18 Phelps Lawyers Named to 2024 Mid-South Super Lawyers Lists

NEW ORLEANS — Nov. 21, 2024 — Eighteen lawyers from Phelps’ Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee offices were recognized on the 2024 Mid-South Super Lawyers and Rising Stars lists. Chosen attorneys ranked in the top 5% of nominated lawyers in Alabama, Arkansas, Mississippi and Tennessee.

The guide added lawyers from Phelps’ Memphis office this year, highlighting the firm’s expansion into Tennessee and boosting its rankings in employment and business representation.

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

Twelve lawyers earned a spot on the 2024 Mid-South Super Lawyers list:

Birmingham, Alabama

• • Sydney F. Frazier, Jr. – Employment & Labor

Jackson, Mississippi

• • Reuben V. Anderson – Business Litigation
  • Todd Butler – Employment & Labor
  • LaToya C. Merritt – Employment & Labor
  • Thomas Siler, Jr. - Employment & Labor

Memphis, Tennessee

• • Richard D. Bennett – Employment & Labor
  • John A. Bobango – Business/Corporate

Mobile, Alabama

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

Tupelo, Mississippi

• • Mark N. Halbert – Employment & Labor

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. Six lawyers were picked for the 2024 Mid-South Rising Stars list:

Birmingham, Alabama

• • Kenneth W. Boyles, Jr. – Insurance Coverage

Jackson, Mississippi

• • Erin Doctor - Insurance Coverage
  • Nash Gilmore - Insurance Coverage
  • Loden Walker - Employment & Labor
  • Sarah Beth Wilson - Creditor Debtor Rights

Mobile, Alabama

• • Nicholas Patti - Business Litigation