34 Evans Petree Attorneys Honored in 2022 Listing of Best Lawyers and Ones to Watch
3 Named “Lawyer of the Year”
MEMPHIS, TN (August 19, 2021)- Twenty-nine lawyers from Evans Petree PC were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in the 28th edition of The Best Lawyers in America 2022 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
- R. Mark Field
- Joseph T. Getz
- James Stephen King
- Michael R. Marshall
- 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
- 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. Steepleton, and Tyler G. Tollison.
In addition, David C. Scruggs was named the Best Lawyers 2022 Administrative/Regulatory Law “Lawyer of the Year” in Memphis. John F. Murrah was named the Best Lawyers 2022 Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law “Lawyer of the Year” in Memphis. Frank N. Stockdale Carney was named the Best Lawyers 2022 Employee Benefits (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.
