(Birmingham, AL/April 28, 2011) Fourteen attorneys with Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC have been named to Alabama Super Lawyers. The Firm's attorneys who were named to the list, along with the practice areas in which they are noted, are: Lawrence B. Clark, personal injury defense: products; Patricia Clotfelter, business litigation; Floyd D. Gaines, general litigation; H. Chervis Isom, real estate; Frank S. James, employment and labor; Denise W. Killebrew, real estate; Timothy M. Lupinacci, bankruptcy and creditor/debtor rights; J. Murphy McMillan III, real estate; Edward P. Meyerson, construction litigation; Anne W. Mitchell, estate planning and probate; Andrew J. Potts, estate planning and probate; William R. Sylvester, real estate; Susan S. Wagner, appellate law; and James C. Wilson, Jr., business/corporate.
Alabama Super Lawyers also named five Baker Donelson attorneys to its top attorney lists. Patricia Clotfelter, Denise W. Killebrew, Anne W. Mitchell and Susan S. Wagner were named among the top 25 female attorneys in Alabama. H. Chervis Isom was named among the top 50 attorneys in Alabama.
The publication also honored seven Baker Donelson attorneys in its 2011 list of Alabama Rising Stars: Stacey A. Davis, entertainment and sports; Jonathan R. Geisen, business/corporate; W. Patton Hahn, bankruptcy and creditor/debtor rights; Max A. Moseley, bankruptcy and creditor/debtor rights; Donald J. Nettles, construction litigation; Harriet Thomas Ivy, intellectual property litigation; and Sara M. Turner, personal injury defense: products.
The selections for this list are made by the research team at Super Lawyers, which is a service of Thomson Reuters, Legal division. Each year, the research team undertakes a multi-phase selection process that includes a statewide survey of lawyers, independent evaluation of candidates by the attorney-led research staff, a peer review of candidates by practice area, and a good-standing and disciplinary check. First published in 1991 by Law & Politics and acquired by Thomson Reuters, Legal in February 2010, Super Lawyers magazines reach more than 15 million readers across the country.