Local Lawyers Named to “Best Lawyers” List

Dentons Sirote recently announced that 51 of the firm’s attorneys in 32 practice areas were named as part of the “The Best Lawyers in America 2022” list with four named as “Lawyer of the Year” award winners, an award honoring only a single lawyer in each practice area and designated metropolitan area. In addition, 11 Dentons Sirote lawyers have been named as “2022 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch,” which recognizes early-career lawyers for outstanding professional excellence in private practice in the U.S. Locally, four attorneys from the firm’s Mobile office were selected for “The Best Lawyers in America 2022”: J. Gregory Carwie, Shirley M. Justice, T. Julian Motes and Juan C. Ortega.
Additionally, 13 Cunningham Bounds LLC attorneys in Mobile have been honored in the 2022 edition of one of the lists. Two have also been named “Lawyer of the Year.” The Cunningham Bounds attorneys listed in “The Best Lawyers in America 2022” are William E. Bonner; Gregory B. Breedlove; Joseph M. Brown, Jr.; Toby D. Brown; David S. Cain, Jr.; J. Brian Duncan, Jr.; George W. Finkbohner, III; Robert L. Mitchell; Steven L. Nicholas; Stephen C. Olen; Lucy E. Tufts; and David G. Wirtes, Jr. The firm’s 2022 “Ones to Watch” honoree was Aaron N. Maples, who was recognized for his work in Mobile in the category of “Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs.” The firm’s “Lawyer of the Year” awardees are David S. Cain Jr. for “Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs” and Stephen C. Olen for “Litigation – Bankruptcy.”
“Best Lawyers in America 2022” also recognized 146 Phelps attorneys from 74 practice areas. More than half of the firm’s attorneys made the list, which included lawyers from all of Phelps’ U.S. offices. The publication named 12 Phelps attorneys as “Lawyer of the Year.” Locally, the following layers from Phelps were named to the list: J. Haas Byrd; E. Barrett Hails; Danielle Mashburn-Myrick; Sumpter M. McGowin, II; and Breanne Stanley Zarzour.