Burr & Forman is pleased to announce that 63 of its attorneys have been ranked in the 2025 edition of Chambers USA, a highly regarded directory featuring client-led intelligence on America's leading lawyers for business.

The firm received a total of 28 rankings across its footprint, including Alabama for Banking & Finance, Bankruptcy/Restructuring, Construction, Corporate/Commercial, Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation, Health Care, Labor & Employment, Litigation: Appellate, Litigation: General Commercial, Real Estate. In Florida, the firm received top rankings for Bankruptcy/Restructuring, Construction, Intellectual Property. In Georgia, the firm was ranked in the areas of Banking & Finance and Bankruptcy/Restructuring. In Mississippi, the firm received top rankings for Construction and Litigation: General Commercial. In North Carolina, the firm received top rankings for Intellectual Property. The firm also received top rankings in South Carolina for Banking & Finance, Corporate/M&A, Health Care, Litigation: General Commercial, and Real Estate. In Tennessee, the firm ranked in the areas of Banking & Finance, Bankruptcy/Restructuring, and Litigation: General Commerical. 

New additions to the firm's rankings include Alabama for Tax. The firm also achieved a nationwide ranking for Food & Beverages: Alcohol.

The attorneys recognized by Chambers USA in the 2025 guide, along with the practice areas in which they were selected, are:

Nationwide

• John Kavanagh, Transporation: Maritime Litigation

• Melinda Sellers, Food & Beverages: Alcohol^***

Alabama

• Damon Denney, Banking & Finance

• Gail Mills, Banking & Finance and Real Estate
• Dwight Mixson, Banking & Finance and Real Estate
• Mike Hall, Bankruptcy/Restructuring**
• Heather Jamison, Bankruptcy/Restructuring
• Joe Joseph, Bankruptcy/Restructuring
• Derek Meek, Bankruptcy/Restructuring
• Marc Solomon, Bankruptcy/Restructuring
• David Wanhatalo, Construction
• Logan Hinkle, Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
• Ed Christian, Corporate/Commercial*
• April Mason, Corporate/Commercial

• Gene Price, Corporate/Commercial

• Sims Rhyne III, Corporate/Commercial***

• Lee Thuston, Corporate/Commercial^**

• Callie Whatley, Corporate/Commercial

• Schuyler Espy, Environment

• Howard Bogard, Health Care

• Richard Brockman, Health Care

• Kelli Fleming, Health Care

• Jim Hoover, Health Care

• Angie Cameron Smith, Health Care

• John Coleman, Labor & Employment

• Marcel Debruge, Labor & Employment

• Ingu Hwang, Labor & Employment

• Mike Lucas, Labor & Employment

• Bryance Metheny, Labor & Employment

• Tom Scroggins, Labor & Employment

• Katy Willis, Labor & Employment

• Forrest Latta, Litigation: Appellate

• Paul Cavender, Litigation: General Commercial^**

• Rik Tozzi, Litigation: General Commercial

• Vic Hayslip, Litigation: General Commercial

• Robin Mark, Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations

• Melinda Sellers, Real Estate^***

Delaware

• Cory Falgowski, Bankruptcy/Restructuring

District of Columbia

• Dirk Haire, Construction

Florida

• Eric Golden, Bankruptcy/Restructuring

• Ellsworth Summers, Bankruptcy/Restructuring

• Troy Smith, Construction

• Robert Williams, Health Care

• Harvey Kauget, Intellectual Property

• Greg Lunny, Litigation: Product Liability

Georgia

• Ed Snow, Banking & Finance

• Erich Durlacher, Bankruptcy/Restructuring

• Graham Stieglitz, Bankruptcy/Restructuring

Mississippi

• Cheri Gatlin, Construction

North Carolina

• Lance Lawson, Intellectual Property

• Nate Quirk, Intellectual Property

• Andy Spence, Intellectual Property 
• Cybil Abrao, Real Estate: Finance

South Carolina

• Jennifer Blumenthal, Banking & Finance

• Celeste Jones, Health Care, and Litigation: General Commercial

• Elizabeth Crum, Health Care^**

• Laura Evans, Health Care

• Ned Nicholson, Litigation: General Commercial

• Judith Mcinnis, Real Estate

Tennessee

• Tucker Herndon, Banking & Finance

• Lindsey Arnold, Banking & Finance

• Nicole Sims, Banking & Finance^***

• David Houston, Bankruptcy/Restructuring

• Tom Potter, Litigation: General Commercial

About Chambers USA

Chambers and Partners publishes Chambers USA, a guide to law firms and lawyers across the country. Every year, Chambers and Partners conducts thousands of in-depth interviews with clients to assess the reputations of business lawyers. Top firms and lawyers are ranked, and their merits are described, usually in the words of their clients, who are interviewed by the Chamber's research staff. The weight of client interviews gives Chambers and Partners guides their highly valued credibility and reliability. The 2025 guide is available here.

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^{** Ranked as a “Senior Statespeople"}

^{*** Ranked as an “Up & Coming"}