Jones Walker LLP is pleased to announce that 136 attorneys across the firm’s offices are listed in the annual peer-review attorney rankings in The Best Lawyers in America© for 2021. In addition, 18 attorneys received the esteemed The Best Lawyers in America© “Lawyer of the Year” designation for 2021, and 32 attorneys are recognized on the inaugural The Best Lawyers in America© “Ones to Watch” 2021 list.

Best Lawyers®, established in 1983, is universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Best Lawyers ratings are based on peer-review surveys in which thousands of attorneys cast more than 2 million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their practice areas. Corporate Counsel magazine has called Best Lawyers “the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice.”

ATLANTA

Chad V. Theriot – Construction Law, Litigation – Construction

BATON ROUGE

Brandon Kelly Black – Litigation – Banking and Finance
John C. Blackman, IV – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law, Tax Law, Trusts and Estates
Boyd A. Bryan – Environmental Law
Fred L. Chevalier – Economic Development Law, Public Finance Law
Jeffry W. Gray – Real Estate Law
B. Michael Mauldin – Corporate Law, Trusts and Estates
F. Charles McMains, Jr. – Government Relations Practice
James C. Percy – Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Environmental, Litigation – Municipal, Litigation – Real Estate
Dionne M. Rousseau – Corporate Law, Securities / Capital Markets Law
Robert W. Scheffy, Jr. – Energy Law, Natural Resources Law, Oil and Gas Law, Real Estate Law
Robert C. Tucker – Litigation – Intellectual Property, Litigation – Patent, Patent Law, Trademark Law
Raedtha A. Vasquez – Real Estate Law
B. Trevor Wilson – Tax Law

BIRMINGHAM

Emily Sides Bonds – Commercial Litigation, Insurance Law, Litigation – Banking and Finance, Litigation – Municipal
C. Ellis Brazeal, III – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Litigation – Bankruptcy
Steven F. Casey – Land Use and Zoning Law, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
John W. Gant, Jr. – Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Tax Law
Mac B. Greaves – Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management
John Beaulieu (Beau) Grenier – Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Securities / Capital Markets Law, Securities Regulation
William W. Horton – Corporate Compliance Law, Corporate Governance Law, Health Care Law, Securities / Capital Markets Law, Securities Regulation
Daniel J. Martin – Health Care Law
Robert C. Walthall – Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), Corporate Law, Tax Law
Michael D. Waters – Banking and Finance Law, Corporate Law, Financial Services Regulation Law
Vernon L. Wells, II – Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Construction
Kary Bryant Wolfe – Litigation – Labor and Employment
Paul O. Woodall, Jr. – Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)

HOUSTON

Michael A. Chernekoff – Environmental Law, Litigation – Environmental
Lauren J. Harrison – Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Antitrust, Litigation – Intellectual Property
Neal J. Sweeney – Construction Law, Litigation – Construction

JACKSON

Joseph (JoJo) Lee Adams – Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management
Jeffrey R. Barber – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Litigation – Bankruptcy
Neville H. Boschert – Commercial Litigation, Insurance Law, Litigation – Antitrust
Robert E. Box, Jr. – Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), Tax Law
Mark T. Davis – Real Estate Law
William E. Dossett – Tax Law, Trusts and Estates
Lindsay Thomas Dowdle – Litigation – Labor and Employment
John F. Fletcher – Tax Law
J. Andrew Gipson – Securities Regulation
Chad J. Hammons – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Litigation – Bankruptcy
Kathryn H. Hester – Land Use and Zoning Law, Litigation – Land Use and Zoning
Robert B. House – Administrative / Regulatory Law
Gina M. Jacobs – Corporate Law, Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Kristina M. Johnson – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Litigation – Bankruptcy
Linda Bounds Keng – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law, Trusts and Estates
Craig N. Landrum – Banking and Finance Law, Corporate Compliance Law, Corporate Governance Law, Corporate Law, Financial Services Regulation Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Dennis W. Miller – Energy Law, Government Relations Practice
Christopher S. Pace – Economic Development Law, Gaming Law, Project Finance Law
L. Keith Parsons – Corporate Compliance Law, Corporate Governance Law, Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Public Finance Law, Securities / Capital Markets Law, Securities Regulation
Kaytie M. Pickett – Commercial Litigation
Keith R. Raulston – Commercial Litigation, Insurance Law, Legal Malpractice Law – Defendants, Litigation – Antitrust, Litigation – Banking and Finance, Litigation – Bankruptcy, Litigation – Insurance, Litigation – Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy), Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants, Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers
W. Whitaker Rayner – Copyright Law, Information Technology Law, Litigation – Intellectual Property, Trademark Law
Lisa A. Reppeto – Commercial Litigation
Thomas B. Shepherd III – Corporate Law, Gaming Law
Adam Stone – Commercial Litigation
Ann Corso Taylor – Real Estate Law
Aileen S. Thomas – Commercial Finance Law, Commercial Transactions / UCC Law, Corporate Law
Thomas E. Walker, Jr. – Administrative / Regulatory Law, Banking and Finance Law, Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), Corporate Governance Law, Corporate Law, Financial Services Regulation Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Securities / Capital Markets Law

