Presenting our annual list of the region’s best attorneys —
as chosen by their peers in 42 specialties

SUMMARY

To create the list, the magazine contracted DataJoe Research to facilitate an online peer-voting process and Internet research process. DataJoe Research is a software and research company specializing in data collection and verification, and conducts various nominations across the United States on behalf of publishers. To create the list, DataJoe Research facilitated an online peer-voting process. We paired this with an Internet research process to identify success characteristics. DataJoe checked and confirmed that each published winner had, at time of review, a current, active license status with the appropriate state regulatory board. If we were not able to find evidence of a lawyer’s current, active registration with the state regulatory board, that lawyer was excluded from the list. In addition, we checked available public sources to identify lawyers disciplined for an infraction by the state regulatory board. These entities were excluded from the list. Finally, DataJoe presented the tallied result to the magazine for its final review and adjustments.

FINAL NOTE: We recognize that there are many good lawyers who are not shown in this representative list. This is only a sampling of the huge array of talented professionals within the region. Inclusion in the list is based on the opinions of responding lawyers in the region. We take time and energy to ensure fair voting, although we understand that the results of this survey nomination and Internet research campaign are not an objective metric. We certainly do not discount the fact that many, many good and effective lawyers may not appear on the list.

DISCLAIMERS
DataJoe uses best practices and exercises great care in assembling content for this list. DataJoe does not warrant that the data contained within the list are complete or accurate. DataJoe does not assume, and hereby disclaims, any liability to any person for any loss or damage caused by errors or omissions herein whether such errors or omissions result from negligence, accident, or any other cause. All rights reserved. No commercial use of the information in this list may be made without written permission from DataJoe.

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Categories

Adoption Law

Antitrust Law

Appellate Law

Arbitration and Mediation

Attorneys for Nonprofits

Aviation, Admiralty, Maritime, and Transportation

Banking and Financial

Bankruptcy

Business Law

Civil Law / Litigation

Civil Law / Transactional

Commercial Litigation

Construction

Consumer Debt

Corporate Counsel

Corporate Finance / Mergers and Acquisitions

Criminal Defense

Education

Elder Law

Eminent Domain

Family Law

General Practice

Government and Administrative

Health Care Law

Immigration Law

Insurance

Intellectual Property Rights

Labor and Employment

Land Use / Environment

Medical Malpractice / Defense

Medical Malpractice / Plaintiff

Oil and Gas

Personal Injury

Product Liability

Professional Malpractice (Non-Medical) Defense

Real Estate

Securities Law

Sports Law

Tax Law

Technology / Virtual

Traffic Law

Wills, Trusts, Estates and Probates

Workers’ Compensation

TOP ATTORNEYS 2022 Five Years or More in Practice

Attorneys whose names are in bold type received 15 or more nominations in a category,
and attorneys who are in bold italic received between 10-14 nominations in a category.

Click on names listed in RED for more information.

Adoption Law

Lauren Duffer
Eric Freeby
Courtney Harbaugh Walker
Alyssa Jacobs
Stephen Naylor
Holly Schreier
Donna Smiedt

Antitrust Law

Don Herrmann
Bill Warren

Appellate Law

Marianne Auld
Russell Barton
Jerry Bullard
John Cayce
Tanya Dohoney
Joe Greenhill
Steven Hayes
Caitlyn Hubbard
David Keltner
Chris Knight
Paul Leopold
Thomas Michel
Brian Newman
Chris Nickelson
Karen Precella
Brittani Rollen
Jody Sanders
Matt Stayton

Arbitration and Mediation

Barbara Armstrong
John Brookman
Jennifer Caldwell
Michael Carnahan
John Chalk
Randy Hall
Kight Higgins
Joseph Horn
Roland Johnson
M. Beth Krugler
Carole Orth
Daniel Paret
David Seidler
Len Wade
Shauna Wright

Attorneys for Nonprofits

Paul Lancaster
Darren Moore
Frank Sommerville
Dana Stayton
Dee Steer

Aviation, Admiralty, Maritime and Transportation

Geffrey Anderson
Orest Dachniwsky
Jonathan Harrison
Alan Hegi
Kristin Newman
Howard Rosenthal
Kenneth Stogdill
KC Thompson
Dan Vela

Banking and Financial

Paul Bradford
Jonathan Cranz
Brandon Hill
Dan Lowry
Matthew Luensmann
Scot Pierce
Dan Settle
George Wommack

Bankruptcy

John Bonds
Joshua Eppich
Clayton Everett
J. Robert Forshey
Mark French
Marilyn Garner
Katherine Hopkins
H. Brandon Jones
Mike McConnell
Mark Petrocchi
Stephen Pezanosky
Jeff Prostok
Nancy Ribaudo
Sharon Sherman
Robert Simon
Brian Smith
Lindsay Steele
Clay Taylor
Behrooz Vida
Carla Vida

Business Law

Grant Blaies
William Blair
Bethany Brooks
David Dunning
Lisa Falcone
Kyle Harter
Randall Johnson
L. Kelly Jones
Jennifer McDaniel
Michael Moan
Michael Moore
Drew Neill
Orsen Paxton
Andrew Ramsey
Robert Stanulis
Chris Vickers
Elle Whitaker

