Maynard Nexsen Attorneys Receive 2024 Mid-South Super Lawyers Honors

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Maynard Nexsen is pleased to announce that 36 Firm attorneys have been named 2024 Mid-South Super Lawyers, and 19 attorneys have been named 2024 Mid-South Rising Stars.

In addition, 10 lawyers were named to the 2024 Attorney Top Lists. The Top Lists recognize attorneys who have received the highest point totals in the peer nomination, independent research and peer evaluation processes.

These honors represent the “best of the best” attorneys across the legal markets of Alabama, Arkansas, Birmingham, Memphis, Mississippi, Nashville and Tennessee.

Top 50: 2024 Women Mid-South Super Lawyers

• Lauren C. DeMoss
• Jayna Partain Lamar
• Stephanie Mays
• Carole G. Miller
• Grace R. Murphy
• Maibeth J. Porter

Top 50: 2024 Alabama Super Lawyers

• John N. Bolus
• Lauren C. DeMoss
• Jayna Partain Lamar
• Stephanie Mays
• Carole G. Miller
• John C. Neiman, Jr.
• Thomas W. Thagard, III

Top 50: 2024 Birmingham Super Lawyers

• John N. Bolus
• Lauren C. DeMoss
• Jayna Partain Lamar
• Stephanie Mays
• Carole G. Miller
• John C. Neiman, Jr.
• Maibeth J. Porter
• Matthew W. Stiles
• Thomas W. Thagard, III

Mid-South Super Lawyers 2024

Birmingham

• Lee E. Bains, Jr. - Class Action
• John N. Bolus - Business Litigation
• James R. Bussian - General Litigation
• Thomas J. Butler - Class Action
• Gregory S. Curran - Mergers & Acquisitions
• Richard J. Davis - General Litigation
• Lauren C. DeMoss - Health Care
• Luther M. Dorr, Jr. - Securities Litigation
• Helen Kathryn Downs - Personal Injury - Products: Defense
• Christopher C. Frost - Insurance Coverage
• Peter S. Fruin - Securities Litigation
• Matthew W. Grill - Real Estate
• John B. Holmes, III - Employment & Labor
• Edward M. Holt - Business Litigation
• Anthony A. Joseph - Criminal Defense: White Collar
• Grace L. Kipp - Business Litigation
• Cynthia Lamar-Hart - Estate & Trust Litigation
• Jayna Partain Lamar - Bankruptcy: Business
• Warren Lightfoot, Jr. - Employment & Labor
• Kris J. Lowry - Business/Corporate
• Stephanie Mays - Employment & Labor
• Carole G. Miller - Employment & Labor
• Michael D. Mulvaney - Insurance Coverage
• Grace R. Murphy - Employee Benefits
• John C. Neiman, Jr. - Appellate
• Matthew I. Penfield - Employment & Labor
• James M. Pool - Health Care
• Maibeth J. Porter - General Litigation
• James L. Priester - Business Litigation
• Frances King Quick - Employee Benefits
• David M. Smith - Employment & Labor
• John Smyth - Civil Litigation: Defense
• Matthew W. Stiles - Employment & Labor
• Thomas Thagard, III - Business Litigation
• William Wahlheim, Jr. - Employee Benefits

Huntsville

• Brad W. English - Government Contracts

Mid-South Rising Stars 2024

Birmingham

• Alina Arbuthnot - Government Finance
• Matthew J. Cannova - Employee Benefits
• Anthony N. DellaSala - Employment & Labor
• Michael E. Evans - Mergers & Acquisitions
• Alexander Feinberg - Insurance Coverage
• Joshua Hess - Insurance Coverage
• Jordan A. LaPorta - Business Litigation
• Jennifer Moore - Securities & Corporate Finance
• Spencer Newman - Mergers & Acquisitions
• Brock Phillips - Employment & Labor
• Sumner Pugh, IV - Real Estate
• Ashlee Riopka - Employee Benefits
• James L. Sanders, III - Civil Litigation: Defense
• Mitchell Surface - Health Care
• Mary Caroline Wynn - Insurance Coverage

Huntsville

• Austin Mark Hagood - Family Law
• Jordan Hennig - Immigration: Business
• Zach Mardis - Business Litigation

Mobile

• Evan N. Parrott - Bankruptcy: Business

About Super Lawyers

Candidates are determined through a nomination process and evaluated based on indicators of peer recognition and professional development.

Each year, no more than five percent of the lawyers in the state are selected by the research team at Super Lawyers to receive this honor. Super Lawyers, part of Thomson Reuters, is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The annual selections are made using a patented multiphase process that includes a statewide survey of lawyers, an independent research evaluation of candidates and peer reviews by practice area. The result is a credible, comprehensive and diverse listing of exceptional attorneys. Learn more about the selection process.