LAFAYETTE

Gary J. Russo – Oil and Gas Law

MIAMI

Mark D. Rich – Tax Law, Trusts and Estates
Edward R. Shohat – Criminal Defense: General Practice, Criminal Defense: White-Collar

MOBILE

Palmer C. Hamilton – Banking and Finance Law, Corporate Compliance Law, Corporate Law
Ben H. Harris, III – Commercial Litigation
Clay A. Lanham – Real Estate Law
Michel Nicrosi – Commercial Litigation
Ronald A. Snider – Banking and Finance Law, Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Richard A. Wright – Banking and Finance Law, Litigation – Banking and Finance, Real Estate Law

NEW ORLEANS

H. Mark Adams – Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management, Litigation – Labor and Employment
Jesse R. Adams, III – Litigation and Controversy – Tax, Tax Law
William M. Backstrom, Jr. – Litigation and Controversy – Tax, Tax Law
L. Etienne Balart – Admiralty and Maritime Law
William C. Baldwin – Admiralty and Maritime Law
Allison C. Bell – Health Care Law
Edward Hart Bergin – Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy)
Richard D. Bertram – Admiralty and Maritime Law
Robert B. Bieck, Jr. – Litigation – Banking and Finance, Litigation – Mergers and Acquisitions, Litigation – Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy), Litigation – Securities
Timothy P. Brechtel – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law, Tax Law
Andre B. Burvant – Litigation and Controversy – Tax, Tax Law
Thomas A. Casey, Jr. – Commercial Litigation, Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
Susan K. Chambers – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law, Tax Law
R. Keith Colvin – Real Estate Law
Richard F. Cortizas – Land Use and Zoning Law
Mark A. Cunningham – Administrative / Regulatory Law, Antitrust Law, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Antitrust, Litigation – Mergers and Acquisitions
J. Kelly Duncan – Admiralty and Maritime Law, Gaming Law
David F. Edwards – Litigation – Trusts and Estates, Tax Law, Trusts and Estates
Madeleine Fischer – Commercial Litigation, Insurance Law, Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants, Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
George J. Fowler, III – Admiralty and Maritime Law, Commercial Litigation
Elizabeth J. Futrell – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Litigation – Bankruptcy
Covert J. Geary – Commercial Litigation, Litigation – ERISA
Glenn G. Goodier – Admiralty and Maritime Law
Alida C. Hainkel – Commercial Litigation
Harry Simms Hardin, III – Appellate Practice, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Intellectual Property, Litigation – Real Estate, Railroad Law
Pauline F. Hardin – Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Curtis R. Hearn – Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Securities / Capital Markets Law, Venture Capital Law
Jane Henican Heidingsfelder – Labor Law – Management, Litigation – Labor and Employment
Miriam Wogan Henry – Litigation – Trusts and Estates, Trusts and Estates
William H. Hines – Banking and Finance Law, Corporate Law, Insurance Law, International Trade and Finance Law, Project Finance Law, Real Estate Law
Robert “Bob” E. Holden – Environmental Law, Litigation – Environmental
Thomas P. Hubert – Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management, Litigation – Labor and Employment
Grady S. Hurley – Admiralty and Maritime Law, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Construction, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
R. Scott Jenkins – Admiralty and Maritime Law
Jonathan R. Katz – Tax Law
Tracy E. Kern – Employment Law – Management, Litigation – Labor and Employment
Jennifer Faroldi Kogos – Employment Law – Management, Litigation – Labor and Employment
Joseph F. Lavigne – Employment – Management, Labor Law – Management, Litigation – Labor and Employment
Edward F. LeBreton, III – Admiralty and Maritime Law, Insurance Law
Andrew R. Lee – Commercial Litigation
F. Rivers Lelong, Jr. – Corporate Compliance Law, Corporate Governance Law, Corporate Law, Real Estate Law
Sidney F. Lewis, V – Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management
Joseph J. Lowenthal, Jr. – Commercial Litigation
Michael W. Magner – Corporate Compliance Law
Christopher S. Mann – Employment Law – Management, Litigation – Labor and Employment
Matthew A. Mantle – Tax Law
R. Lewis McHenry – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Real Estate Law
Stanley A. Millan – Environmental Law
Mark A. Mintz – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Kenneth J. Najder – Corporate Law, Securities / Capital Markets Law, Securities Regulation
J. Marshall Page, III – Banking and Finance Law, Corporate Law, International Trade and Finance Law, Venture Capital Law
David G. Radlauer – Antitrust Law, Litigation – Antitrust
Rudolph R. Ramelli – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law, Tax Law
Carl D. Rosenblum – Oil and Gas Law
Amy Garrity Scafidel – Banking and Finance Law, Commercial Finance Law
Jefferson R. Tillery – Admiralty and Maritime Law, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
Richard J. Tyler – Construction Law, Litigation – Construction
Susan M. Tyler – Banking and Finance Law, Equipment Finance Law, Real Estate Law
R. Patrick Vance – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Banking and Finance, Litigation – Bankruptcy
Brett S. Venn – Commercial Litigation
Patrick J. Veters – Employment Law – Management
Edward Dirk Wegmann – Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Banking and Finance, Litigation – Construction, Litigation – Real Estate, Litigation – Trusts and Estates, Litigation and Controversy – Tax
Amy M. Winters – Health Care Law
Benjamin Paul Woodruff – Banking and Finance Law, Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
James E. Wright, III – Admiralty and Maritime Law
William Pitard Wynne – Admiralty and Maritime Law
Scott T. Zander – International Trade and Finance Law
Wayne G. Zeringue, Jr. – Admiralty and Maritime Law

