Miller & Martin last week said 41 of its Chattanooga attorneys have been selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2017. Additionally, Best Lawyers has named nine Miller & Martin attorneys as a 2017 Lawyer of the Year.
Best Lawyers lists are compiled based on peer review evaluation. Over 79,000 attorneys globally cast more than 6.7 million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their practice areas. Lawyers are not required to, or allowed to, pay a fee to be listed.
Miller & Martin Lawyers of the Year are:
John R. Bode: Labor Law–Management
William L. Brown: Personal Injury Litigation–Plaintiffs
Marcia Meredith Eason: Product Liability Litigation–Defendants
James M. Haley IV: Banking and Finance Law
W. Scott McGinness, Jr.: Corporate Law
Ward W. Nelson: Health Care Law
Richard C. Rose: Litigation–Construction
Stephen John Stark: Patent Law
W. Randall Wilson: Bet-the-Company Litigation
Miller & Martin attorneys listed on Best Lawyers 2017 are:
Donald J. Aho: Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Litigation–Securities
Evan A. Allison: Real Estate Law
Roger D. Bailey, Jr: Mergers and Acquisitions Law
John R. Bode: Employment Law–Management; Labor Law–Management; Litigation–Labor and Employment
Edward N. Boehm: Antitrust Law
William L. Brown: Arbitration; Mediation; Personal Injury Litigation–Plaintiffs
Christie Kizer Burbank: Health Care Law
Christopher A. Crevasse: Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Richard D. Crotteau: Real Estate Law
Robert L. Dann: Real Estate Law
Mark W. Degler: Corporate Law
Roger W. Dickson: Arbitration; Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Mediation
Marcia Meredith Eason: Litigation–Banking and Finance; Product Liability Litigation–Defendants
Gary D. Gerbitz: Criminal Defense: General Practice; Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Leah M. Gerbitz: Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions–Defendants; Product Liability Litigation–Defendants
James M. Haley IV: Banking and Finance Law; Real Estate Law; Securitization and Structured Finance Law
R. Alston Hamilton: Corporate Law
Thomas L. Hayslett III: Real Estate Law
John F. Henry, Jr.: Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Brian E. Humphrey: Construction Law; Real Estate Law
E. Mattias Jannerbo: Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Douglas T. Johnson: Copyright Law; Patent Law; Trademark Law
Jonathan F. Kent: Corporate Law; Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Charles B. Lee: Employment Law–Management; Labor Law–Management; Litigation–Labor and Employment
Howard I. Levine: Health Care Law
Allen L. McCallie: Real Estate Law
W. Scott McGinness, Jr.: Corporate Law; Securities / Capital Markets Law
Donald E. Morton: Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law; Trusts and Estates
Ansley T. Moses: Tax Law
J. Patrick Murphy: Banking and Finance Law; Corporate Law
Ward W. Nelson: Health Care Law
Richard C. Rose: Health Care Law; Litigation–Construction
Hugh F. Sharber: Corporate Law
Carlos C. Smith: Antitrust Law; Corporate Law; Energy Law; Litigation–Antitrust
Alfred E. Smith, Jr.: Public Finance Law
Stephen John Stark: Litigation–Intellectual Property; Patent Law; Trademark Law
C. Crews Townsend: Commercial Litigation; Product Liability Litigation–Defendants
William G. Trumpeter: Employment Law–Management; Labor Law–Management; Litigation–Labor and Employment
Franklin M. Williams: Mergers and Acquisitions Law
James T. Williams: Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions–Defendants
W. Randall Wilson: Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Litigation–Construction; Medical Malpractice Law–Defendants; Personal Injury Litigation–Defendants.
To see photos of the nine 2017 Lawyers of the Year, pickup a copy of this week's Hamilton County Herald.