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    45 Phelps Lawyers Named to Louisiana Super Lawyers and Rising Stars 2021

    December 28, 2020

    NEW ORLEANS — Super Lawyers chose 45 lawyers from Phelps’ Baton Rouge and New Orleans offices for its 2021 Louisiana Super Lawyers and Rising Stars lists. Only 5% of nominated lawyers in Louisiana made the list.

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

    The 2021 Louisiana Super Lawyers list includes 34 Phelps attorneys:

    Baton Rouge, La.

    • Shelton Dennis Blunt – Business Litigation
    • Susan W. Furr – Employment and Labor
    • Karleen J. Green – Employee Benefits
    • Michael D. Hunt – Construction Litigation
    • H. Alston Johnson III - Appellate
    • Thomas H. Kiggans – Employment and Labor
    • Errol J. King Jr. – Health Care
    • Steven J. Levine - Environmental
    • Randy P. Roussel – Real Estate

    New Orleans, La.

    • M. Nan Alessandra – Employment and Labor
    • Jane E. Armstrong – Employee Benefits
    • Barbara L. Arras – PI – Products: Defense
    • Robert J. Barbier – Transportation/Maritime
    • Kim M. Boyle – Employment and Labor
    • Michael M. Butterworth – Transportation/Maritime
    • Craig L. Caesar – Health Care
    • Miles P. Clements – Energy and Resources
    • Brandon E. Davis – Employment and Labor
    • Gary A. Hemphill – Transportation/Maritime
    • David M. Korn – Employment and Labor
    • Kevin J. LaVie – Transportation/Maritime
    • Daniel Lund III – Construction Litigation
    • Robert P. McCleskey Jr. – Transportation/Maritime
    • Evans Martin McLeod – Transportation/Maritime
    • Allen C. Miller Sr. - Business Litigation
    • Thomas Kent L. Morrison – Transportation/Maritime
    • David L. Patron - Business Litigation
    • Christopher K. Ralston - Business Litigation
    • Harry Rosenberg – Business Litigation
    • Mary Ellen Roy – Media/Advertising
    • Jay Russell Sever – Insurance Coverage
    • Rick M. Shelby – Bankruptcy: Business
    • James A. Stuckey - Banking
    • Michael S. Williams – Employee Benefits

    Eleven lawyers were picked for the 2021 Louisiana Rising Stars list:

    Baton Rouge, La.

    • Katherine Cicardo Mannino – Health Care
    • Madison T. DeWitt – Business/Corporate

    New Orleans, La.

    • Bart C. Bacigalupi - Banking
    • Taylor Bologna – Transportation/Maritime
    • Lauren E. Burk – Insurance Coverage
    • Lindsay Calhoun – General Litigation
    • Colin B. Cambre – Transportation/Maritime
    • Ashley J. Heilprin – Business Litigation
    • Ashley W. Hinton – Insurance Coverage
    • Arthur Kraatz – General Litigation
    • Rebecca Sha – Employment Litigation: Defense

    To qualify for the Louisiana 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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    Shelton Dennis Blunt

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    Michael D. Hunt

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    H. Alston Johnson III

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    Thomas H. Kiggans

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    Errol J. King, Jr.

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    Steven J. Levine

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    Randy P. Roussel

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    M. Nan Alessandra

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    Barbara L. Arras

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    Robert J. Barbier

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    Kim M. Boyle

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    Michael M. Butterworth

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    Craig L. Caesar

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    Miles P. Clements

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    Brandon Davis

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    Gary A. Hemphill

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    David M. Korn

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    Kevin J. LaVie

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    Daniel Lund III

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    Robert P. McCleskey, Jr.

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    Evans Martin "Marty" McLeod

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    Allen C. Miller

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    Thomas Kent Morrison

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    David L. Patrón

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    Christopher K. Ralston

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    Mary Ellen Roy

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    Jay Russell Sever

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    James "Jim" A. Stuckey

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    Michael S. Williams

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    Katherine Cicardo Mannino

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    Madison T. DeWitt

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    Bart C. Bacigalupi

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    Lindsay Calhoun

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    Colin B. Cambre

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    Ashley J. Heilprin

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    Arthur R. Kraatz

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    Rebecca Sha

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