Best Lawyers in America has named 166 Chattanooga attorneys to the 2021 edition of its report, which recognizes the country’s leading lawyers based on a national peer review survey.
Best Lawyers also named 29 Chattanooga attorneys Lawyers of the Year.
The publication selects lawyers based on voting averages received during the peer review assessments. Best Lawyers selects only one lawyer in each practice area and designated metropolitan area as the Lawyer of the Year.
Best Lawyers recognized the attorneys named to its publication for their professional excellence in 148 practice areas. For the 2021 edition, the publication analyzed 9.4 million votes, which resulted in the inclusion of more than 67,000 lawyers, or approximately 5% of practicing lawyers in the U.S.
Additionally, using data collected during the Best Lawyers research process, 5,791 lawyers received a Lawyer of the Year award based on their high overall feedback within a specific practice area and metropolitan region. Lawyer of the Year recognitions were awarded in 136 practice areas across 184 metropolitan regions.
Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch, the newest award from Best Lawyers, recognized attorneys who are having promising early careers for professional excellence in private practice in the U.S. More than 11,000 lawyers from 2,169 firms were selected for inclusion in the inaugural edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch. Ones to Watch recipients typically have been in practice for five to nine years.
No attorneys paid a fee to be recognized in Best Lawyers.
Lee Ann Adams
Gearhiser, Peters, Elliott & Cannon
Recognized in: Trusts and Estates
Donald Aho
Miller & Martin
Recognized in: Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Litigation - Securities
William Aiken
Chambliss Law
Recognized in: Corporate Law; Health Care Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Craig Allen
Spears, Moore, Rebman & Williams
Recognized in: Construction Law; Railroad Law; Transportation Law; Litigation - Construction; Personal Injury Litigation -Defendants; Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
Evan Allison
Miller & Martin
Recognized in: Real Estate Law
Lane Avery
Spears, Moore, Rebman & Williams
Recognized in: Health Care Law
Max Bahner
Chambliss Law
Recognized in: Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Litigation - Antitrust; Litigation - First Amendment
Roger Bailey, Jr.
Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis
Recognized in: Mergers and Acquisitions Law
William Barker
Chambliss Law
Recognized in: Arbitration; Mediation
Kenneth Beckman
Baker Donelson
Recognized in: Banking and Finance Law; Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Public Finance Law; Real Estate Law; Securitization and Structured Finance Law
Richard Bethea
Chambliss Law
Recognized in: Commercial Litigation; Litigation - Intellectual Property; Litigation - Patent; Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
John Bode
Miller & Martin
Recognized in: Employment Law - Management; Labor Law - Management; Litigation - Labor and Employment
Edward Boehm
Miller & Martin
Recognized in: Antitrust Law
Autumn Boyd
The Law Office of Autumn Witt Boyd
Recognized in: Copyright Law; Litigation - Intellectual Property; Trademark Law
Arthur Brock
Spears, Moore, Rebman & Williams
Recognized in: Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants
Christie Kizer Burbank
Rainey, Kizer, Reviere & Bell
Recognized in: Health Care Law
Harry Burnette
Burnette, Dobson & Pinchak
Recognized in: Employment Law - Individuals; Litigation - Labor and Employment
Douglas Campbell
Campbell & Campbell
Recognized in: Commercial Litigation
Michael Campbell
Campbell & Campbell
Recognized in: Personal
Injury Litigation - Defendants
Paul Campbell III
Campbell & Campbell
Recognized in: Workers’ Compensation Law - Employers
Wade Cannon
Gearhiser, Peters, Elliott & Cannon
Recognized in: Litigation - Real Estate
Alan Cates
Husch Blackwell
Recognized in: Litigation - Trusts and Estates; Nonprofit/Charities Law; Trusts and Estates
Terry Cavett
Spears, Moore, Rebman & Williams
Recognized in: Trusts and Estates
John Chandler, Jr.
The Hamilton Firm
Recognized in: Railroad Law
Dean Clements
Spears, Moore, Rebman & Williams
Recognized in: Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants
William Colvin
Recognized in: Litigation - Construction; Litigation - Insurance
Joe Conner
Baker Donelson
Recognized in: Commercial Litigation; Construction Law; Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law; Energy Law; Litigation - Construction; Litigation - Real Estate
Christopher Crevasse
Miller & Martin
Recognized in: Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law; Employment Law - Management; Litigation - ERISA
J. Wayne Cropp
Baker Donelson
Recognized in: Environmental Law
Richard Crotteau
Miller & Martin
Recognized in: Real Estate Law
Mark Cunningham
Chambliss Law
Recognized in: Health Care Law
John Curtis, Jr.
