Burr & Forman LLP is pleased to announce that 43 attorneys across the firm's offices in Alabama, Mississippi, and Tennessee were named to the 2025 Mid-South Super Lawyers edition. Of those, 18 attorneys were recognized in the "Rising Stars" category this year. 

The Burr attorneys named among the Mid-South Super Lawyers for 2025 are:

Birmingham

• D. Keith Andress - Business Litigation
• John J. Coleman, III** - Employment & Labor
• Marcel L. Debruge - Employment & Labor 
• Kelli Carpenter Fleming - Health Care
• Ronald W. Flowers - Employment & Labor
• Gerald P. Gillespy - Business Litigation
• Victor L. Hayslip - Business Litigation
• James A. Hoover - Health Care
• Joe A. Joseph - Bankruptcy: Business
• Richard C. Keller - Business Litigation
• Michael L. Lucas - Employment & Labor
• Reid S. Manley - General Litigation
• Robin Beardsley Mark - Crime Defense: White Collar
• Derek F. Meek - Bankruptcy: Business
• K. Bryance Metheny - Employment & Labor
• Melinda Eubanks Sellers - Real Estate
• Elizabeth B. Shirley - Business Litigation
• Angie Cameron Smith – Personal Injury Med Mal: Defense 
• Rik S. Tozzi - Consumer Law
• Turner B. Williams - Transportation/Maritime

Nashville

• Ken Bryant - Business Litigation
• Garry K. Grooms - Business Litigation
• David W. Houston, IV - Bankruptcy: Business
• Brian C. Neal - Business Litigation
• Thomas K. Potter, III - Securities Litigation

The Burr attorneys named as Rising Stars, up-and-comers under 40 years old or who have been practicing for 10 years or less:

Birmingham

• Joseph Barnello - Employment & Labor
• Christian W. Borek - Business/Corporate 
• Jacob A. Burchfield - Business Litigation
• Rachel Blackmon Cash - Civil Litigation: Defense
• D. Matthew Centeno - Personal Injury General: Defense
• Lindsey Drexler Cochran - Real Estate
• H. Carlton Hilson - Employment & Labor
• Madeline E. Hughes - Transportation/Maritime
• Gabriell M. Jeffreys - Employment & Labor
• Denzel E. Okinedo - Business/Corporate
• Emily Schreiber Pendley - Business Litigation
• Russell J. Rutherford - Nonprofit Organization
• J.P. Sauer - Business/Corporate
• Al Teel - Transportation/Maritime 

Mobile

• Christine N. Burns-Brown - Civil Litigation: Defense

Nashville

• Nicole Sims - Business/Corporate
• Emily H. Mack - Employment & Labor
• Samuel A. Morris - Business Litigation

About Mid-South Super Lawyers

Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The selection process includes independent research, peer nominations, and peer evaluations. Only five percent of the lawyers in the state are named by Super Lawyers, and no more than two-and-a-half percent of the lawyers in the state are Rising Stars. More information can be found at http://www.superlawyers.com/

* 10th year on list

** Included on any top list