Burr & Forman LLP is pleased to announce that 56 attorneys across the firm's offices in Alabama, Mississippi, and Tennessee were named to the 2023 Mid-South Super Lawyers edition. Of those, 20 attorneys were recognized in the "Rising Stars" category this year.

The Burr attorneys named among the Mid-South Super Lawyers for 2023 are:

Birmingham

• D. Keith Andress - Business Litigation

• Bryan O. Balogh* – Class Action

• Howard E. Bogard – Health Care

• Jennifer M. "Ginger" Busby – Personal Injury - Products: Defense

• C. Paul Cavender – Class Action

• John J. Coleman, III – Employment & Labor

• Gerald P. Gillespy – Business Litigation

• Michael L. Hall – Bankruptcy: Business

• Victor L. Hayslip – Business Litigation

• James A. Hoover – Health Care

• Joe A. Joseph – Bankruptcy: Business

• Richard C. Keller – Business Litigation

• Kermit Kendrick - Civil Litigation: Defense

• Joseph W. Letzer – Bankruptcy: Business

• Michael L. Lucas – Employment & Labor

• Reid S. Manley* – General Litigation

• Derek F. Meek** – Bankruptcy: Business

• Bryance K. Metheny – Employment & Labor

• Gail L. Mills – Real Estate

• Robert H. Rutherford – Business Litigation

• Melinda Eubanks Sellers - Real Estate

• Elizabeth B. Shirley – Business Litigation

• Marc P. Solomon – Bankruptcy: Business

• Joshua H. Threadcraft – Consumer Law

• Rik S. Tozzi – Consumer Law

Jackson

• Cheri Turnage Gatlin – Business Litigation

Mobile

• John P. Kavanagh Jr.* - Transporation/Maritime

Nashville

• Ken Bryant - Business Litigation

• Garry K. Grooms – Business Litigation

• David W. Houston, IV** – Bankruptcy: Business

• Brain C. Neal** – Business Litigation

• William L. Penny** – Environmental

• Thomas K. Potter, III – Securities Litigation

The Burr attorneys named as Rising Stars, up-and-comers under 40 years old or who have been practicing for 10 years or less:

Birmingham

• Christian W. Borek - Business/Corporate

• Jacob A. Burchfield – Business Litigation

• Rachel Blackmon Cash – Civil Litigation: Defense

• D. Matthew Centeno – Personal Injury General: Defense

• Meryl Cowan – Employment & Labor

• Ryan J. Hebson – Class Action

• H. Carlton Hilson – Employment & Labor

• Hanna Lahr - Bankruptcy: Business

• Laura Murphy - Securities and Corporate Finance

• Denzel E. Okinedo – Business/Corporate

• Emily Schreiber Pendley - Business Litigation

• James Roberts – Bankruptcy: Business

• Russel Rutherford – Nonprofit Organizations

• Al Teel – Transportation/Maritime

Mobile

• Christine N. Burns-Brown – Civil Litigation: Defense

Nashville

• Lindsey R. Arnold – Banking

• Nicole Keefe – Business/Corporate

• Emily Harper Mack – Employment & Labor

• Zachary D. Miller – Consumer Law

• Samuel A. Morris - Banking

About Mid-South Super Lawyers

Super Lawyers 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 selection process includes independent research, peer nominations, and peer evaluations. Only five percent of the lawyers in the state are named by Super Lawyers, and no more than two-and-a-half percent of the lawyers in the state are Rising Stars. More information can be found at http://www.superlawyers.com/

*10th year on list

** Included on any top list