Civil Law / Litigation

Whitney Beckworth
David Drez
Paul Elkins
Graigory Fancher
Walker Friedman
Sharon Fulgham
Brian Garrett
Timothy Howell
Jeff Lacy
Chad Lampe
Chase Medling
Jay Newton
Michael Peck
David Pels
John Proctor
James Scott
Andrew Sims
Joakim Soederbaum
Dan Steppick
Paul Vitanza
Thomas Williams
Mahan Wright

Civil Law / Transactional

David Garza
Marcus Mungioli
R. Mark Oliver
Scott Wiehle

Commercial Litigation

Michael Anderson
Joseph Austin
Lars Berg
Caleb Bulls
Hugh Connor
D. Mark Daniel
Randal Dean
Kolter Jennings
William Kirkman
William Korb
Guy Riddle
Brian Singleterry
Mack Swindle
Stephen Taylor
Eamonn Wiles

Construction

Richard DeBerry
Christian Ellis
Stephanie Harrison
Stephen Harrison
William Jenkins
Cara Kennemer
Eric Millner
Matthew Motes
Andrew Piel
Bradley Rice
Richard Schellhammer
Patrick Sheridan
Joe Tolbert
Hannah Watkins
Richard Wiseman
Kyle Wortham

Consumer Debt

Tom Brandon
Russell Devenport
James Foley
Donald Kaczkowski

Corporate Counsel

Andrew Lombardi
Craig Smetko

Corporate Finance /Mergers and Acquisitions

Brian Barnard
David Cook
Adam Fulkerson
Justin Hoover
James Larsen
Nathan McCune
John Phair
Jarratt Watkins

Criminal Defense

Sherry Armstrong
Bruce Ashworth
Brandon Barnett
Bruce Beasley
William Biggs
John Brender
Miles Brissette
Virginia Carter
Cody Cofer
Paul Conner
Craig Dameron
Mark Daniel
Nick Davis
Lance Evans
Brandon Fulgham
Bob Gill
Ashley Gilmore
Phillip Hall
Stephen Handy
William Harris
Daniel Hernandez
Lisa Herrick
Tom Hill
Jeff Hoover
Jason Howard
Christy Jack
Jeff Kearney
Robert Keating
Emily LaChance
Christopher Lankford
Thomas Lee
Letty Martinez
Chelsi McLarty
Gary Medlin
Dean Miyazono
Jayson Nag
Graham Norris
Brian Poe
W. Kelly Puls
Todd Rash
William Ray
P. Micheal Schneider
Justin Sparks
Anna Summersett
Alex Thornton
Benson Varghese
Greg Westfall
Luke Williams
Bryan Wilson
Jerry Wood
Reagan Wynn

Education

Neal Adams
Janet Bubert
Robert Ginsburg
George Haratsis
Jennifer Littman
Thomas Myers
Lynn Rossi Scott
James Whitton

Elder Law

Monica Benson
James Davidson
Karen Gordon
Charles Kennedy
Dana Zachry

Eminent Domain

Mary Barkley
Jamie Bryan
Roger Diseker
Timothy Harvard
Albon Head
S.G. Johndroe III
Chris Mosley
C. Matthew Terrell

Family Law

Laura Alexander
Katherine Allen
Andrew Anderson
Elizabeth Barr
Leslie Barrows
J. Kirk Bryant
Kristen Carr
Tawanna Cesare
Mark Childress
Anita Cutrer
Kelly Decker
Stephanie Foster
Kayla Gertsch
Vicki Hafer
Lisa Hoppes
Gregory Housewirth
Ashley Iovine
Jessica Janicek
Kevin Jones
Heather King
David Kulesz
Konnor Lee
W. Cade Lovelace
Dana Manry
Rick Mitchell
Melissa Mozingo
Gary Nickelson
Elizabeth Parmer
Shannon Pritchard
Danielle Reagan
Sarah Robbins
Kevin Schmid
Justin Sisemore
Dwayne Smith
Susan Smith
R. Keith Spencer
Robert Stites
Carrie Tapia
Whitney Vaughan
Dana White
Drew Williamson
Samantha Wommack

Government and Administrative

Austin Franklin
Robert Grable
Leann Guzman
E. Glen Johnson
Dee Kelly

Health Care Law

Julie Bergkamp
W. Marc McDonald
David Moraine
Henry Robinson
David Speed
Wayne Whitaker

Immigration Law

Nicolas Chavez
Veronica Chavez Law
Veronica Garza
Francisco Hernandez
Susan Lane
Edwardo Meza
Jason Mills
Margarita Morton
Brian Willett
Yadira Zepeda

Insurance

Derek Anderson
Janet Colaneri
Henri Dussault
Carter Ferguson
Michael Johnston
Christopher Nezworski
Christopher Pruitt

Intellectual Property Rights

Joseph Cleveland
J. Heath Coffman
Clark Cowley
Lee Hunt
Cheryl Leb
Warren Norred
Richard Schwartz
Brian Yost

