Brunini Attorneys Recognized in the 2022 Edition of Best Lawyers

Brunini is honored to have many of our attorneys recognized in the 2022 Edition of Best Lawyers of America. Recognition by Best Lawyers of America is based entirely on peer review. Best Lawyers of America employs a sophisticated, conscientious, rational and transparent survey process designed to elicit meaningful and substantive evaluations of the quality of legal services.

Additional recognitions are also awarded to individual lawyers with the highest overall peer-feedback for a specific practice area and geographic region. Only one lawyer is recognized as the “Lawyer of the Year” for each specialty and location.

Best Lawyers of America’s “Ones to Watch” category recognizes extraordinary lawyers who have been in private practice for less than 10 years in the United States. This award is also based entirely on peer review.

We congratulate the following attorneys for their hard work, dedication and commitment to excellence.

2022 – Lawyer of the Year

Jackson-MS
- - - Norman E. Bailey – Trademark Law
    - Stephen J. Carmody – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
    - Lynne K. Green – Elder Law
    - Karen E. Howell – Litigation – ERISA
    - R. David Kaufman – Legal Malpractice Law – Defendants
    - Warren Ken Rogers – Corporate Governance Law
    - John E. Wade – Litigation – Health Care

Tupelo

- - - J. Gordon Flowers – Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants

2022 Ones to Watch

Alston F. Ludwig (2021)

- - - Alternative Dispute Resolution
    - Commercial Litigation
    - Construction Law

Lane Bobo (2021)

- - - Commercial Litigation
    - Construction Law
    - Health Care Law

Jacob A. Bradley (2021)

- - - Construction Law
    - Litigation – Construction
    - Commercial Litigation

Drew C. Bigelow (2021)

- - - Corporate Law
    - Real Estate Law
    - Trusts and Estates

2022 Recognized Lawyers in the following fields by Best Lawyers in America

Jackson, MS
- John M. Flynt (2011)
- - - Administrative / Regulatory Law
    - Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
    - Commercial Finance Law
    - Commercial Transactions / UCC Law
    - Corporate Law
    - Elder Law
    - Mergers and Acquisitions Law
    - Real Estate Law

James L. Halford (2007)

- - - Administrative / Regulatory Law
    - Communications Law
    - Energy Law
    - Energy Regulatory Law

John E. Milner (1993)

- - - Administrative / Regulatory Law
    - Environmental Law
    - Litigation – Environmental

Gene Wasson (2018)

- - - Administrative / Regulatory Law
    - Environmental Law
    - Litigation – Environmental
    - Natural Resources Law
    - Oil and Gas Law
    - Real Estate Law

William Trey Jones III (2003)

- - - Appellate Practice
    - Commercial Litigation
    - Litigation – Environmental
    - Litigation – Trusts and Estates

Patrick McDowell (2012)

- - - Appellate Practice
    - Commercial Litigation
    - Litigation – Securities
    - Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
    - Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
    - Product Liability Litigation – Defendants

William D. Drinkwater (2020)

- - - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
    - Commercial Litigation
    - Land Use and Zoning Law
    - Litigation – Banking and Finance
    - Litigation – Land Use and Zoning
    - Litigation – Real Estate
    - Mortgage Banking Foreclosure Law

James A. McCullough II (2012)

- - - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
    - Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
    - Commercial Litigation
    - Energy Law
    - Litigation – Bankruptcy
    - Litigation – ERISA
    - Litigation – Health Care
    - Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
    - Mortgage Banking Foreclosure Law

David Kaufman (2003)

- - - Bet-the-Company Litigation
    - Commercial Litigation
    - Legal Malpractice Law – Defendants
    - Litigation – Antitrust
    - Litigation – Securities
    - Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
    - Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
    - Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
    - Professional Malpractice Law – Defendants

Ken Harmon (2018)

- - - Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
    - Oil and Gas Law
    - Real Estate Law

William C. Penick IV (2016)

- - - Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
    - Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law
    - Corporate Law
    - Mergers and Acquisitions Law
    - Nonprofit / Charities Law
    - Tax Law
    - Trusts and Estates

Warren Ken Rogers (2015)

- - - Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
    - Commercial Finance Law
    - Commercial Transactions / UCC Law
    - Corporate Governance Law
    - Corporate Law
    - Mergers and Acquisitions Law

Walter S. Weems (1999)

- - - Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
    - Commercial Finance Law
    - Commercial Transactions / UCC Law
    - Corporate Law
    - Mergers and Acquisitions Law
    - Tax Law

Lynne K. Green (2003)

- - - Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law
    - Commercial Litigation
    - Elder Law
    - Tax Law
    - Trusts and Estates

Matthew W. Allen (2016)

- - - Commercial Litigation
    - Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
    - Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
    - Product Liability Litigation – Defendants

Sheldon G. Alston (2016)

- - - Land Use and Zoning Law
    - Litigation – Labor and Employment
    - Litigation – Land Use and Zoning
    - Litigation – Real Estate
    - Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
    - Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
    - Commercial Litigation

Norman E. Bailey (2016)

- - - Commercial Litigation
    - Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
    - Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
    - Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
    - Trademark Law

Cody C. Bailey (2020)

- - - Commercial Litigation
    - Construction Law
    - Litigation – Construction

Richard Cirilli Jr (2016)

- - - Commercial Litigation
    - Health Care Law
    - Legal Malpractice Law – Defendants
    - Litigation – Health Care
    - Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
    - Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
    - Professional Malpractice Law – Defendants

Karen E. Howell (2018)

- - - Commercial Litigation
    - Corporate Law
    - Land Use and Zoning Law
    - Litigation – ERISA
    - Litigation – Land Use and Zoning
    - Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
    - Trademark Law

Samuel C. Kelly (2006)

- - - Commercial Litigation
    - Construction Law
    - Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law
    - Litigation – Construction

John E. Wade (2008)

- - - Commercial Litigation
    - Land Use and Zoning Law
    - Litigation – Health Care
    - Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
    - Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
    - Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants

Ron A. Yarbrough (2007)

- - - Construction Law
    - Litigation – Construction

Stephen J. Carmody (2009)

- - - Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
    - Employment Law – Management
    - Labor Law – Management
    - Litigation – ERISA
    - Litigation – Intellectual Property
    - Litigation – Labor and Employment
    - Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
    - Professional Malpractice Law – Defendants

Christopher R. Fontan (2019)

- - - Employment Law – Management
    - Litigation – Labor and Employment
    - Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers

Claire W. Ketner (2022)

- - - Litigation – Labor and Employment

Joseph E. Varner III (2012)

- - - Mergers and Acquisitions Law
    - Tax Law
    - Trusts and Estates

Columbus, MS
- Gordon Flowers (2009)

- - - Commercial Litigation
    - Environmental Law
    - Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
    - Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
    - Product Liability Litigation – Defendants

Scott F. Singley (2022)

- - - Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants

Biloxi, MS
- Leonard A. Blackwell II (2005)

- - - Gaming Law
    - Land Use and Zoning Law

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