Phelps Dunbar Mississippi Attorneys Recognized by Super Lawyers Magazine

November 16, 2009

Phelps Dunbar attorneys in the firm's Jackson and Tupelo offices were recently recognized in the 2009 Mid-South Super Lawyers publication. Mid-South Super Lawyers recognizes attorneys as outstanding lawyers in Mississippi for attaining a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. Super Lawyers magazine names attorneys in each state who received the highest point totals, as chosen by their peers and through the independent research of Law & Politics, who performs a complex and thorough polling, research and selection process from which the top five percent are identified.

The following Phelps Dunbar partners were named on the "Mid-South Super Lawyers 2009" list:

JACKSON, MS

• Reuben V. Anderson - Business Litigation
• Fred L. Banks, Jr. - Business Litigation
• Ross F. Bass, Jr. - Business Litigation
• Gary E. Friedman - Employment & Labor
• Jerome C. Hafter - Business/Corporate
• Luther T. Munford - Appellate
• Douglas C. Noble - Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights
• James W. O'Mara - Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights
• W. Thomas Siler, Jr. - Employment & Labor

TUPELO, MS

• William M. Beasley - Business Litigation
• F.M. Bush, III - Securities & Corporate Finance
• Jeffery S. Moore - Employment & Labor
• Gregory D. Pirkle - Health Care

Super Lawyers magazine also names "Rising Stars" who are the state's top up-and-coming attorneys 40 years old or younger, or who have been practicing for 10 years or less. The following Phelps Dunbar attorneys were named on the "Mid-South Rising Stars 2009" list:

JACKSON, MS

• Christopher R. Maddux - Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights

TUPELO, MS

• Rachel M. Pierce - Business Litigation

Phelps Dunbar is a regional law firm of approximately 250 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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