Jones Walker LLP is pleased to announce its top rankings in the 2020 edition of Chambers USA. The firm ranked regionally in 14 practices: Banking & Finance (Alabama, Louisiana); Bankruptcy/Restructuring (Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi); Construction (Georgia); Corporate/Commercial (Mississippi); Corporate/M&A (Louisiana); Energy & Natural Resources: Oil & Gas (Louisiana); Environment (Louisiana); Gaming & Licensing (Louisiana); Healthcare (Louisiana); Labor & Employment (Louisiana); Litigation: General Commercial (Louisiana, Mississippi); Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (Louisiana); Real Estate (Louisiana, Mississippi); and Tax (Louisiana). The firm also ranked nationally in three practices: Construction, Gaming & Licensing, and Transportation: Shipping/Maritime: Litigation (outside New York).

This year, 57 Jones Walker attorneys in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, and Mississippi were recognized for their prominence in specific areas of law.

NATIONWIDE

• J. Kelly Duncan, Gaming & Licensing
• George J. Fowler, III, Transportation: Shipping/Maritime: Litigation (outside New York)
• Thomas B. Shepherd, III, Gaming & Licensing
• Neal J. Sweeney, Construction

ALABAMA

• Robert L. Carothers, Jr., Banking & Finance: Mainly Regulatory
• John Beaulieu (Beau) Grenier, Corporate/Commercial
• William W. Horton, Healthcare
• Michael D. Waters, Banking & Finance: Mainly Regulatory

FLORIDA

• Edward R. Shohat, Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations

GEORGIA

• Joseph P. Henner, Construction
• Neal J. Sweeney, Construction
  
• Chad V. Theriot, Construction

LOUISIANA

• H. Mark Adams, Labor & Employment
• William M. Backstrom, Jr., Tax
• Robert B. Bieck, Jr., Litigation: Securities
• Boyd A. Bryan, Environment
• Fred L. Chevalier, Banking & Finance: Public Finance
• R. Keith Colvin, Real Estate
• Mark A. Cunningham, Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
• Nadia de la Houssaye, Healthcare
• Sarah Y. Dicharry, Energy & Natural Resources: Oil & Gas
• J. Kelly Duncan, Banking & Finance: Marine Finance, Gaming & Licensing
• Elizabeth J. Futrell, Bankruptcy/Restructuring
• Covert J. Geary, Litigation: General Commercial
• Jeffry W. Gray, Real Estate
• Pauline F. Hardin, Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
• Curtis R. Hearn, Corporate/M&A
• Jane Henican Heidingsfelder, Labor & Employment
• Robert E. Holden, Environment
• David M. Hunter, Energy & Natural Resources: Oil & Gas
• Jonathan A. Hunter, Energy & Natural Resources: Oil & Gas
• Matthew W. Kern, Banking & Finance: Public Finance
• Joseph F. Lavigne, Labor & Employment
• Sidney F. Lewis, V, Labor & Employment
• Michael W. Magner, Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
• Marjorie A. McKeithen, Energy & Natural Resources: Oil & Gas
• Kenneth J. Najder, Corporate/M&A
• J. Marshall Page, III, Banking & Finance
• Alex P. Prochaska, Environment
• Rudolph R. Ramelli, Tax
• Carl D. Rosenblum, Energy & Natural Resources: Oil & Gas
• Dionne M. Rousseau, Corporate/M&A
• Amy Garrity Scafidel, Banking & Finance
• Robert W. Scheffy, Jr., Real Estate
• Richard J. Tyler, Construction
• Susan M. Tyler, Real Estate
• R. Patrick Vance, Bankruptcy/Restructuring, Litigation: General Commercial
• Amy M. Winters, Healthcare
• Scott T. Zander, Banking & Finance: Public Finance

MISSISSIPPI

• Jeffrey R. Barber, Bankruptcy/Restructuring
• Neville H. Boschert, Litigation: General Commercial
• Mark T. Davis, Real Estate
• Gina M. Jacobs, Corporate/Commercial
• Kristina M. Johnson, Bankruptcy/Restructuring
• Craig N. Landrum, Corporate/Commercial: Banking & Finance
• Christopher S. Pace, Corporate/Commercial: Municipal Finance
• Kaytie M. Pickett, Litigation: General Commercial
• Thomas B. Shepherd III, Gaming & Licensing
• Ann Corso Taylor, Real Estate
• Aileen S. Thomas, Corporate/Commercial: Municipal Finance

Chambers USA ranks law firms and attorneys in six bands, with the first band being the highest ranking a firm or attorney can receive. There are also seven additional categories for attorney recognition. Chambers and Partners has published its highly regarded legal guides since 1990, relying on research and interviews to rank firms and attorneys. Chambers USA selects attorneys and law firms for inclusion in its rankings on the basis of submissions by legal practices, interviews, research, and database resources.

About Jones Walker
Jones Walker LLP (joneswalker.com) is among the 120 largest law firms in the United States serving local, regional, national, and international business interests with offices in Alabama, Arizona, the District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, New York, and Texas. The firm is committed to providing a comprehensive range of legal services to major multinational, public and private corporations, Fortune® 500 companies, money center banks, worldwide insurers, and emerging companies doing business in the United States and abroad.