Spears, Moore, Rebman & Williams
Recognized in: Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants
Robert Dann
Miller & Martin
Recognized in: Real Estate Law
Mark Degler
Miller & Martin
Recognized in: Corporate Law
Roger Dickson
Miller & Martin
Recognized in: Arbitration; Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Mediation
Robert Divine
Baker Donelson
Recognized in: Immigration Law
Steven Dobson
Burnette, Dobson & Pinchak
Recognized in: Employment Law - Individuals
C. Douglas Dooley
Leitner, Williams, Dooley & Napolitan
Recognized in: Construction Law; Insurance Law; Litigation - Construction; Litigation - Insurance; Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
Marcia Meredith Eason
Miller & Martin
Recognized in: Litigation - Banking and Finance; Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
Alan Easterly
Leitner, Williams, Dooley & Napolitan
Recognized in: Insurance Law; Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants; Product Liability Litigation - Defendants; Transportation Law
Kyle Eiselstein
Miller & Martin
Recognized in: Commercial Litigation; Insurance Law; Litigation - Health Care; Litigation - Insurance
Sam Elliott
Gearhiser, Peters, Elliott & Cannon
Recognized in: Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Litigation - Labor and Employment; Litigation - Land Use and Zoning; Litigation - Municipal; Municipal Law
James Exum III
Chambliss Law
Recognized in: Insurance Law
Jerrold Farinash
Farinash & Stofan
Recognized in: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Richard Faulkner
Baker Donelson
Recognized in: Real Estate Law
Ronald Feldman
Husch Blackwell
Recognized in: Real Estate Law
Leah Gerbitz
Miller & Martin
Recognized in: Commercial Litigation; Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions - Defendants; Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
Gary Gerbitz
Miller & Martin
Recognized in: Criminal Defense: General Practice; Criminal Defense: White Collar
Timothy Gibbons
Chambliss Law
Recognized in: Construction Law
Justin Gilbert
Gilbert Law
Recognized in: Employment Law - Individuals
William Godbold III
Leitner, Williams, Dooley & Napolitan
Recognized in: Insurance Law; Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants; Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
Jim Golden
Scopelitis, Garvin, Light, Hanson & Feary
Recognized in: Transportation Law
Ronald Gorsline
Hudson Cook
Recognized in: Financial Services Regulation Law
Richard Gossett
Baker Donelson
Recognized in: Banking and Finance Law; Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Business Organizations; Litigation - Bankruptcy; Litigation - Real Estate
Russell Gray
Baker Donelson
Recognized in: Employment Law - Management; Labor Law - Management; Litigation - Labor and Employment
James Haley IV
Miller & Martin
Recognized in: Banking and Finance Law; Real Estate Law; Securitization and Structured Finance Law
Doug Hamill
Mikel & Hamill
Recognized in: Litigation - Labor and Employment
R. Alston Hamilton
Miller & Martin
Recognized in: Corporate Law
William Hannah
Evans Harrison Hackett
Recognized in: Litigation - Insurance
John Harrison
Evans Harrison Hackett
Recognized in: Employment Law - Management; Labor Law - Management; Litigation - Labor and Employment
Carl Hartley
Baker Donelson
Recognized in: Corporate Law; Economic Development Law; Litigation and Controversy - Tax; Nonprofit/Charities Law; Tax Law
Marc Harwell
Harwell Law Group
Recognized in: Construction Law; Insurance Law; Transportation Law
Thomas Hayslett III
Miller & Martin
Recognized in: Real Estate Law
Thomas Helton
Baker Donelson
Recognized in: Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Litigation - Intellectual Property; Litigation - Patent; Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions - Defendants; Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants; Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
James Henderson
Husch Blackwell
Recognized in: Real Estate Law
John Henry, Jr.
Miller & Martin
Recognized in: Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Thomas Hickey, Jr.
Spicer Rudstrom
Recognized in: Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
David Higney
Grant, Konvalinka & Harrison
Recognized in: Energy Regulatory Law; Environmental Law
Rosemarie Hill
Chambliss Law
Recognized in: Commercial Litigation; Litigation - Antitrust; Litigation - Labor and Employment
David Hill
Chambliss Law
Recognized in: Copyright Law; Patent Law; Trademark Law
Cameron Hill, Sr.
Baker Donelson
Recognized in: Construction Law; Litigation - Construction
Frederick Hitchcock
Chambliss Law
Recognized in: Energy Law
Johnny Houston, Jr.
