Twenty- seven honored by Best Lawyers® 2017, Four attorneys named “Lawyer of the Year”

 

Twenty- seven attorneys with Brunini, Grantham, Grower & Hewes, PLLC, were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2017 edition of The Best Lawyers in America. Brunini lawyers were recognized in the following categories:

Jackson, Miss.

• Matt Allen: Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
• Sheldon G. Alston: Litigation-Real Estate, Personal Injury Litigation-Defendants
• P. David Andress: Real Estate Law
• Benje Bailey- Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
• Stephen J. Carmody:  Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management, Litigation – Intellectual Property, Litigation – Labor and Employment,  Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants
• R. Richard Cirilli: Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants, Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
• John M. Flynt: Administrative/Regulatory Law, Corporate Law
• Louis G. Fuller: Litigation and Controversy – Tax, Tax Law
• Lynne K. Green: Trusts and Estates
• James L. Halford: Communications Law and Energy Law
• William Trey Jones III: Commercial Litigation and Litigation – Environmental
• R. David Kaufman: Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Securities, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants, Product Liability Litigation- Defendants
• Samuel C. Kelly: Construction Law, Litigation – Construction
• James A. McCullough, II: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Commercial Litigation, Litigation-Bankruptcy, Mortgage Banking Foreclosure Law
• M. Patrick McDowell: Commercial Litigation, Mass Tort Litigation/ Class Action- Defendants, Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
• John E. Milner: Environmental Law, Litigation – Environmental
• William C. Penick, IV:  Corporate Law
• W. Ken Rogers: Corporate Law
• Joseph A. Sclafani: Appellate Practice
• Watts C. Ueltschey: Administrative/Regulatory Law, Energy Law, Energy Regulation Law, Mining Law, Oil and Gas Law, Real Estate Law
• Leonard D. Van Slyke, Jr.: Litigation – First Amendment, Litigation – Trusts and Estates, Litigation and Controversy – Tax, Tax Law, Trusts and Estates
• Joseph E. Varner, III: Tax Law, Trusts and Estates
• John E. Wade: Commercial Litigation, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
• Walter S. Weems: Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Tax Law
• Ron A. Yarbrough: Construction Law and Litigation – Construction

Biloxi, Miss.

• Leonard A. Blackwell II:  Gaming Law

Columbus, Miss.

• J. Gordon Flowers: Commercial Litigation, Environmental Law, Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants, Product Liability Litigation – Defendants

In addition to the above selections, the following attorneys were chosen as the Lawyer of the Year:

• J. Gordon Flowers:  Best Lawyers® 2017, Tupelo, Miss., Personal Injury Litigation-Defendants
• R. David Kaufman: Best Lawyers® 2017, Jackson, Miss., Product Liability Litigation-Defendants
• Watts Ueltschey:  Best Lawyers® 2017, Jackson, Miss., Energy Law
• Ron Yarbrough: Best Lawyers® 2017, Jackson, Miss., Construction Law

The Best Lawyers lists, representing over 125 specialties in all 50 states and Washington D.C., are compiled through an exhaustive peer-review survey in which thousands of the top lawyers in the U.S. confidentially evaluate their professional peers. Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as a reliable guide to legal excellence. Because Best Lawyers is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey in which more than 36,000 leading attorneys cast almost 4.4 million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their practice areas and because lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed, inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a true honor.