41 Evans Petree Attorneys Honored in 2025 Listing of Best Lawyers and Ones to Watch
3 Named “Lawyer of the Year”
Thirty-six lawyers from Evans Petree PC were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in the 31st edition of The Best Lawyers in America 2025 and five lawyers were chosen for inclusion in the Best Lawyers, Ones to Watch.
The attorneys are:
- Michael Adams, Jr.
- Blake W. Bourland
- David L. Bourland
- Donald E. Bourland
- Kerby Bowling
- Frank N. Stockdale Carney
- David J. Cocke
- James Cresswell, Jr.
- Clayton Culpepper III
- Paul F.T. Edwards
- Robert J. Fehse
- Mark Field
- Joseph T. Getz
- John J. Heflin III
- James Stephen King
- Michael R. Marshall
- John W. McQuiston II
- John F. Murrah
- Aaron J. Nash
- Caren Beth Nichol
- Richard E.M. Nichol, Jr.
- William L. Nichol V
- Scott B. Peatross
- Robert J. Pinstein
- 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
- Woods Weathersby
- John David Willet
- Andrew Wohlfarth
- Brian L. Yoakum
Attorneys included in Ones to Watch are Elizabeth Friary, Jack Heflin, Logan Klauss, Regan S. Steepleton, and Tyler G. Tollison.
In addition, David C. Scruggs was named the Best Lawyers 2025 Litigation and Controversy-Tax “Lawyer of the Year” in Memphis. Caren Beth Nichol was named the Best Lawyers 2025 Administrative/Regulatory Law “Lawyer of the Year” in Memphis. John F. Murrah was named the Best Lawyers 2025 Trusts and Estates “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.
