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    15 Phelps Lawyers Honored by 2020 Mid-South Super Lawyers and Rising Stars

    November 30, 2020

    NEW ORLEANS — Fifteen lawyers from Phelps’ Mississippi and Alabama offices made the 2020 Mid-South Super Lawyers and Rising Stars lists. The listing highlights lawyers in Alabama, Arkansas, Mississippi and Tennessee. Only 5% of nominated lawyers in each state make the list.

    Super Lawyers ranks attorneys from more than 70 practice areas. Super Lawyers weighs them on 12 different factors, and their peers vote for them based on their professional achievements.

    Ten lawyers were chosen for the 2020 Mid-South Super Lawyers list:

    Jackson, Miss.

    • Reuben V. Anderson – Business Litigation
    • Fred L. Banks Jr. – Business Litigation
    • Ross F. Bass Jr. – Business Litigation
    • G. Todd Butler – Employment & Labor
    • Gary E. Friedman – Employment & Labor
    • James W. Shelson – Business Litigation

    Mobile, Ala.

    • Allen E. "Teeto" Graham – Transportation/Maritime
    • Joseph J. "Jay" Minus Jr. – Employment & Labor
    • William E. Shreve Jr. – Appellate
    • Cooper C. Thurber – General Litigation

    Five lawyers were picked for the 2020 Mid-South Rising Stars list:

    Gulfport, Miss.

    • Christine Bocek Whitman – Personal Injury General: Defense

    Jackson, Miss.

    • Sarah Beth Wilson – Creditor Debtor Rights: Business

    Mobile, Ala.

    • E. Barrett Hails – Transportation/Maritime
    • Danielle Mashburn-Myrick – Personal Injury General: Defense
    • Breanne Stanley Zarzour – Civil Litigation: Defense

    To qualify for the Mid-South Rising Stars honor, lawyers go through the same selection process as Super Lawyers. They must also have 10 years or less in practice or be 40 years old or younger.

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    Reuben V. Anderson

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    G. Todd Butler

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    Allen "Teeto" E. Graham

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    Joseph "Jay" J. Minus, Jr.

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    William E. Shreve, Jr.

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    Cooper C. Thurber

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    Sarah Beth Wilson

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    E. Barrett Hails

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    Danielle Mashburn-Myrick

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    Breanne Stanley Zarzour

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