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    48 Burr & Forman Attorneys Ranked in 2020 Chambers USA

        04.24.2020
        Firm News

      Burr & Forman LLP announces that 48 of its attorneys have been ranked in the 2020 edition of Chambers USA, a highly regarded directory featuring client-led intelligence on America’s leading lawyers for business.

      The 2020 guide is available here.

      In addition, the firm received top rankings in 18 practice areas across the firm’s footprint including Alabama for Banking & Finance, Bankruptcy/Restructuring, Corporate/Commercial, Healthcare, Labor & Employment, Commercial Litigation, and Real Estate. The firm received top rankings in Florida for Bankruptcy/Restructuring, in Georgia for Banking & Finance and in Mississippi for Commercial Litigation. The firm was ranked in Tennessee for Banking & Finance, Environmental, and Commercial Litigation.

      New to the rankings for the firm were the states of Delaware and South Carolina. In Delaware, the firm was ranked in the area of Bankruptcy/Restructuring and in South Carolina, due to the firm’s 2019 combination with McNair Law Firm, the firm was ranked in the areas of Banking & Finance, Corporate/M&A, Healthcare, and Real Estate.

      The firm also maintains its nationwide ranking in the area of Transportation: Maritime Litigation with Mobile partner John Kavanagh.

      The Burr & Forman attorneys recognized by Chambers USA in the 2020 guide, along with the practice areas in which they were selected, are:

      Alabama

      Howard Bogard, Healthcare

      Richard J. Brockman, Healthcare

      Chris Carson, Bankruptcy/Restructuring

      Paul Cavender, Litigation: General Commercial

      Ed Christian, Corporate/Commercial

      John Coleman, Labor & Employment

      Marcel Debruge, Labor & Employment

      Kelli Fleming, Healthcare

      Mike Hall, Bankruptcy/Restructuring

      Jim Hoover, Healthcare

      Joe Joseph, Bankruptcy/Restructuring

      Mike Lucas, Labor & Employment

      *April Mason, Corporate/Commercial

      Derek Meek, Bankruptcy/Restructuring

      Bryance Metheny, Labor & Employment

      Gail Mills, Banking & Finance and Real Estate

      Dwight Mixson, Banking & Finance and Real Estate

      Gene Price, Corporate/Commercial

      Marc Solomon, Bankruptcy/Restructuring

      *Frank Springfield, Litigation: General Commercial

      Jack Stephenson, Corporate/Commercial

      Lee Thuston, Corporate/Commercial

      Rik Tozzi, Litigation: General Commercial

      Katy Willis, Labor & Employment

      Delaware

      Cory Falgowski, Bankruptcy/Restructuring

      Rick Robinson, Bankruptcy/Restructuring

      Florida

      Eric Golden, Bankruptcy/Restructuring

      Jeff Kamenetsky, Intellectual Property

      Ellsworth Summers, Bankruptcy/Restructuring

      Georgia

      Erich N. Durlacher, Bankruptcy/Restructuring

      Jack Kowalski, Construction

      Ed Snow, Banking & Finance

      Graham Stieglitz, Bankruptcy/Restructuring

      Mississippi

      Cheri Gatlin, Litigation: Construction

      North Carolina (Burr Forman McNair)

      *Cybil Abrao, Real Estate: Finance

      Lori Hinnant, Environmental

      Patricia Gordon, Real Estate: Finance

      South Carolina (Burr Forman McNair)

      Jennifer Blumenthal, Corporate/M&A, Banking & Finance

      **Sidney Boone, Jr., Real Estate

      **John Currie, Corporate M&A

      Celeste Jones, Litigation: General Commercial

      Judith McInnis, Real Estate

      Tennessee

      *Tucker Herndon, Banking & Finance

      David Houston, Bankruptcy & Restructuring

      Bill Penny, Environmental

      Tom Potter, Litigation: General Commercial

      Jerry Taylor, Healthcare: Regulatory

      Nationwide

      John Kavanagh, Transportation: Shipping/Maritime: Litigation

      * Ranked as an “Up & Comer”

      ** Ranked as a “Senior Statesperson”

      About Chambers USA

      Chambers and Partners publishes Chambers USA, a guide to law firms and lawyers across the country. Every year, Chambers and Partners conducts thousands of in-depth interviews with clients in order to assess the reputations of business lawyers. Top firms and lawyers are ranked and their merits described – usually in the words of their clients that are interviewed by the Chamber’s research staff. It is the weight of client interviews that gives Chambers and Partners’ guides their highly valued credibility and reliability. For more information, visit www.chambersandpartners.com.

      For more than a century, Burr & Forman LLP’s experienced legal team has served clients at the intersection of business and government with local, national, and international interests in numerous industry and practice areas, ranging from commercial litigation and class actions to corporate transactions, including bankruptcy and restructurings. A Southeast regional firm with 360 attorneys and 19 offices in Alabama, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee, Burr & Forman attorneys draw from a diverse range of resources to help clients achieve their goals and address their complex legal needs. The firm operates as Burr Forman McNair in North Carolina and South Carolina. For more information, visit the firm’s website at www.burr.com.

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