Over the past year, 42 attorneys in six of the firm's offices were recognized as outstanding lawyers by Super Lawyers magazine for attaining a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The publication Super Lawyers lists attorneys in private practice, prosecutors, in-house counsel and public service. Selected attorneys are chosen by Law & Politics, the parent company publication, who performs a complex polling, research, and selection process to identify the top five percent in each state.
The following 25 Louisiana attorneys were recognized in the January 2008 issue:
NEW ORLEANS, LA
Lee R. Adler | Real Estate |
M. Nan Alessandra | Employment & Labor |
Jane E. Armstrong | Employee Benefits/ERISA |
Brent B. Barriere | Business Litigation |
John A. Bolles | Transportation/Maritime |
Kim M. Boyle | Employment & Labor |
Patrick J. Butler, Jr. | Mergers & Acquisitions |
Philip deV. Claverie, Sr. | Banking |
Mark A. Fullmer | Mergers & Acquisitions |
George M. Gilly | Transportation/Maritime |
George B. Hall, Jr. | Insurance Coverage |
Sessions Ault Hootsell, III | Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights |
John P. Manard, Jr. | Class Action/Mass Torts |
Robert P. McCleskey, Jr. | Transportation/Maritime |
William J. Riviere | Transportation/Maritime |
Harry Rosenberg | Business Litigation |
Mary Ellen Roy | First Amendment/Media/Advertising |
James A. Stuckey | Real Estate |
Harvey Wagar | Real Estate |
Brian D. Wallace | Transportation/Maritime |
Alan C. Wolf | Administrative Law |
BATON ROUGE, LA
The following 11 Mississippi attorneys were recognized in the December 2007 issue:
JACKSON, MS
Reuben V. Anderson | Business Litigation |
Fred L. Banks, Jr. | Business Litigation |
Ross F. Bass, Jr. | Business Litigation |
Stratton Bull | Real Estate |
Gary E. Friedman | Employment & Labor |
Jerome C. Hafter | Business/Corporate |
Luther T. Munford | Appellate |
James W. O'Mara | Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights |
W. Thomas Siler, Jr. | Employment & Labor |
Frank W. Trapp | Criminal Defense: White Collar |
TUPELO, MS
F.M. Bush, III | Securities & Corporate Finance |
The following Texas attorney was recognized in the October 2007 issue:
HOUSTON, TX
Patricia Hair | Business Litigation |
The following 5 Florida attorneys were recognized in the June 2007 issue:
TAMPA, FL
Karl J. Brandes | General Litigation |
Lawrence P. Ingram | Business Litigation |
Dennis M. McClelland | Employment & Labor |
John D. Mullen | Employment & Labor |
John E. Phillips, Jr. | Employment & Labor |
Phelps Dunbar is a regional law firm of approximately 270 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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