Phelps Dunbar Named Leading U.S. Law Firm by Chambers USA

NEW ORLEANS – Jun 15, 2012 – Phelps Dunbar was recently ranked as one of the top law firms in the nation by Chambers and Partners, publishers of the world’s leading guides for the legal community, in their 2012 edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business.

This year, 34 Phelps Dunbar attorneys and 18 practice areas were named as leaders in Louisiana, Mississippi, Florida and Texas by Chambers USA.

For the seventh year, Phelps Dunbar was nationally ranked for excellence in the area of Transportation: Shipping: Litigation (outside New York). David Lawton, a partner in the New Orleans office, was recognized for excellence in this practice.

Phelps Dunbar practices in its two Louisiana offices - New Orleans and Baton Rouge - named to the 2012 edition of Chambers USA are: Banking & Finance, Bankruptcy/Restructuring, Construction, Corporate/Mergers & Acquisitions, Energy & Natural Resources, Environment, Gaming & Licensing, General Commercial Litigation and Real Estate. The 20 Louisiana attorneys listed below are leading attorneys in their respective fields.

New Orleans Office
M. Nan Alessandra - Labor & Employment
Jane E. Armstrong - Labor & Employment: Employee Benefits & Compensation
Brent B. Barriere - Bankruptcy/Restructuring; Litigation: General Commercial
Kim M. Boyle - Labor & Employment
Philip deV. Claverie, Sr. - Banking & Finance; Real Estate
Mark A. Fullmer - Corporate/Mergers & Acquisitions
Sessions Ault Hootsell III - Bankruptcy/Restructuring
John P. Manard, Jr. - Environment: Litigation
Harry Rosenberg - Litigation: General Commercial; Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
James A. Stuckey - Banking & Finance
Alan C. Wolf - Energy & Natural Resources: Utilities
 
Baton Rouge Office
Jeffrey M. Barbin - Gaming & Licensing
Kelsey Kornick Funes - Construction
Susan W. Furr - Labor & Employment
Michael D. Hunt - Construction
Thomas H. Kiggans - Labor & Employment
Steven J. Levine - Environment; Environment: Litigation
Patrick Ragan Richard - Banking & Finance; Real Estate
Randy P. Roussel - Real Estate
John O. Shirley - Energy & Natural Resources: Utilities
 
Chambers USA recognized the firm’s Jackson, Mississippi office for excellence in Corporate/Commercial, Labor & Employment, General Commercial Litigation and Real Estate. The nine attorneys listed below are leading lawyers in their respective fields.

Fred L. Banks, Jr. - Litigation: Appellate
Ross F. Bass, Jr. - Litigation: General Commercial
F. M. Bush III - Corporate/Commercial
Gary E. Friedman - Labor & Employment
Jerome C. Hafter - Corporate/Commercial
Luther T. Munford - Litigation: Appellate
James W. O’Mara - Corporate/Commercial: Bankruptcy
Bridgforth Rutledge - Real Estate
W. Thomas Siler, Jr. - Labor & Employment
 
The firm’s Tampa office was recognized as a leading Florida firm in the fields of Construction and Labor & Employment. Chambers USA listed the following attorneys for excellence in their respective fields.

Bret Feldman - Construction
John E. Phillips - Labor & Employment
Seth M. Schimmel - Construction
 
Phelps Dunbar’s Houston, Texas office was named as a leader in Insurance. Claude Stuart III was listed as a leading attorney in the insurance area.

A team of more than 130 full-time Chambers researchers conducts a rigorous interview process of both attorneys and clients to determine objective, independent firm and attorney rankings across the world. Phelps Dunbar practices and attorneys have been listed in new editions of Chambers for the past decade.
 
Phelps Dunbar is a regional firm of more than 270 attorneys - in New Orleans and Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Jackson, Tupelo, and Gulfport, Mississippi; Houston, Texas; Tampa, Florida; Mobile, Alabama; Raleigh, North Carolina; and London, England - serving clients in the Gulf South as well as nationwide and abroad.

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