FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 17, 2015 CONTACT: Liza Nix Marketing & Communications 205.488.3633 88 MAYNARD COOPER & GALE ATTORNEYS LISTED IN THE 2016 BEST LAWYERS IN AMERICA Eighty-eight Maynard Cooper & Gale attorneys are recognized in the 2016 edition of The Best Lawyers in America as being leaders in their areas of practice. Maynard Cooper attorneys have appeared in every edition of The Best Lawyers in America dating back to the first edition in 1983, one year before the firm s founding. The Maynard Cooper lawyers cited in the directory for special recognition in their areas of practice are: Scott A. Abney W. Edward Bailey Litigation - Intellectual Property Litigation - Patent Lee E. Bains, Jr. Bet-the-Company Litigation Elizabeth G. Beaube Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law Julia Gruenewald Bernstein John N. Bolus Litigation - Securities Thomas H. Brinkley Economic Development Law James R. Bussian Thomas Julian Butler
Thomas C. Clark III John David Collins Gregory S. Curran Private Funds / Hedge Funds Law Luther M. Rusty Dorr, Jr. Litigation - Securities Litigation - Mark L. Drew John P. Dulin, Jr. John Earnhardt Peter S. Fruin Lucas B. Gambino W. Clark Goodwin
James L. Goyer III Litigation - ERISA Litigation - Mergers and Acquisitions Jeffrey M. Grantham Timothy W. Gregg Matthew W. Grill (*) Christopher B. Harmon John B. Holmes III Heyward C. Hosch III Edward A. Hosp Stephen C. Jackson Anthony A. Joseph Criminal Defense: Non-White-Collar Criminal Defense: White-Collar James W. King Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law Jayna Partain Lamar Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law Litigation - Bankruptcy Cynthia G. Lamar-Hart Litigation - John T. Lanier
Warren B. Lightfoot, Jr. Mining Law Workers' Compensation Law - Employers J. Kris Lowry Commercial Transactions / UCC Law Project Finance Law George G. Lynn Litigation - Antitrust Daniel H. Markstein III Litigation - Litigation and Controversy - Tax Jennifer R. McCain Jim G. McLaughlin Frank D. McPhillips Chris Mitchell Labor Law - Management James L. Mitchell (*) Randall H. Morrow Commercial Finance Law Commercial Transactions / UCC Law Michael D. Mulvaney Drayton Nabers Jr. (*) John Neiman (*)
Andrew S. Nix M. Beth O'Neill Land Use and Zoning Law James M. Pool Non-Profit / Charities Law Maibeth J. Porter Julie Portera Litigation - Securities James L. Priester Frances King Quick Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law J. Michael Savage Kirby Sevier Robert R. Sexton Mitesh B. Shah Lee L. Sheppard David M. Smith Labor Law - Management Workers' Compensation Law - Employers Joseph E. Smith John A. Smyth III Stephen W. Stallcup Barry A. Staples (*)
Matthew W. Stiles Labor Law - Management Stephen W. Still Thomas W. Thagard III Litigation - Intellectual Property Litigation - Mergers and Acquisitions J. Alan Truitt Energy Law Environmental Law Litigation - Environmental Natural Resources Law D. Bart Turner Environmental Law Litigation - Environmental William B. Wahlheim, Jr. Litigation - ERISA Hardwick C. Walthall Economic Development Law Non-Profit / Charities Law Katharine A. Weber H. Thomas Wells, Jr. Energy Law Litigation - Environmental Natural Resources Law S. Douglas Williams Project Finance Law Chris J. Williams Environmental Law David B. Block
Kevin C. Gray Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law Litigation - Bankruptcy Jon E. Holland Patent Law Technology Law J. Andrew Watson III Government Contracts Daniel M. Wilson Jaime W. Betbeze Admiralty and Maritime Law Ronald P. Davis J. Marshall Gardner David C. Hannan Admiralty and Maritime Law Zebulon M. P. Inge, Jr. J. Manson Murray Thomas S. Rue Admiralty and Maritime Law James F. Watkins Alvin L. Fox, Jr. Since its inception in 1984, Maynard Cooper & Gale has become a nationally recognized firm with more than 225 attorneys and offices in Birmingham, Huntsville, Mobile, Montgomery, Tuscaloosa, Ala. and San Francisco. The firm offers a full array of legal services to a broad and diverse client base consisting of Fortune 500 companies as well as closely held companies, partnerships, professional associations, charities and individuals. For more information, visit www.maynardcooper.com. ###