Maynard Nexsen CEO Receives Double Honors from Birmingham Business Journal

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Jeff Grantham named to BBJ’s CEO Awards and Who’s Who in Law

Maynard Nexsen, Chief Executive Officer Jeff Grantham, has been recognized by the Birmingham Business Journal with two notable distinctions, reflecting his leadership and impact on the legal profession. The publication named Grantham to its 2026 CEO Awards list and included him on its annual Who’s Who in Law feature. He will be honored at the CEO Awards ceremony on November 5 at the Harbert Center in Birmingham.

The Birmingham Business Journal's CEO Awards recognize chief executives across the region whose leadership has driven measurable growth, strengthened company culture, and produced lasting impact within their organizations and communities. The BBJ publishes its Who's Who in Law feature each year to highlight top managing partners, legal educators, and key industry leaders in the local legal community.

“Jeff embodies the kind of leadership the CEO Awards were created to recognize: strategic, principled, and deeply invested in the people around him,” said Ray Bullock, Chief Operating Officer of Maynard Nexsen, who nominated Grantham for the award. “Through every merger, every new office, and every new market, he has worked deliberately to preserve what makes this firm distinctive.”

Grantham's nomination reflects his leadership of Maynard Nexsen through a period of significant national expansion, during which the firm has grown from a respected regional practice into a firm with an increasingly broad national footprint. Colleagues who nominated Grantham for the honor pointed to his emphasis on building a unified firm culture through multiple mergers and new office openings, his disciplined approach to financial strategy and long-range planning, and his commitment to developing a deep bench of firm leadership so that growth could scale responsibly.

“Jeff’s vision, leadership, and hard work have positioned our firm to be nationally recognized and a model of sustained growth,” said Cary Beck, Chief Financial Officer of Maynard Nexsen. “Regardless of the strategic initiative or business priority in front of us, he consistently keeps the impact on our lawyers and staff at the forefront of every decision.”