Phelps Dunbar LLP Attorneys Named “The Best Lawyers in America® 2011”

Aug 11, 2010 – Seventy-nine Phelps Dunbar attorneys from eight of the firm's regional office locations in Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, Florida and Alabama have been named in the 2011 issue of The Best Lawyers in America.

Phelps Dunbar as a firm received a #1 ranking in 44 categories in the 2011 Best Lawyers publication. This year, Phelps Dunbar has the most first-tier rankings in Louisiana in Intellectual Property Law, the most first-tier rankings in Mississippi in Employment Law - Management and the most first-tier rankings in Mississippi in Labor Law - Management. The following attorneys were ranked individually:

Baton Rouge, LA

Allen D. Darden - Intellectual Property Law
Michael D. Hunt -  Bet-the-Company Litigation; 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 - Environmental Law; Railroad Law
Marshall M. Redmon - Insurance Law; Professional Malpractice Law
Patrick Ragan Richard - Franchise Law
Randy P. Roussel - Banking Law; Real Estate Law
John O. Shirley - Government Relations Law

New Orleans, LA

Lee R. Adler - Real Estate Law; Structured Finance Law
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; Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation
John A. Bolles - Maritime Law
Kim M. Boyle - Labor and Employment Law
Michael M. Butterworth - Maritime 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 M. Gilly - Maritime Law
Cecile L. Gordon - Health Care Law
George B. Hall, Jr. - Insurance Law
Stephen P. Hall - Insurance Law
Gary A. Hemphill - Maritime Law
Sessions Ault Hootsell III - Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law
David B. Lawton - Maritime Law
John P. Manard, Jr. - Mass Tort Litigation
Robert P. McCleskey, Jr. - Maritime Law
Daniel T. Pancamo - Biotechnology Law
Harry Rosenberg - Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Criminal Defense: White-Collar
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
Harvey D. Wagar III - Banking Law; Corporate Law; Real Estate Law
Brian D. Wallace - Gaming Law; Maritime Law
Alan C. Wolf - Energy Law

Jackson, MS

Joseph L. Adams - Labor and Employment Law
Reuben V. Anderson - Alternative Dispute Resolution; Appellate Law; 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
James W. Craig - Appellate Law
Deborah S. Dees - Employee Benefits Law
Gary E. Friedman - Labor and Employment Law
Jerome C. Hafter - Corporate Law
Luther T. Munford - Appellate Law; Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; First Amendment Law; Media Law
James W. O'Mara Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law
Bridgforth R. Rutledge - Franchise Law
W. Thomas Siler, Jr. - Labor and Employment Law
Frank W. Trapp - Criminal Defense: Non-White-Collar; Criminal Defense: White-Collar

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

Houston, TX

Patricia Hair - Commercial Litigation
Claude L. Stuart III - Insurance Law

Tampa, FL

Karl J. Brandes - Commercial Litigation
Lawrence P. Ingram - Commercial Litigation
Harvey S. Kauget - Information Technology Law; Intellectual Property Law; Technology Law
Matthew L. Litsky - Insurance Law
Barbara H. Luikart - Real Estate Law
Dennis M. McClelland - Labor and Employment Law
John D. Mullen - Labor and Employment Law
John E. Phillips - Labor and Employment Law; Commercial Litigation
Seth M. Schimmel - Commercial Litigation
Donald H. Whittemore - Commercial Litigation; Real Estate Law

Mobile, AL

Walter M. Cook, Jr. - Commercial Litigation; Construction Law
Thomas E. Garth  - Employee Benefits Law; Non-Profit/Charities Law; Tax Law; Trusts and Estates
Allen E. "Teeto" Graham -  Maritime Law
Caroline C. McCarthy - Insurance Law
William E. Shreve, Jr. - Appellate Law; Insurance Law
Cooper C. Thurber - Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Insurance Law; Product Liability Litigation

The 2011 edition of Best Lawyers, which will be released in print in November 2010, is based on more than three million confidential evaluations by the top attorneys in the nation. Best Lawyers also conducted thousands of extensive interviews with leading attorneys throughout its balloting process.

Phelps Dunbar is a regional law firm of more than 280 attorneys, with offices in New Orleans and Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Jackson, Tupelo, and Gulfport, Mississippi; Houston, Texas; Tampa, Florida; Mobile, Alabama; and London, England. 


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