Maynard Nexsen Earns High Distinctions in Chambers 2024
Chambers and Partners, the definitive mark of excellence across the legal industry, has recognized 87 Maynard Nexsen attorneys and 23 areas of practice in its Chambers USA 2024 Guide.
Chambers USA is the leading legal data and analytics provider, providing annual rankings of law firms and legal practitioners based on thousands of in-depth interviews with clients and in-house counsel. For years, Maynard Nexsen has consistently earned high marks from Chambers.
Among the Firm’s practice areas recognized in Chambers USA, 18 earned a Band 1 distinction, the highest possible mark. These areas are Banking & Finance, Bankruptcy/Restructuring, Construction, Corporate/Commercial, Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation, Environment, Healthcare, Labor & Employment, Litigation: Appellate, Litigation: General Commercial, Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations, Public Finance, and Real Estate.
The Maynard Nexsen practice areas recognized by Chambers include:
- Banking & Finance (Alabama, South Carolina)
- Bankruptcy/Restructuring (Alabama, North Carolina)
- Construction (North Carolina)
- Corporate/Commercial (Alabama)
- Corporate/M&A (South Carolina)
- Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation (Alabama)
- Environment (Alabama, South Carolina)
- Healthcare (Alabama, South Carolina)
- Intellectual Property: Patent Litigation (California)
- Labor & Employment (Alabama, South Carolina)
- Litigation: Appellate (Alabama)
- Litigation: General Commercial (Alabama, South Carolina)
- Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (Alabama)
- Public Finance (Alabama)
- Real Estate (Alabama, South Carolina)
- Tax (Alabama)
The Maynard Nexsen attorneys recognized as leaders in their respective areas of law include:
Banking & Finance
- David R. Kinman (Alabama)
- Alan Lipsitz (South Carolina)
- Kris Lowry (Alabama)
- Randall Morrow (Alabama)
- Paul Wallace (Alabama)
Banking & Finance: Mainly Regulatory
- Jenny McCain (Alabama)
Bankruptcy/Restructuring
- Wesley Bulgarella (Alabama)
- Jayna Partain Lamar (Alabama)
- Leland Murphree (Alabama)
- Lisa P. Sumner (North Carolina)
- Ryan Thompson (Alabama)
Construction
- Brett Becker (North Carolina)
- Eric Biesecker (North Carolina)
- Harper Heckman (North Carolina)
- Jeffrey Reichard (North Carolina)
- David Senter (North Carolina)
Corporate/Commercial
- James W. Childs, Jr. (Alabama)
- Gregory S. Curran (Alabama)
- John Dulin (Alabama)
- Timothy W. Gregg (Alabama)
- Michel Marcoux (Alabama)
- Bradley Wood (Alabama)
Corporate/M&A
- Jones DuBose (South Carolina)
- Lee Kiser (South Carolina)
- Marcus Knight (South Carolina)
- Edward G. Menzie (South Carolina)
- Bo Russell (South Carolina)
Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
- Beth Beaube (Alabama)
Environment
- Joan Hartley (South Carolina)
- Thomas Lavender, Jr. (South Carolina)
- Rebecca Pritchett (Alabama)
- Mary Shahid (South Carolina)
- Thomas Wells (Alabama)
- Michael Traynham (South Carolina)
Healthcare
- Lauren DeMoss (Alabama)
- Jennifer J. Hollingsworth (South Carolina)
- John Lanier (Alabama)
- James Pool (Alabama)
- Joel C. Porter (Alabama)
- Matthew Roberts (South Carolina)
- Ralph W. Barbier, III (South Carolina)
Insurance
- James Bryan (North Carolina)
Insurance: Regulatory
- Carrie Rupprath (Texas)
Intellectual Property: Patent Litigation
- Sasha Rao (California)
Labor & Employment
- Mark W. Bakker (South Carolina)
- Sarah Sloan Batson (South Carolina)
- Cherie W. Blackburn (South Carolina)
- Jennifer Cluverius (South Carolina)
- David E. Dubberly (South Carolina)
- John B. Holmes (Alabama)
- Stephanie Houston Mays (Alabama)
- Warren B. Lightfoot, Jr. (Alabama)
- David M. Smith (Alabama)
- Matthew Stiles (Alabama)
Litigation: Appellate
- Lee E. Bains, Jr. (Alabama)
- John Neiman (Alabama)
Litigation: General Commercial
- Lee E. Bains, Jr. (Alabama)
- John Bolus (Alabama)
- John Earnhardt (Alabama)
- Marc Manos (South Carolina)
- Susan McWilliams (South Carolina)
- Michael Mulvaney (Alabama)
- Mark Moore (South Carolina)
- Maibeth Porter (Alabama)
- Thomas Thagard (Alabama)
- William Wilkins (South Carolina)
- Marguerite Willis (South Carolina)
Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
- Erica Barnes (Alabama)
- Anthony Joseph (Alabama)
Public Finance
- Kevin Beatty (Alabama)
- John H. Burton, Jr. (Alabama)
- Steve Cordell (North Carolina)
- Heyward C. Hosch (Alabama)
- Hobson Presley, Jr. (Alabama)
- Jodie Smith (Alabama)
- Barry Staples (Alabama)
Real Estate
- Thomas C. Clark, III (Alabama)
- Matthew W. Grill (Alabama)
- Leighton Lord (South Carolina)
- Edward G. Menzie (South Carolina)
- Beth O’Neill (Alabama)
- Neil C. Robinson, Jr. (South Carolina)
- Robert R. Sexton (Alabama)
- Lee Sheppard (Alabama)
- Stephen Stallcup (Alabama)
- James I. Warren, III (South Carolina)
Tax
- David Humber (Alabama)
- Hardwick Walthall (Alabama)
About Maynard Nexsen
Maynard Nexsen is a full-service law firm with more than 550 attorneys in 24 offices from coast to coast across the United States. Maynard Nexsen formed in 2023 when two successful, client-centered firms combined to form a powerful national team. Maynard Nexsen’s list of clients spans a wide range of industry sectors and includes both public and private companies.