International Law

Jeff Whitfield

Labor and Employment

Antonio Allen
Russell Cawyer
Jennifer Covington
Karen Denney
David Goodman
Laura Hallmon
Caroline Harrison
Chris Howe
Susan Hutchison
Claudine Jackson
Justin Malone
Andrea Paris
Lu Pham
Jay Rutherford
Jason Smith
Jennifer Sweeny
Rod Tanner

Land Use / Environment

Gary Moates
Ray Oujesky
Melinda Ramos
Sarah Walls

Medical Malpractice / Defense

Greg Blaies
Wesley Hightower
Jordan Parker
James Stouffer

Medical Malpractice / Plaintiff

Geno Borchardt
John Hart
Anna Kingsley Alvarado
Wesley Myers
Carol Traylor

Oil and Gas

Prichard Bevis
William Bredthauer
Eric Camp
Jeff Grable
Jeffrey King
Shayne Moses
J. Patrick Murphy
Andrew Neal
Nirav Patel
Shawna Rinehart
Clark Rucker
Bart Rue
Todd Spake
Taylor Spalla
John Thompson

Personal Injury

Mark Anderson
Wade Barrow
John Cummings
Dwain Dent
Paige Eldridge
Courtney Hanson
Robert Haslam
Rob Henry
Greg Jackson
Steven Laird
Kern Lewis
David Luningham
Stephen Maxwell
Chris Medlenka
Derek Montgomery
W. Bradley Parker
W. Travis Patterson
Anthony Pettitt
Ryan Roper
Jason Stephens
Ty Stimpson
Jeffrey Tillman
Tennessee Walker
Jack Walters
Roger Walton
Ben Westbrook
Coby Wooten
Jim Zadeh

Product Liability

John Jose
Meredith Knudsen
Preston Mundt
Elizabeth Thomas

Professional Malpractice (Non-Medical) Defense

Chad Arnette

Real Estate

Kendall Adair
Mark Bishop
Martin Garcia
Bryon Hammer
Sadie Harrison-Fincher
James Jay
Paul Johnson
Chad Key
E. Brad Mahon
Pati Meadows
Sharon Millians
Mitchell Moses
Russell Norment
Jeremy Pruett
Jeffrey Rattikin
Andy Rogers
Jennifer Rosell
Jessica Sangsvang
Rick Sorenson
Thomas Turet
Jody Walker
Robert West
Dan White

Securities Law

Natalie Carlgren
John Fahy
Toby Galloway
William Greenhill
Cal Jackson
Robin Perras
Andrew Rosell
Wayne Whitham

Sports Law

Glenn Orman
David Skeels

Tax Law

Gordon Appleman
Harry Bartel
Jacob Birnbaum
Lawrence Brown
Sean Bryan
David Coffin
James Creel
John Hunter
Al Malone
Dale O’Neal
Dustin Willey
Len Woodard

Technology / Virtual

Daniel Bates
Nicholas Bettinger
Donald Tiller

Traffic Law

Justin Holt
James Mallory
Lindsay Truly

Wills, Trusts, Estates and Probates

Heidi Angel
Michael Appleman
Marvin Blum
Antoinette Bone
Michael Bourland
Natalie Brackett
Kandice Damiano
Levi Dillon
Tena Fox
L. Stephen Franscini
Robert Gieb
Catherine Goodman
Shannon Guthrie
Lisa Jamieson
Robert Loudermilk
Mark Maples
Phil McCrury
R. Dyann McCully
L. Taylor McPherson
Paula Moore
Jeffrey Myers
R. Blair Norman
Tom Ryder
Rachel Saltsman
Melinda Smith
Michael Sweet
Laurie Weir

TOP ATTORNEYS 2022 Less than Five Years in Practice

Attorneys whose names are in bold type received 15 or more nominations in a category,
and attorneys who are in bold italic received between 10-14 nominations in a category.

Click on names listed in RED for more information.

Appellate Law

Jacob deKeratry

Attorneys for Nonprofits

Harrison Smith

Business Law

Tave Doty
Jonathan Heathman

Civil Law / Litigation

Logan Cochran
Grant Moore
Marylynn Smitherman

Civil Law / Transactional

David Miles

Commercial Litigation

Christian Martinez

Construction

E. Aaron Cartwright

Corporate Finance /Mergers and Acquisitions

Kayla Matus
Kylee Mease

Criminal Defense

Colleen Cornelison
Kristie Falbo

Family Law

Kayla Harrington
Desiree Hartwigsen
JaNeen-Marie Hopkins
Laura Richardson

Labor and Employment

Lanie Bennett
Amanda Roark
Taylor Winn

Oil and Gas

Mason Smith
Jacob Wall

Personal Injury

Matthew Aulsbrook
Elizabeth Haslam
Jose Robles
Mattilyn Smith

Real Estate

Ron Parent
Kaitlin Paule
Kylie Rahl

Securities Law

Andrew Homer

Wills, Trusts, Estates and Probates

Edward Boschini
Lisa McBee