38 Evans Petree Attorneys Honored in 2021 Listing of Best Lawyers and Ones to Watch
3 Named “Lawyer of the Year”
MEMPHIS, TN (August 20, 2020)- Thirty-three lawyers from Evans Petree PC were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in the 27th edition of The Best Lawyers in America 2021 and five lawyers were chosen for inclusion in the inaugural edition of Best Lawyers, Ones to Watch.
The attorneys are:
- C. Michael Adams, Jr.
- Blake W. Bourland
- W. Kerby Bowling
- Frank N. Stockdale Carney
- Charles W. Cavagnaro, Jr.
- David J. Cocke
- L. Clayton Culpepper III
- Paul F.T. Edwards
- R. Mark Field
- Joseph T. Getz
- Russell J. Hensley
- James Stephen King
- Michael R. Marshall
- John W. McQuiston II
- John F. Murrah
- Aaron J. Nash
- W. Lytle Nichol IV
- Caren Beth Nichol
- Richard E.M. Nichol, Jr.
- William L. Nichol V
- David C. Porteous
- Andrew H. Raines
- Andrew M. Raines
- Daniel T. Robinson, Jr.
- Ashby R. Scott
- David C. Scruggs
- Joel B. Sklar
- George V. Steffens IV
- Elizabeth Stengel
- E. Woods Weathersby
- John David Willet
- Andrew Wohlfarth
- Brian L. Yoakum
Attorneys included in Ones to Watch are Tommie A. Baird, Louise Chandler Biedenharn, Elizabeth Friary, Regan S. Sherwood, and Tyler G. Tollison.
In addition, David C. Scruggs was named the Best Lawyers 2021 Litigation & Controversy-Tax Law “Lawyer of the Year” in Memphis. Joseph T. Getz was named the Best Lawyers 2021 Construction Law “Lawyer of the Year” in Memphis. Frank N. Stockdale Carney was named the Best Lawyers 2021 Litigation- ERISA Law “Lawyer of the Year” in Memphis.
Since its inception in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Because Best Lawyers is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey in which more than tens of thousands of leading attorneys evaluate their peers on legal abilities in their practice areas, and because lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed, inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a significant honor.
