Burr & Forman announces that 73 of its Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee attorneys have been selected for inclusion among Mid-South Super Lawyers for 2020. This also includes 31 attorneys who were recognized as “Rising Stars,” up-and-comers under the age of 40. 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. The 73 attorneys are included in Mid-South Super Lawyers magazine in November.

The Burr & Forman attorneys named among Mid-South Super Lawyers for the 2020 list are:

Birmingham
Bryan O. Balogh – Class Action
Howard E. Bogard – Health Care
Richard J. Brockman – Health Care
Greg Burge – Personal Injury General: Defense
Martin E. Burke – Business Litigation*
Jennifer “Ginger” M. Busby – Business Litigation
Christopher Carson – Bankruptcy: Business
Paul Cavender – Class Action
John J. Coleman, III – Employment and Labor
Gerald P. Gillespy – Business Litigation
Michael L. Hall – Bankruptcy: Business
Victor L. Hayslip – Business Litigation
Brent D. Hitson – Business Litigation
James A. Hoover – Health Care
Joe A. Joseph – Bankruptcy: Business
Richard C. Keller – Business Litigation
Joseph W. Letzer – Business Litigation
Michael L. Lucas – Employment and Labor
Reid S. Manley – General Litigation
Frank McRight – Employment and Labor
Derek F. Meek – Bankruptcy: Business
Bryance Metheny – Employment and Labor
Gail L. Mills – Real Estate
John C. Morrow – Business Litigation
Robert H. Rutherford – Business Litigation
Elizabeth B. Shirley – Business Litigation
Marc P. Solomon – Bankruptcy: Business
Frank R. Springfield – Consumer Law
Joshua H. Threadcraft – Consumer Law
Rik S. Tozzi – Consumer Law

*Martin E. Burke is now located in the Burr & Forman Tampa office.

Jackson
Cheri T. Gatlin – Business Litigation

Mobile
Forrest S. Latta – Insurance Coverage 

Nashville
Garry K. Grooms – Business Litigation
David W. Houston, IV – Bankruptcy: Business
J. Matthew Kroplin – Health Care
Brian C. Neal – Business Litigation
William L. Penny – Environmental
Thomas K. Potter, III – Securities Litigation
Stephen H. Price – Employment and Labor
Clark Spoden – Employment and Labor
Emily B. Campbell Taube – Creditor Debtor Rights

The Burr & Forman attorneys named as Rising Stars are:

Birmingham
Anna W. Akers – Bankruptcy: Business
Jacob A. Burchfield – Business Litigation
Rachel Blackmon Cash – Civil Litigation: Defense
Matthew D. Centeno – Personal Injury General: Defense
Benjamin B. Coulter – Securities Litigation
Kelli Carpenter Fleming – Health Care
Rachel R. Friedman – Consumer Law
Ryan J. Hebson – Class Action
Carlton H. Hilson – Employment and Labor
Erin C. Howell – Business Litigation
Ellen T. Mathews – Business Litigation
Travis E. Ramey – Appellate
James P. Roberts – Bankruptcy: Business
Russell Rutherford – General Litigation
Matthew T. Scully – Employment and Labor
Melinda Eubanks Sellers – Real Estate
Al Teel – Transportation/Maritime
Kristen Peters Watson – Consumer Law
Katherine West – Business Litigation
Ronald D. (Scott) Williams – Employment and Labor

Jackson
John M. Lassiter – Construction Litigation

Mobile
Christine Burns – Civil Litigation: Defense
Taylor B. Johnson – Business Litigation
Anna L. Scully – Immigration: Business
Robert L. Shreve – Civil Litigation: Defense

Montgomery
Ingu Hwang – Employment and Labor

Nashville
Lindsey Arnold – Banking
Tucker Herndon – Banking
Emily Harper Mack – Employment and Labor
Zachary D. Miller – Consumer Law
Patrick Warfield – Bankruptcy: Business

About Super Lawyers

The selections for Super Lawyers are made by Law & Politics, a division of Key Professional Media, Inc. of Minneapolis, Minn. Each year, Law & Politics undertakes a rigorous multi-phase selection process that includes a statewide survey of lawyers, independent evaluation of candidates by Law & Politics’ attorney-led research staff, a peer review of candidates by practice area, and a good-standing and disciplinary check. Super Lawyers was first published in 1991, and the complete 2020 list can be found online at www.superlawyers.com.

About Burr & Forman LLP

For more than a century, Burr & Forman LLP’s experienced legal team has served clients at the intersection of business and government with local, national, and international interests in numerous industry and practice areas, ranging from commercial litigation and class actions to corporate transactions, including bankruptcy and restructurings. A Southeast regional firm with 360 attorneys and 19 offices in Alabama, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee, Burr & Forman attorneys draw from a diverse range of resources to help clients achieve their goals and address their complex legal needs. The firm operates as Burr Forman McNair in North Carolina and South Carolina. For more information, visit the firm’s website at www.burr.com.