Editorial

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” include:

Leitner, Williams, Dooley & Napolitan

• Craig Allen: Construction, Personal Injury Litigation-Defendants, Product Liability Litigation-Defendants
• C. Douglas Dooley: Personal Injury Litigation-Defendants, Litigation-Insurance
• Alan Easterly: Insurance, Transportation, Personal Injury Litigation-Defendants
• James Exum III: Insurance
• William Godbold: Insurance, Personal Injury Litigation-Defendants, Medical Malpractice-Defendants
• Marc Harwell: Construction, Insurance, Transportation
• Gary Napolitan: Insurance, Personal Injury Litigation-Defendants
• David Noblit: Insurance, Mediation
• Thomas Williams: Insurance, Personal Injury Litigation-Defendants

Husch Blackwell

• Alan Cates: Litigation-Trusts and Estates, Non-Profit/Charities, Trusts and Estates
• Ronald Feldman: Real Estate
• James Henderson: Real Estate

Gearhiser, Peters, Elliott & Cannon

• Lee Ann Adams: Trusts and Estates

• Wade Cannon: Litigation-Real Estate

• Beverly Edge: Real Estate
• Sam Elliott: Commercial Litigation, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Municipal, Litigation-Labor and Employment, Litigation-Land Use and Zoning, Litigation-Municipal
• Bob Lockaby: Commercial Litigation, Bet-the-Company Litigation
• Wayne Peters: Tax, Trusts and Estates, Litigation and Controversy-Tax, Litigation-Trusts and Estates

Burnette, Dobson & Pinchak

• Harry Burnette: Employment-Individuals
• Steve Dobson: Employment-Individuals
• Frank Pinchak: Labor-Management, Employment-Management
• Donna Mikel: Employment-Individuals, Employment-Management, Litigation-Labor and Employment

Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis

• Roddy Bailey: Mergers and Acquisitions
• Pat Murphy: Banking and Finance, Corporate

Evans Harrison Hackett

• Bill Hannah: Litigation-Insurance
• John Harrison: Employment-Management

Spears, Moore, Rebman & Williams

• Lane Avery: Health care
• Roy Maddox: ERISA & Employee Benefits
• John Curtis: Medical Malpractice-Defense
• Fred Moore: Health care
• Terry Cavett: Trusts & Estates
• Mark Ramsey: Trust & Estates

Summers, Rufolo & Rodgers

• Jeff Rufolo: Personal Injury Litigation-Plaintiffs, Workers Compensation-Claimants

Pierce Law Firm

• Martin Pierce: Trusts and Estates

Law Offices of Thomas Crutchfield

• Tom Crutchfield: General Practice

Van Dolson Law Office

• Randall Van Dolson: Trusts and Estates

Patrick, Beard, Schulman & Jacoway

• Mike Anderson: Personal Injury Litigation-Plaintiffs

Richardson Law Firm

• Mike Richardson: Legal Malpractice

William G. Colvin PLLC

• Bill Colvin: Litigation-Construction, Litigation-Insurance

Spicer Rudstrom

• B. Thomas Hickey Jr.: Personal Injury Litigation-Defendants