Houston & Alexander
Recognized in: Criminal Defense: General Practice; DUI/DWI Defense
Richard Hudson
Chambliss Law
Recognized in: Real Estate Law
John Huisman
Pierce & Huisman
Recognized in: Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law
Nelson Irvine
Chambliss Law
Recognized in: Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Nonprofit/Charities Law
Anthony Jackson
Chambliss Law
Recognized in: Litigation - First Amendment
John Jackson
Chambliss Law
Recognized in: Litigation - Intellectual Property
E. Mattias Jannerbo
Miller & Martin
Recognized in: Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Douglas Johnson
Miller & Martin
Recognized in: Copyright Law; Patent Law; Trademark Law
Misty Kelley
Baker Donelson
Recognized in: Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law
Hugh Kendall
The Kendall Law Firm
Recognized in: Trusts and Estates
Steve Keyt
Keyt Law Firm
Recognized in: Insurance Law; Litigation - Insurance
Jennifer Lawrence
Lawrence & Lawrence
Recognized in: Family Law
Chuck Lee
Miller & Martin
Recognized in: Employment Law - Management; Labor Law - Management; Litigation - Labor and Employment
James Levine
Baker Donelson
Recognized in: Business Organizations; Commercial Finance Law
Howard Levine
Miller & Martin
Recognized in: Health Care Law
Robert Lockaby, Jr.
Gearhiser, Peters, Elliott & Cannon
Recognized in: Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation
James Logan, Jr.
Logan Thompson
Recognized in: Criminal Defense: General Practice; Criminal Defense: White Collar
Virginia Love
Baker Donelson
Recognized in: Business Organizations; Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law; Nonprofit/Charities Law; Trusts and Estates
Roy Maddox, Jr.
Spears, Moore, Rebman & Williams
Recognized in: ERISA Law
Richard Marcus
Franklin, Cooper & Marcus
Recognized in: Arbitration; Mediation
Allen McCallie
Miller & Martin
Recognized in: Real Estate Law
W. Scott McGinness, Jr.
Miller & Martin
Recognized in: Corporate Law; Securities/Capital Markets Law
Donna Mikel
Mikel & Hamill
Recognized in: Employment Law - Individuals; Employment Law - Management; Litigation - Labor and Employment
Hugh Moore, Jr.
Chambliss Law
Recognized in: Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Litigation - Municipal
Fred Moore
Spears, Moore, Rebman & Williams
Recognized in: Health Care Law
Donald Morton
Miller & Martin
Recognized in: ERISA Law; Trusts and Estates
Ansley Moses
Miller & Martin
Recognized in: Tax Law
Pat Murphy
Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis
Recognized in: Banking and Finance Law; Corporate Law
Gary Napolitan
Leitner, Williams, Dooley & Napolitan
Recognized in: Insurance Law; Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants; Workers’ Compensation Law - Employers
Ward Nelson
Miller & Martin
Recognized in: Health Care Law
Michael Newton
The Newton Firm
Recognized in: Litigation - Insurance; Workers’ Compensation Law - Employers
David Noblit
Leitner, Williams, Dooley & Napolitan
Recognized in: Insurance Law; Mediation; Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
Harold North, Jr.
Chambliss Law
Recognized in: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Pamela O’Dwyer
Paty, Rymer, Ulin, & Larramore
Recognized in: Railroad Law
Thomas O’Neal
O’Neal & Walker
Recognized in: Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs
Scott Parrish
Miller & Martin
Recognized in: Commercial Litigation; Litigation - Construction
Dana Perry
Chambliss Law
Recognized in: Elder Law; Trusts and Estates
R. Wayne Peters
Gearhiser, Peters, Elliott & Cannon
Recognized in: Litigation - Trusts and Estates; Litigation and Controversy - Tax; Tax Law; Trusts and Estates
William Pickering
Chambliss Law
Recognized in: Employment Law - Management; Labor Law - Management; Litigation - Labor and Employment
Martin Pierce
Pierce & Huisman
Recognized in: Trusts & Estates Law; Nonprofit/Charities Law; Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law; Business Organizations
Frank Pinchak
Burnette, Dobson & Pinchak
Recognized in: Employment Law - Management; Labor Law - Management
K. Stephen Powers
Baker Donelson
Recognized in: Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants; Product Liability Litigation - Defendants; Transportation Law
Joshua Powers
Baker Donelson
Recognized in: Litigation - Health Care; Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants
Glenna Ramer
Ramer & Hedrick
Recognized in: Family Law
Mark Ramsey
Spears, Moore, Rebman & Williams
Recognized in: Trusts and Estates
Benjamin Reese
Spears, Moore, Rebman & Williams
Recognized in: Insurance Law
Susan Rich
Baker Donelson
Recognized in: Banking and Finance Law; Real Estate Law; Securitization and Structured Finance Law
Michael Richardson
The Richardson Law Firm
Recognized in: Legal Malpractice Law - Defendants
William Robinson
Baker Donelson
Recognized in: ERISA Law
Richard Rose
Miller & Martin
Recognized in: Health Care Law; Litigation - Construction
Jeffrey Rufolo
Summers, Rufolo & Rodgers
Recognized in: Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs; Workers’ Compensation Law - Claimants
Ross Schram III
Baker Donelson
Recognized in: Real Estate Law
Richard Schulman
Patrick, Beard, Schulman & Jacoway
Recognized in: Product Liability Litigation - Plaintiffs
Hugh Sharber
Miller & Martin
Recognized in: Corporate Law
Patrick Shockey
Husch Blackwell
Recognized in: Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
Carlos Smith
Miller & Martin
Recognized in: Antitrust Law; Corporate Law; Energy Law; Litigation - Antitrust
Mark Smith
Miller & Martin
Recognized in: Economic Development Law
Alfred Smith, Jr.
