firm’s Birmingham office who have been named Mid-South Rising Stars for 2019:

• Anne Knox Averitt (Civil Litigation: Defense)
• James Blake Bailey (Bankruptcy: Business)
• Stanley E. Blackmon (Appellate)
• Lindsey C Boney IV (General Litigation)
• Kane Burnette (Government Finance)
• Jason R. Bushby (Banking)
• Hillary Campbell (Business Litigation)
• Aaron Chastain (Appellate)
• Jennifer Hoover Clark (Health Care)
• Mary Ann Couch (Business Litigation)
• Ty E. Dedmon (General Litigation)
• Hallman B. Eady (Business Litigation)
• John Mark Goodman (General Litigation)
• Parker Griffin Jr. (Creditor Debtor Rights)
• Meade Hartfield (Banking)
• Jackson Hill IV (Construction Litigation)
• Matthew A. Hinshaw (Business/Corporate)
• Riley Key (Banking)
• James E. Long Jr. (Tax)
• Anna Manasco (Appellate)
• Luke D. Martin (Construction Litigation)
• Carly Miller (Construction Litigation)
• Charles Moore (Banking)
• Grant A. Premo (Business Litigation)
• Ellen Presley Proctor (Business Litigation)
• Thomas Richie (Class Action)
• Charles A. Roberts Jr. (Business/Corporate)
• Ryan P. Robichaux (Government Relations)
• Christopher Selman (Construction Litigation)
• Whitt Steineker (Personal Injury – Products: Defense)
• Michael A. Thomason Jr. (Mergers & Acquisitions)
• Darrell C. Tucker II (Personal Injury – Products: Defense)
• James L. Webb (Real Estate)
• James W. Wright Jr. (Banking)

Following is the attorney in the firm’s Huntsville office who has been named a Mid-South Rising Star for 2019:

• David W. Holt (IP Litigation)

Following are the four attorneys in the firm’s Jackson office who have been named Mid-South Rising Stars for 2019:

• Simon Bailey (Class Action)
• Alicia N. Netterville (Workers’ Compensation)
• Erin D. Saltaformaggio (Business Litigation)
• Michael Casey Williams (Intellectual Property)

Following are the two attorneys in the firm’s Montgomery office who have been named Mid-South Rising Stars for 2019:

• Rudy Hill (IP Litigation)
• Sarah Sutton Osborne (Civil Litigation: Defense)

Following are the nine attorneys in the firm’s Nashville office who have been named Mid-South Rising Stars for 2019:

• Jeffrey L. Allen (Entertainment & Sports)
• Katherine H. Blankenship (Construction Litigation)
• Brandon Bundren (Business Litigation)
• Marc Bussone (Employee Benefits)
• Sarah Clark Hannah (Mergers & Acquisition)
• Lauren B. Jacques (Health Care)
• Alex McFall (Business Litigation)
• Fritz Spainhour (Business Litigation)
• D. Bryan Thomas (Construction Litigation)