Burr & Forman announces that 81 of its Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee attorneys have been selected for inclusion among Mid-South Super Lawyers for 2019. This also includes 33 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 81 attorneys are included in Mid-South Super Lawyers magazine in November.

The Burr & Forman attorneys named among Mid-South Super Lawyers for the 2019 list are:

Birmingham
Bryan O. Balogh – Class Action
Howard E. Bogard – Health Care
Richard J. Brockman – Health Care
S. Greg Burge – Personal Injury General: Defense
Martin E. Burke – Business Litigation*
Jennifer “Ginger” M. Busby – Business Litigation
D. Christopher Carson – Bankruptcy: Business
C. Paul Cavender – Class Action
Michael K. K. Choy – Business Litigation
John J. Coleman, III – Employment and Labor
David A. Elliott – Business Litigation
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
Kermit L. Kendrick – Civil Litigation Defense
Joseph W. Letzer – Business Litigation
Gary M. London – Antitrust 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
John C. Morrow – Business Litigation
Robert H. Rutherford – Business Litigation
Elizabeth B. Shirley – Business Litigation
Marc P. Solomon – Bankruptcy: Business
R. Frank Springfield – Consumer Law
Joshua H. Threadcraft – Consumer Law
Rik S. Tozzi – Consumer Law
Turner B. Williams – Transportation and Maritime

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

Jackson
Cheri T. Gatlin – Business Litigation

Mobile
C. William Daniels, Jr. – Construction Litigation
Forrest S. Latta – Insurance Coverage

Nashville
Kenneth (Ken) M. Bryant – Business Litigation
Garry K. Grooms – Business Litigation
David W. Houston, IV – Bankruptcy: Business
Brian C. Neal – Business Litigation
William L. Penny – Environmental
Thomas K. Potter, III – Securities Litigation
Stephen H. Price – Business Litigation
M. Clark Spoden – Employment and Labor
Emily C. Taube – Business Litigation
Jerry W. Taylor – Health Care

The Burr & Forman attorneys named as Rising Stars are:

Birmingham
Anna W. Akers – Bankruptcy: Business
Rachel B. Cash – Civil Litigation: Defense
Benjamin B. Coulter – Securities Litigation
Kelli Carpenter Fleming – Health Care
Rachel R. Friedman – Consumer Law
James H. Haithcock, III – Bankruptcy: Business
Ryan J. Hebson – General Litigation
H. Carlton Hilson – Employment & Labor
Erin C. Howell – Real Estate
Regan Loper – Bankruptcy: Business
Ellen T. Mathews – Business Litigation
Matthew T. Mitchell – Consumer Law
E. Travis Ramey - Appellate
James P. Roberts – Bankruptcy: Business
Russell J. Rutherford – General Litigation
Matthew T. Scully – Employment & Labor
Melinda Eubanks Sellers – Real Estate
Al Teel – Transportation/Maritime
Kristen Peters Watson – Consumer Law
Amy Jordan Wilkes – Employment and Labor
Ronald D. (Scott) Williams – Employment and Labor

Jackson
John M. Lassiter – Construction Litigation
Christopher D. Meyer – Construction Litigation

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

Montgomery
Ingu Hwang – Employment & Labor

Nashville
Lindsey Arnold – Banking
Payton M. Bradford – Business Litigation
C. Tucker Herndon – Banking
Emily H. Mack – Schools & Education
Zachary D. Miller – Consumer Law
J. 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 2019 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.