Miller & Martin
Recognized in: Public Finance Law
Michael St. Charles
Chambliss Law
Recognized in: Real Estate Law
Steve Stark
Miller & Martin
Recognized in: Litigation - Intellectual Property; Patent Law; Trademark Law
Jerry Summers
Summers, Rufolo & Rodgers
Recognized in: Criminal Defense: General Practice; Criminal Defense: White Collar
Justin Sveadas
Baker Donelson
Recognized in: Litigation - Bankruptcy
W. Gerald Tidwell
Tidwell & Associates
Recognized in: Litigation - Construction
C. Crews Townsend
Miller & Martin
Recognized in: Commercial Litigation; Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
William Trumpeter
Miller & Martin
Recognized in: Arbitration; Employment Law - Management; Labor Law - Management; Litigation - Labor and Employment
Mark Turner
Chambliss Law
Recognized in: Business Organizations; Real Estate Law; Securitization and Structured Finance Law
Randall Van Dolson
Van Dolson Law Firm
Recognized in: Trusts and Estates
Paul Weidlich
Chambliss Law
Recognized in: Patent Law
Philip Whitaker
Baker Donelson
Recognized in: Commercial Litigation; Real Estate Law; Trusts and Estates
Gregory Willett
Chambliss Law
Recognized in: Trusts and Estates
Thomas Williams
Leitner, Williams, Dooley & Napolitan
Recognized in: Insurance Law; Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
James Williams
Miller & Martin
Recognized in: Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions - Defendants
Franklin Williams
Miller & Martin
Recognized in: Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Randy Wilson
Miller & Martin
Recognized in: Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Litigation - Construction; Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants; Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
Jay Young
Chambliss Law
Recognized in: Banking and Finance Law; Project Finance Law
Ones to Watch
Stephen Adams
Chambliss Law
Recognized in: Intellectual Property Law; Patent Law
Ariel Anthony
Husch Blackwell
Recognized in: Commercial Litigation; Trusts and Estates
Timothy Ballard
Lawrence & Lawrence
Recognized in: Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs
Terri Daugherty
Leitner, Williams, Dooley & Napolitan
Recognized in: Construction Law; Family Law; Insurance Law
Charles Gilbreath II
Chambliss Law
Recognized in: Labor and Employment Law - Management
Andrew Godbold
Leitner, Williams, Dooley & Napolitan
Recognized in: Construction Law; Insurance Law
Erin Gomez
Carr Allison
Recognized in: Litigation - Labor and Employment; Professional Malpractice Law
Nathan Hertzog
Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis
Recognized in: Venture Capital Law
Caleb Holzaepfel
Husch Blackwell
Recognized in: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Willa Kalaidjian
Chambliss Law
Recognized in: Corporate Law; Venture Capital Law
Meredith Corey Lee
Miller & Martin
Recognized in: Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions - Defendants
Erno Lindner
Baker Donelson
Recognized in: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Calvin Marshall
Chambliss Law
Recognized in: Corporate Law; Health Care Law
Leah Mitchell McElmoyl
Chambliss Law
Recognized in: Elder Law; Real Estate Law
Sara McManus
Baker Donelson
Recognized in: Tax Law
Martha Culp Millener
Chambliss Law
Recognized in: Real Estate Law
Jed Roebuck
Chambliss Law
Recognized in: Corporate Law; Health Care Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Adam Sanders
Baker Donelson
Recognized in: Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law
Kirby Yost
Chambliss Law
Recognized in: Land Use and Zoning Law; Real Estate Law