Phelps Dunbar LLP Attorneys Named “The Best Lawyers in America® 2009”
October 20, 2008
Sixty-one Phelps Dunbar attorneys from six of the firm's regional office locations in Louisiana, Mississippi and Florida have been named in the 2009 issue of The Best Lawyers in America. Selection is based on a year-long survey in which leading attorneys throughout the nation are asked to rate the top practitioners in their specialties in their jurisdictions. Best Lawyers has come to be regarded - by both the legal profession and the public - as the definitive guide to legal excellence in the United States.
Phelps Dunbar as a firm received a #1 ranking in 49 categories in the 2009 Best Lawyers publication.
BATON ROUGE, LA
- Allen D. Darden: Intellectual Property Law
- Michael D. Hunt: Commercial Litigation; Construction Law
- H. Alston Johnson III: Appellate Law; Workers' Compensation Law
- F. Scott Kaiser: Commercial Litigation
- Thomas H. Kiggans: Labor and Employment Law
- Jeffrey W. Koonce: Tax Law; Trusts and Estates
- Steven J. Levine: Railroad Law
- Marshall M. Redmon: Insurance Law; Professional Malpractice Law
- Patrick Ragan Richard: Franchise Law
- Randy P. Roussel: Banking Law; Real Estate Law
NEW ORLEANS, LA
- M. Nan Alessandra: Alternative Dispute Resolution; Labor and Employment Law
- Jane E. Armstrong: Employee Benefits Law
- Robert J. Barbier: Maritime Law
- Brent B. Barriere: Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law; Commercial Litigation
- John A. Bolles: Maritime Law
- Patrick J. Butler, Jr.: Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Philip deV. Claverie, Sr.: Banking Law; Real Estate Law
- Richard N. Dicharry: Insurance Law
- Mark C. Dodart: Mass Tort Litigation
- Mark A. Fullmer: Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Securities Law; Venture Capital Law
- George B. Hall, Jr.: Insurance Law
- Stephen P. Hall: Insurance Law
- Sessions Ault Hootsell III: Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law
- David B. Lawton: Maritime Law
- John P. Manard, Jr.: Mass Tort Litigation
- Harry Rosenberg: Commercial Litigation
- Mary Ellen Roy: First Amendment Law; Intellectual Property Law
- Bruce V. Schewe: Antitrust Law
- Hugh R. Straub: Maritime Law
- James A. Stuckey: Banking Law; Equipment Finance Law; Real Estate Law
- Brian D. Wallace: Gaming Law
- Alan C. Wolf: Energy Law
JACKSON, MS
- Reuben V. Anderson: Alternative Dispute Resolution; Commercial Litigation; Legal Malpractice Law
- Fred L. Banks, Jr.: Alternative Dispute Resolution; Appellate Law; Commercial Litigation
- Ross F. Bass, Jr.: Commercial Litigation; Legal Malpractice Law
- Heather J. Camp: Gaming Law
- James W. Craig: Appellate Law
- Deborah S. Dees: Employee Benefits Law
- Gary E. Friedman : Labor and Employment Law
- Jerome C. Hafter: Corporate Law
- Dan M. McDaniel, Jr.: Gaming Law
- Luther T. Munford: Appellate Law; Commercial Litigation; First Amendment Law
- Douglas C. Noble: Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law
- James W. O'Mara: Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law
- Bridgforth R. Rutledge: Franchise Law
- Thomas Siler, Jr.: Labor and Employment Law
- Frank W. Trapp: Non-White-Collar Criminal Defense; White-Collar Criminal Defense
- Stephen M. Wilson: Corporate Law
TUPELO, MS
- F. M. Bush III: Corporate Law; Health Care Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Trusts and Estates
- Mark N. Halbert: Labor and Employment Law
- Jeffrey S. Moore: Health Care Law
- Gregory D. Pirkle: Tax Law
GULFPORT, MS
- James G. Wyly III: Personal Injury Litigation
TAMPA, FL
- Karl J. Brandes: Commercial Litigation
- Lawrence P. Ingram: Commercial Litigation
- Harvey S. Kauget: Information Technology Law; Intellectual Property Law
- Matthew L. Litsky: Insurance Law
- Barbara H. Luikart: Real Estate Law
- Dennis M. McClelland: Labor and Employment Law
- John E. Phillips: Labor and Employment Law; Commercial Litigation
- Donald H. Whittemore: Real Estate Law
The 2009 edition of Best Lawyers, which will be released in print in December 2008, is based on more than two million confidential evaluations by the top attorneys in the nation. Best Lawyers also conducted thousands of extensive telephone interviews with leading attorneys throughout its balloting process.
Phelps Dunbar is a regional law firm of approximately 260 attorneys, with offices in New Orleans and Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Jackson, Tupelo, and Gulfport, Mississippi; Houston, Texas; Tampa, Florida; and London, England.
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