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25 Baker Donelson Attorneys Named Best Lawyers® 2026 "Lawyer of the Year"

August 21, 2025
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Each year, Best Lawyers® designates a select group of individuals as "Lawyer of the Year" in high-profile specialties in large legal communities. Only a single lawyer in each practice area and designated metropolitan area is honored as the "Lawyer of the Year," making this accolade particularly significant. Lawyers being honored as "Lawyer of the Year" are selected based on particularly impressive voting averages received during the exhaustive Purely Peer Review® assessments that Best Lawyers conducts with thousands of leading lawyers each year.

The Baker Donelson attorneys recognized as "Lawyers of the Year" in the 2026 edition of Best Lawyers are:

Attorney Best Lawyers Practice Area City
John B. Beard Mergers and Acquisitions Law Jackson
Ivy N. Cadle Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law Atlanta
Phyllis G. Cancienne Litigation - Labor and Employment Baton Rouge
Brigid M. Carpenter Product Liability Litigation - Defendants Nashville
Spencer Clift Litigation - Bankruptcy Memphis
Angie Davis Employment Law - Management Memphis
Bruce C. Doeg Information Technology Law Nashville
Amy Kebert Elder Gaming Law Jackson
Russell W. Gray Litigation - Labor and Employment Chattanooga
Gary W. Herschman Health Care Law Metropark (Iselin)
Cameron S. Hill Sr. Construction Law Chattanooga
Mary Ann Jackson Corporate Law Memphis
Denise W. Killebrew Real Estate Law Birmingham
Jon F. "Chip" Leyens Jr. Commercial Transactions/UCC Law New Orleans
Mark W. Mercante Construction Law New Orleans
Lori H. Patterson Securities Regulation Memphis
Laura Walker Plunkett Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law New Orleans
Joshua Powers Litigation - Health Care Chattanooga
Kristine L. Roberts Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions - Defendants Memphis
Layna Cook Rush Health Care Law Baton Rouge
Jill M. Steinberg Litigation - Health Care; Product Liability Litigation - Defendants Memphis
Jason A. Strain Real Estate Law Memphis
Stacy E. Thomas Litigation and Controversy - Tax Jackson
Paul B. Turner Derivatives and Futures Law Houston
David P. Webb Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law Jackson

 
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