59 Miller & Martin Lawyers Recognized in Best Lawyers in America® 2025 Edition

August 15, 2024

Miller & Martin PLLC is pleased to announce that 59 lawyers have been included in the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America^®. Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence.

"For more than 40 years, the rigorous methodology of Best Lawyers has ensured the integrity and esteem of our legal recognitions," said Best Lawyers CEO Phillip Greer. "It is with great pleasure that we continue to provide potential clients with the pinnacle measurement of credibility through our Best Lawyers awards as they search for counsel."

Best Lawyers has earned the respect of the profession, the media and the public as a reliable, unbiased source of legal referrals. Its first international list was published in 2006 and since then has grown to provide lists in more than 75 countries.

Lawyers on The Best Lawyers in America list are divided by geographic region and practice areas. They are reviewed by their peers based on professional expertise and undergo an authentication process to make sure they are in current practice and in good standing.

The following Miller & Martin attorneys have been named to the 2025 The Best Lawyers in America list: 

* = New to the list this year

Atlanta, GA 

• Joseph All - Real Estate Law

• Alison Boyer - Real Estate Law

• Luther C. Curtis - Real Estate Law

• A. Josef DeLisle - Mergers and Acquisitions Law

• William A. DuPre IV- Litigation - Bankruptcy

• Jonathan D. Edwards- Mergers and Acquisitions Law

• Michael Kohler* - Commercial Litigation

• Ryan Kurtz - Commercial Litigation - International Arbitration - Commercial

• Michael P. Marshall, Jr. - Banking and Finance Law

• Jason S. McCarter - Commercial Litigation

• Eileen H. Rumfelt - Commercial Litigation - Criminal Defense: White-Collar - Litigation - Intellectual Property

• Lucas A. Smith - Real Estate Law

• T. Clayton Walts - Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law

• Neil L. Wilcove - Commercial Litigation - Litigation - Construction

Chattanooga, TN

• Donald J. Aho - Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, and Litigation - Securities

• Evan Allison - Real Estate Law

• Lynzi J. Archibald - Qui Tam Law

• John R. Bode - Employment Law - Management, Labor Law - Management, Litigation - Labor and Employment

• Edward N. Boehm - Antitrust Law

• Stacie Caraway - Employment Law - Management

• Christopher A. Crevasse - Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law, Employment Law - Management, and Litigation - ERISA

• Robert L. Dann - Real Estate Law

• Mark Degler - Corporate Law

• Roger W. Dickson - Arbitration, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, and Mediation

• Marcia Eason - Litigation - Banking and Finance and Product Liability Litigation - Defendants

• Kyle W. Eiselstein - Commercial Litigation, Insurance Law, Litigation - Health Care, and Litigation - Insurance

• T. J. Gentle - Corporate Law

• Leah M. Gerbitz - Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Insurance, Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants, and Product Liability Litigation - Defendants

• Zachary H. Greene - Commercial Litigation and Criminal Defense: White-Collar

• James M. Haley IV - Banking and Finance Law, Real Estate Law, and Securitization and Structured Finance Law

• R. Alston Hamilton - Corporate Law

• Bradford G. Harvey - Commercial Litigation, Employment Law - Management, Labor Law - Management, and Litigation - Labor and Employment

• Thomas L. Hayslett III - Real Estate Law

• John F. Henry, Jr. - Mergers and Acquisitions Law

• April Holland - Corporate Law

• E. Mattias Jannerbo - Mergers and Acquisitions Law

• Douglas T. Johnson - Copyright Law, Patent Law, and Trademark Law

• Laura Ketcham* - Commercial Transactions / UCC Law

• Charles B. Lee - Employment Law - Management, Labor Law - Management, and Litigation - Labor and Employment

• Alison Bales Martin - Commercial Litigation

• Allen L. McCallie - Real Estate Law

• W. Scott McGinness, Jr. - Corporate Law and Securities / Capital Markets Law

• Patrick S. Mitchell - Corporate Law

• Donald E. Morton - Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law and Trusts and Estates

• Ansley T. Moses - Tax Law

• Ward W. Nelson - Health Care Law

• Scott Parrish - Commercial Litigation, Corporate Law, and Litigation - Construction

• Richard C. Rose - Commercial Litigation, Criminal Defense: White-Collar, Health Care Law, Litigation - Construction, Litigation - Health Care, and Qui Tam Law

• Hugh F. Sharber - Corporate Law and Mergers and Acquisitions Law

• Carlos C. Smith- Antitrust Law, Corporate Law and Energy Law

• Mark W. Smith- Economic Development Law and Government Relations Practice

• Stephen John Stark - Litigation - Intellectual Property, Patent Law, and Trademark Law

• C. Crews Townsend - Commercial Litigation and Product Liability Litigation - Defendants

• William G. Trumpeter - Arbitration, Employment Law - Management, Labor Law - Management, and Litigation - Labor and Employment

• Franklin M. Williams - Mergers and Acquisitions Law

• James T. Williams - Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants

• W. Randall Wilson - Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Construction, Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants, and Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants

Nashville, TN

• Douglas Berry- Land Use and Zoning Law and Real Estate Law

• Dudley M. West - Commercial Litigation and Real Estate Law

About Miller & Martin PLLC

Miller & Martin is a leading full-service law firm with approximately 120 attorneys in four offices located in Tennessee, Georgia and North Carolina. Miller & Martin attorneys have advised and represented clients in business, commercial and litigation matters. They have been helping clients build, grow and protect business locally, nationally and globally for over 155 years. More information is available at millermartin.com.

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