Chattanooga attorneys fared well in the 25th edition of Best Lawyers, a peer-review guide to the legal profession.
Attorneys named to “The Best Lawyers in America” are recognized by their peers in the legal industry for their professional excellence in 145 practice areas. For the 2019 edition of “The Best Lawyers in America,” 7.8 million votes were analyzed.
Chattanooga attorneys listed in the 2019 edition of “The Best Lawyers in America” are listed below.
Next week, attorneys selected from Leitner, Williams, Dooley & Napolitan; Husch Blackwell; Gearhiser, Peters, Elliott & Cannon; Burnette, Dobson & Pinchak; Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis; Evans Harrison Hackett; Spears, Moore, Rebman & Williams; Summers, Rufolo & Rodgers; Pierce Law Firm; Law Offices of Thomas Crutchfield; Richardson Law Firm; Van Dolson Law Office; Patrick, Beard, Schulman & Jacoway
BAKER DONELSON
Ken Beckman: Banking and Finance, Corporate, Mergers and Acquisitions, Public Finance, Real Estate, Securitization and Structured Finance
Joe Conner: Commercial Litigation, Construction, Eminent Domain and Condemnation, Energy, Litigation-Construction, Litigation-Real Estate
J. Wayne Cropp: Environmental
Robert Divine: Immigration
Richard Faulkner, Jr.: Real Estate
Richard Gossett: Banking and Finance, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization, Business Organizations (including LLCs and partnerships), Litigation-Bankruptcy, Litigation-Real Estate
Russell Gray: Employment-Management, Labor-Management, Litigation-Labor and Employment
Carl Hartley: Corporate, Economic Development, Litigation and Controversy-Tax, Non-Profit/Charities, Tax
Thomas Helton: Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Litigation-Intellectual Property, Litigation-Patent, Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions-Defendants, Medical Malpractice-Defendants, Product Liability Litigation-Defendants
Cameron Hill: Construction, Litigation-Construction
Micheline Johnson: Copyright, Entertainment-Motion Pictures and Television, Patent, Trademark
Misty Kelley: Eminent Domain and Condemnation
James Levine: Business Organizations (including LLCs and partnerships)
Virginia Love: Business Organizations (including LLCs and partnerships), Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses, Non-Profit/Charities, Trusts and Estates
Joshua Powers: Litigation-Health Care, Medical Malpractice-Defendants
K. Stephen Powers: Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Personal Injury Litigation-Defendants, Product Liability Litigation-Defendants, Transportation
Susan Elliott Rich: Banking and Finance, Real Estate, Securitization and Structured Finance
William Robinson: Employee Benefits (ERISA)
Ross Schram III: Real Estate
Philip Whitaker: Commercial Litigation, Real Estate, Trusts and Estates
Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel
Bill Aiken: Health Care, Mergers and Acquisitions, Corporate
Max Bahner: Commercial Litigation, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Litigation-First Amendment, Litigation-Antitrust
William Barker: Mediation, Arbitration
Richard Bethea: Commercial Litigation, Litigation-Intellectual Property, Litigation-Patent, Product Liability Litigation-Defendants
Mark Cunningham: Health Care
Timothy Gibbons: Construction
David Hill: Copyright, Patent, Trademark
Rosemarie Hill: Commercial Litigation, Litigation-Antitrust, Litigation-Labor and Employment
Rick Hitchcock: Energy
Rick Hudson: Real Estate
Nelson Irvine: Mergers and Acquisitions, Corporate, Non-Profit/Charities
Anthony Jackson: Litigation-First Amendment
Hugh Moore: Commercial Litigation, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Litigation-Municipal
Hal North: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization
Dana Perry: Trusts and Estates, Elder
Bill Pickering: Litigation-Labor and Employment, Labor-Management, Employment-Management
Mike St. Charles: Real Estate
Mark Turner: Business Organizations (including LLCs and partnerships), Securitization and Structured, Finance, Real Estate
Paul Weidlich: Patent
Greg Willett: Trusts and Estates
Jay Young: Project Finance, Banking and Finance
MILLER & MARTIN
Alfred Smith, Jr.: Public Finance
Allen McCallie: Real Estate
Ansley Moses: Tax
C. Crews Townsend: Commercial Litigation, Product Liability Litigation-Defendants
Carlos Smith: Antitrust, Corporate, Energy, Litigation-Antitrust
Charles Lee: Employment-Management, Labor-Management, Litigation-Labor and Employment
Christopher Crevasse: Employee Benefits (ERISA)
Donald Morton: Employee Benefits (ERISA), Trusts and Estates
Donald Aho: Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Litigation-Securities
Douglas Johnson: Copyright, Patent, Trademark
E. Mattias Jannerbo: Mergers and Acquisitions
Ned Boehm: Antitrust
Evan Allison: Real Estate
Franklin Williams: Mergers and Acquisitions
Gary Gerbitz: Criminal Defense: General Practice, Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Howard Levine: Health Care
Hugh Sharber: Corporate
James Haley IV: Banking and Finance, Real Estate, Securitization and Structured Finance
James Williams: Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions-Defendants
John Henry, Jr.: Mergers and Acquisitions
John Bode: Employment-Management, Labor-Management, Litigation-Labor and Employment
Karen Smith: Employment-Management, Litigation-Labor and Employment
Kyle Eiselstein: Commercial Litigation, Insurance, Litigation-Insurance
Leah Gerbitz: Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions-Defendants, Product Liability Litigation-Defendants
Marcy Eason: Litigation-Banking and Finance, Product Liability Litigation-Defendants
Mark Degler: Corporate
Mark Smith: Economic Development
Alston Hamilton: Corporate
Richard Rose: Health Care, Litigation-Construction
Dick Crotteau: Real Estate
Bobby Dann: Real Estate
Roger Dickson: Arbitration, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Mediation
Scott Parrish: Litigation-Construction
Stephen John Stark: Litigation-Intellectual Property, Patent; Trademark
Thomas Hayslett III: Real Estate
Randy Wilson: Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Litigation-Construction, Medical Malpractice-Defendants, Personal Injury Litigation-Defendants
Scott McGinness, Jr.: Corporate, Securities/Capital Markets
Ward Nelson: Health Care
William Trumpeter: Arbitration, Employment-Management, Labor-Management, Litigation-Labor and Employment
Judge William Brown: Arbitration, Mediation, Personal Injury Litigation-Plaintiffs