The guide ranks the top attorneys and law firms across the United States. Rankings for individual attorneys are based on their practice area(s), and evaluation of their legal knowledge and experience, ability, effectiveness and client service. A law firm ranking relates to a department of the firm and the qualities of the ranked attorneys within that department. Factors and considerations are judged by interviews with those active in the market – mainly clients and other attorneys with whom they work – and by assessing recent work done. The 2020 edition features rankings of more than 19,000 attorneys and more than 6,000 law firms.

“We congratulate all of our attorneys who were recognized by Chambers USA,” Butler Snow Chairman Christopher R. Maddux said. “This prestigious recognition reinforces our team’s commitment to the many clients, industries and communities we serve.”

The firm was ranked in the following categories:

• Product Liability & Mass Torts (USA nationwide)
• Real Estate (Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee)
• Gaming & Licensing (Louisiana)
• Bankruptcy/Restructuring (Mississippi)
• Corporate/Commercial (Mississippi)
• Energy & Natural Resources (Mississippi)
• Environment (Mississippi)
• Labor & Employment (Mississippi, Tennessee)
• Litigation: General Commercial (Mississippi, Tennessee)
• Banking & Finance (Tennessee)
• Healthcare (Tennessee)

Butler Snow attorneys were ranked in the following categories:

Nationwide Leader Listings

• William M. Gage– Product Liability & Mass Torts
• Orlando R. RichmondSr.– Product Liability & Mass Torts
• Paul S. West– Gaming & Licensing

Mississippi: Individual Leader Listings

• Phil B. Abernethy– Litigation: General Commercial
• Paula Graves Ardelean– Labor & Employment
• John A. Brunini– Environment
• R. Barry Cannada– Corporate/Commercial
• Stephen C. Edds– Corporate/Commercial: Municipal Finance
• Andrea La’Verne Edney– Litigation: General Commercial
• John F. England– Corporate/Commercial: Municipal Finance
• Sue Hicks Fairbank– Corporate/Commercial: Municipal Finance
• Trudy D. Fisher– Environment
• J. Clifford Harrison– Corporate/Commercial: Banking & Finance
• Steven M. Hendrix– Real Estate
• John C. Henegan– Litigation: Appellate
• Robert C. Hutchison– Real Estate
• Selby A. Ireland– Corporate/Commercial
• Timothy W. Lindsay– Labor & Employment
• Christopher R. Maddux– Bankruptcy/Restructuring
• R. Wilson Montjoy II– Energy & Natural Resources
• Luther T. Munford– Litigation: Appellate
• Ryan J. O’Beirne– Gaming & Licensing
• E. Barney Robinson III– Litigation: General Commercial
• Stephen W. Rosenblatt– Bankruptcy/Restructuring
• Phillip S. Sykes– Litigation: General Commercial
• Robin Banck Taylor– Labor & Employment
• Timothy M. Threadgill– Labor & Employment
• Thad W. Varner– Corporate/Commercial: Municipal Finance

Tennessee: Individual Leader Listings

• Dan H. Elrod– Healthcare: Regulatory
• Robert M. Holland, Jr.– Real Estate
• Jones Wilson Luna– Environment
• Ann E. Lundy– Healthcare Regulatory
• Gayle Malone, Jr.– Litigation: General Commercial, Litigation: Mediators
• Kara E. Shea– Labor & Employment
• Adam G. Smith– Banking & Finance
• Robert L. Trentham– Litigation: Medical Malpractice Defense
• Robert J. Walker– Litigation: General Commercial

Alabama: Individual Leader Listings

• Angie Godwin McEwen– Real Estate

Louisiana: Individual Leader Listings

• Lee C. Kantrow– Corporate/ Mergers & Acquisitions
• David S. Rubin– Bankruptcy/Restructuring
• Paul S. West– Gaming & Licensing

Texas: Individual Leader Listings

• Eric J.R. Nichols– Litigation: General Commercial
• Martin A. Sosland– Bankruptcy/Restructuring

South Carolina: Individual Leader Listings

• Bradish J. Waring– Litigation: General Commercial

Massachusetts: Individual Leader Listings

• Stephen E. Weyl– Banking & Finance: Public Finance