Baker Donelson last week announced that 236 of its attorneys have been selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2014 edition of The Best Lawyers in America. Twenty-five of the firm’s attorneys were also recognized by Best Lawyers as “Lawyers of the Year,” a designation given to a select group of individuals in high-profile specialties in large legal communities. Only a single attorney in each specialty in each community is honored.
Baker Donelson’s 20 Chattanooga attorneys named to the 2014 edition of Best Lawyers are: Kenneth C. Beckman; Joe A. Conner; Robert C. Divine; Richard D. Faulkner Jr.; Richard B. Gossett; Russell W. Gray; Carl E. Hartley; Thomas O. Helton; Cameron S. Hill; Micheline K. Johnson; James H. Levine; Virginia C. Love; Joshua Powers; Steve Powers; Susan Elliott Rich; William E. Robinson; Ross I. Schram III; Louann P. Smith; Jerry Stauffer; and Philip B. Whitaker.
Six of the firm’s Chattanooga attorneys were also named Best Lawyers’ 2014 “Lawyers of the Year”: Faulkner, Chattanooga Real Estate Law; Gossett, Chattanooga Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Hill, Chattanooga Litigation - Construction; Micheline K. Johnson, Chattanooga Trademark Law; Joshua Powers, Chattanooga Medical Malpractice Law; and Susan E. Rich, Chattanooga Banking and Finance Law.
Source: Baker & Donelson