Burr & Forman LLP announces that 51 of its attorneys have been ranked in the 2019 edition of Chambers USA, a highly regarded directory featuring client-led intelligence on America’s leading lawyers for business.

The 2019 guide is available at http://www.chambersandpartners.com/USA.

In addition, the firm received top rankings in 17 practice areas across the firm’s footprint including Alabama in Banking & Finance, Bankruptcy/Restructuring, Corporate/Commercial, Healthcare, Labor & Employment, Litigation: General Commercial, and Real Estate. The firm received top rankings in Florida in Bankruptcy/Restructuring and Litigation: General Commercial as well as top rankings in Georgia for Banking & Finance.  In Mississippi, the firm was ranked in the area of Litigation: General Commercial and ranked in Tennessee in Banking & Finance, Environment and Litigation: General Commercial.

Since joining forces this year with McNair Law Firm in North and South Carolina, the firm is now ranked in South Carolina in the areas of Banking & Finance and Real Estate.

The Burr & Forman attorneys recognized by Chambers USA in the 2019 guide, along with the practice areas in which they were selected, are:

Alabama
Howard Bogard, Healthcare
Richard J. Brockman, Healthcare
Christopher Carson, Bankruptcy/Restructuring
Paul Cavender, Litigation: General Commercial
Edward R Christian, Corporate/Commercial
John Coleman, Labor & Employment
Marcel Debruge, Labor & Employment
Kelli Fleming, Healthcare
Michael L Hall, Bankruptcy/Restructuring
James A. Hoover, Healthcare
Joe A. Joseph, Bankruptcy/Restructuring
Heather A. Jamison, Bankruptcy/Restructuring
Michael L. Lucas, Labor & Employment
April Mason, Corporate/Commercial
Derek Meek, Bankruptcy/Restructuring
Bryance Metheny, Labor & Employment
Gail L. Mills, Banking & Finance and Real Estate
Dwight Mixson, Banking & Finance and Real Estate
Gene Price, Corporate/Commercial
Marc P. Solomon, Bankruptcy/Restructuring
Frank Springfield, Litigation: General Commercial
Jack Stephenson, Corporate/Commercial
George M Taylor III, Corporate/Commercial
Lee Thuston, Corporate/Commercial
Rik S. Tozzi, Litigation: General Commercial
Kathryn M. Willis, Labor & Employment

Delaware
Cory Falgowski, Bankruptcy/Restructuring
Richard Robinson, Bankruptcy/Restructuring

Florida
Eric Golden, Bankruptcy/Restructuring
Ellsworth Summers, Bankruptcy/Restructuring

Georgia
Erich N. Durlacher, Bankruptcy/Restructuring
Jack Kowalski, Construction
Edgar Snow, Banking & Finance
Graham H. Stieglitz, Bankruptcy/Restructuring

Mississippi
Cheri Gatlin, Litigation: Construction

North Carolina (Burr Forman McNair)
Cybil J. Abrao, Real Estate: Finance
Patricia G. Gordon, Real Estate: Finance

South Carolina (Burr Forman McNair)
Pamela Baker, Environmental
Jennifer Blumenthal, Banking & Finance
Durham Boney, Real Estate
Sidney Boone, Jr., Real Estate
John Currie, Corporate M&A
Celeste Jones, Litigation: General Commercial
Judith McInnis, Real Estate
Rick Morgan, Labor & Employment
David Santos, Real Estate

Tennessee
David Houston, Bankruptcy & Restructuring
William Penny, Environment
Thomas K Potter III, Litigation: General Commercial
Jerry W. Taylor, Healthcare: Regulatory

Nationwide
John Kavanagh, Transportation: Shipping/Maritime: Litigation

About Chambers USA
Chambers and Partners publishes Chambers USA, a guide to law firms and lawyers across the country. Every year, Chambers and Partners conducts thousands of in-depth interviews with clients in order to assess the reputations of business lawyers. Top firms and lawyers are ranked and their merits described – usually in the words of their clients that are interviewed by the Chamber’s research staff. It is the weight of client interviews that gives Chambers and Partners’ guides their highly-valued credibility and reliability. For more information, click here.

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For more than a century, Burr & Forman LLP’s experienced legal team has served clients at the intersection of business and government with local, national, and international interests in numerous industry and practice areas, ranging from commercial litigation and class actions to corporate transactions, including bankruptcy and restructurings. A Southeast regional firm with 360 attorneys and 19 offices in Alabama, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee, Burr & Forman attorneys draw from a diverse range of resources to help clients achieve their goals and address their complex legal needs. The firm operates as Burr Forman McNair in North Carolina and South Carolina. For more information, visit the firm’s website at www.burr.com.