PHOENIX

H. Hughes Grehan – Corporate Law

2021 “LAWYER OF THE YEAR” AWARD RECIPIENTS

BATON ROUGE

F. Charles McMains, Jr. – Government Relations Practice
Robert C. Tucker – Litigation – Intellectual Property
B. Trevor Wilson – Tax Law

JACKSON

Jeffrey R. Barber – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Neville H. Boschert – Litigation – Antitrust
Christopher S. Pace – Economic Development Law
W. Whitaker Rayner – Litigation – Intellectual Property
Thomas B. Shepherd III – Corporate Law

NEW ORLEANS

Robert B. Bieck, Jr. – Litigation – Banking and Finance
Mark A. Cunningham – Antitrust Law
J. Kelly Duncan – Gaming Law
Miriam Wogan Henry – Trusts and Estates
F. Rivers Lelong, Jr. – Corporate Compliance Law
Kenneth J. Najder – Securities Regulation
David G. Radlauer – Litigation – Antitrust
Edward Dirk Wegmann – Litigation – Trusts and Estates

HOUSTON

Neal J. Sweeney – Litigation – Construction

MOBILE

Ronald A. Snider – Banking and Finance Law

2021 “ONES TO WATCH” AWARD RECIPIENTS

ATLANTA

Todd Heffner – Commercial Litigation
William J. Shaughnessy – Construction Law, Litigation – Construction
William E. Underwood – Construction Law, Litigation – Construction

BATON ROUGE

F. Gibbons Addison – Commercial Litigation
Justin J. Marocco – Commercial Litigation
Thomas McCall – Commercial Litigation, Energy Law 

HOUSTON

Daniel J. Baldwin – Commercial Litigation
Ewaen Woghiren – Commercial Litigation 

JACKSON

Stacey Moore Buchanan – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Commercial Litigation
Blake M. Fulton – Banking and Finance Law, Corporate Law, Project Finance Law 

MOBILE

Joseph D. Steadman, Jr. – Banking and Finance Law, Litigation – Banking and Finance

NEW ORLEANS

Victoria Bagot – Corporate Law
Brett Beter – Corporate Law
Minia E. Bremenstul – Labor and Employment Law – Management
Jason A. Culotta – Labor and Employment Law – Management
Jennifer A. David – Construction Law, Insurance Law
Aimee Andrepont Decuir – Banking and Finance Law
Michael A. Foley – Labor and Employment Law – Management
Vanessa W. Graf – Corporate Law
John R. Guenard – Commercial Litigation
Elise M. Henry – Commercial Litigation
Thomas D. Kimball – Corporate Law
Allison B. Kingsmill – Commercial Litigation
Elisabeth B. LeBlanc – Corporate Law
Michael J. O’Brien – Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Hugh C. Seligman – Tax Law
Thomas Eamon Slattery – Commercial Litigation
Clinton Hansford Smith – Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Securities / Capital Markets Law, Securities Regulation
Heather Kirk Trosclair – Commercial Litigation
Christopher K. Ulfers – Commercial Litigation, Insurance Law, Transportation Law
Jane Y. White – Corporate Law, Real Estate Law
Hansford (Ford) P. Wogan – Transportation Law

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