Burr & Forman is pleased to announce that 65 of its attorneys have been ranked in the 2026 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, Healthcare, Labor & Employment, Litigation: Appellate, Litigation: General Commercial, Real Estate, and Tax. In Florida, the firm received top rankings for Bankruptcy/Restructuring, Construction, and 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, Healthcare, Intellectual Property, Litigation: General Commercial, and Real Estate. In Tennessee, the firm ranked in the areas of Banking & Finance, Bankruptcy/Restructuring, and Litigation: General Commercial. 

The firm also achieved a nationwide ranking for Food & Beverages: Alcohol.

The attorneys recognized by Chambers USA in the 2026 guide, along with the practice areas in which they were selected, are:

Nationwide

• John Kavanagh, Transporation: Maritime Litigation

Alabama

• Damon Denney, Banking & Finance

• Gail Mills, Banking & Finance and Real Estate
• Dwight Mixson, Banking & Finance and Real Estate
• Jay Price, Banking & Finance
• Mike Hall, Bankruptcy/Restructuring
• Heather Jamison, Bankruptcy/Restructuring
• Joe Joseph, Bankruptcy/Restructuring
• Derek Meek, Bankruptcy/Restructuring
• Marc Solomon, Bankruptcy/Restructuring
• David Wanhatalo, Construction
• 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

• Logan Hinkle, Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation

• Schuyler Espy, Environment

• Howard Bogard, Healthcare

• Richard Brockman, Healthcare

• Kelli Fleming, Healthcare

• Jim Hoover, Healthcare

• Angie Cameron Smith, Healthcare

• 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

• 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, Healthcare

• 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

• Elizabeth Crum, Healthcare

• Laura Evans, Healthcare
• Celeste Jones, Healthcare and Litigation: General Commercial

• William Y. Klett III, Intellectual Property

• Ned Nicholson, Litigation: General Commercial

• Judith Mcinnis, Real Estate

Tennessee

• Lindsey Arnold, Banking & Finance

• Tucker Herndon, Banking & Finance

• Nicole Sims, Banking & Finance

• David Houston, Bankruptcy/Restructuring

• Benjamin Goldammer, Construction

• 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.