Maynard Nexsen Attorneys Earn 2025 Mid-South Super Lawyers Distinction

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Maynard Nexsen is excited to announce that 34 Firm attorneys have been named 2025 Mid-South Super Lawyers, and 18 attorneys have been named 2025 Mid-South Rising Stars.

Additionally, 11 lawyers were named to the 2025 Attorney Top Lists. Attorneys on the Top List received the highest point totals in the peer nomination, independent research, and peer evaluation processes, a notable achievement.

The annual selections are made through a patented multiphase process that includes a statewide survey of lawyers, an independent research evaluation of candidates, and peer reviews by practice area. Each year, no more than five percent of the lawyers in the state are selected by the research team at Super Lawyers to receive this honor, and no more than two and a half percent are designated as Rising Stars. The intensive selection and evaluation process results in a credible and diverse roster of outstanding attorneys.

Learn more about the selection process. 

Top 50: 2025 Women Mid-South Super Lawyers

• Lauren C. DeMoss - Health Care
• Jayna Partain Lamar - Bankruptcy: Business
• Stephanie Mays - Employment & Labor
• Carole G. Miller - Employment Litigation: Defense
• Maibeth J. Porter - General Litigation

Top 50: 2025 Alabama Super Lawyers

• John N. Bolus - Business Litigation
• Lauren C. DeMoss - Health Care
• Jayna Partain Lamar - Bankruptcy: Business
• Warren Lightfoot, Jr. - Employment & Labor
• John C. Neiman, Jr. - Appellate
• David M. Smith - Employment & Labor
• Thomas Thagard, III - Business Litigation

Top 50: 2025 Birmingham Super Lawyers

• John N. Bolus - Business Litigation
• Lauren C. DeMoss - Health Care
• Jayna Partain Lamar - Bankruptcy: Business
• Warren Lightfoot, Jr. - Employment & Labor
• Stephanie Mays - Employment & Labor
• Carole G. Miller - Employment Litigation: Defense
• John C. Neiman, Jr. - Appellate
• David M. Smith - Employment & Labor
• Matthew W. Stiles - Employment & Labor
• Thomas Thagard, III - Business Litigation

Mid-South Super Lawyers 2025

Birmingham

• Lee E. Bains, Jr. - Class Action
• Josh Baker - Insurance Coverage
• Erica Barnes - Criminal Defense: White Collar
• John N. Bolus - Business Litigation
• Thomas J. Butler - Class Action
• Gregory S. Curran - Mergers & Acquisitions
• Richard J. Davis - General Litigation
• Lauren C. DeMoss - Health Care
• Helen Kathryn Downs - Personal Injury - Products: Defense
• John A. Earnhardt - Personal Injury - Products: Defense
• Christopher C. Frost - Insurance Coverage
• Peter S. Fruin - Securities Litigation
• Matthew W. Grill - Real Estate
• John B. Holmes, III - Employment & Labor
• Edward M. (Ted) Holt - Business Litigation
• Grace L. Kipp - Business Litigation
• Cynthia Lamar-Hart - Estate & Trust Litigation
• Jayna Partain Lamar - Bankruptcy: Business
• Warren Lightfoot, Jr. - Employment & Labor
• Kris J. Lowry - Business/Corporate
• Stephanie Mays - Employment & Labor
• Carole G. Miller - Employment Litigation: Defense
• Michael D. Mulvaney - Insurance Coverage
• John C. Neiman, Jr. - Appellate
• Matthew I. Penfield - Employment & Labor
• Maibeth J. Porter - General Litigation
• Frances King Quick - Employee Benefits
• David M. Smith - Employment & Labor
• John Smyth - Civil Litigation: Defense
• Matthew W. Stiles - Employment & Labor
• Thomas Thagard, III - Business Litigation
• William Wahlheim, Jr. - Employee Benefits
• Katharine A. Weber - Insurance Coverage

Huntsville

• W. Brad English - Government Contracts

Mid-South Rising Stars 2025

Birmingham

• Matthew J. Cannova - Employee Benefits
• C. Will Courtney - Business Litigation
• Anthony N. DellaSala - Employment & Labor
• Michael E. Evans - Mergers & Acquisitions
• Christian Flowers - Securities & Corporate Finance
• Alina A. Fountain - Government Finance
• Jordan LaPorta - Business Litigation
• Jennifer Moore - Securities Litigation
• Braden T. Morell - Insurance Coverage
• Spencer Newman - Mergers & Acquisitions
• Nicolas H. Peck - Business Litigation
• Brock Phillips - Employment & Labor
• James L. Sanders, III - Civil Litigation: Defense
• Mitchell Surface - Health Care
• Caleb C. Wolanek - Insurance Coverage
• Mary Caroline Wynn - Insurance Coverage

Huntsville

• Austin Mark Hagood - Family Law
• Zach Mardis - Business Litigation