Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch Spotlights the Next Generation of Talent at Phelps
NEW ORLEANS — Aug. 20, 2026 — The Best Lawyers in America chose 63 Phelps attorneys for outstanding professional excellence in private practice for its 2027 “Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch” list.
Eligible lawyers have been in practice between five and nine years. Lawyer selections throughout the country in this newest edition are based on more than six million evaluations from peers.
The recognized lawyers are:
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
- Brittany Holt Alexander – Commercial Litigation
- Taylor J. Boudreaux – Commercial Litigation
- Taylor J. Crousillac – Commercial Litigation
- Nena Eddy – Commercial Litigation, Energy Law, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
- Adam P. Guarisco – Corporate Law, Tax Law
- Emma C. Looney – Health Care Law
- Cameron S. Miller – Corporate Law
- Christopher Vidrine – Commercial Litigation, Health Care Law
- Jordan Zeringue – Commercial Litigation
Birmingham, Alabama
- Margarita E. Arellano – Commercial Litigation
- Hannah M. Cassady – Trusts and Estates
- Samuel Garner – Insurance Law, Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
Fort Worth, Texas
- Blair Bennett – Real Estate Law
Gulfport, Mississippi
- John P. McMackin – Appellate Practice, Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Labor and Employment
- Nicki Villarrubia – Insurance Law
Houston, Texas
- J. Tillman Grogan IV – Insurance Law
- Catherine G. Gross – Insurance Law
- Marshall W. Haley – Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
- Kenderick Jordan – Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants, Transportation Law
- Nicholas A. Pohl – Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
- Lalitha Ramakrishnan – Insurance Law
- Katie Wilson – Insurance Law
Jackson, Mississippi
- Mallory Bland – Appellate Practice, Civil Rights Law, Litigation – Labor and Employment
- Sonya C. Dickson – Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Labor and Employment, Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
- Baxter Geddie – Corporate Law
- Nash Gilmore – Insurance Law
- Loden Walker – Labor and Employment Law - Management
- Taylor Weatherspoon – Litigation - Banking and Finance
Mobile, Alabama
- Matthew H. Hambrick – Commercial Litigation
- Aryne E. Hudson – Commercial Litigation
- Luke Nixon – Corporate Law
- Anna Alyce Parliament – Commercial Litigation
Nashville, Tennessee
- Alex Porter – Real Estate Law
New Orleans, Louisiana
- Leigh Ackal – Insurance Law
- Andrew Albritton – Labor and Employment Law - Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment
- Tucker T. Bohren – Insurance Law
- Gregory M. Burts – Commercial Litigation
- Michael J. Catalano – Transportation Law
- Clerc H. Cooper – Labor and Employment Law - Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment
- Blake Donewar – Commercial Litigation
- Magdalini Galitou – Transportation Law
- Sophie Gray – Environmental Law
- Jaina Dara Green – Commercial Litigation, Insurance Law
- C. Matthew Harrell – Health Care Law
- Patrick M. Judd – Appellate Practice, Commercial Litigation
- Harrison M. Martin – Commercial Litigation
- Elise K. McCanless – Insurance Law
- Madeleine K. Morgan – Insurance Law
- Melissa Redmon – Insurance Law
- Carlos Saravia – Commercial Litigation, Insurance Law, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
- Sarah Smith-Clevenger – Litigation - Labor and Employment
- Jesse Stewart – Commercial Litigation
- Virginia P. Stewart – Commercial Litigation, Construction Law
- Caroline Tilley – Insurance Law
- Claire Zeringue – Commercial Litigation, Insurance Law, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
Raleigh, North Carolina
- Turner R. Albernaz – Commercial Litigation
Tampa, Florida
- Chris B. Bach – Commercial Litigation
- Christopher Berg – Real Estate Law
- Christopher Cole – Insurance Law
- Evan Dahdah – Commercial Litigation, Insurance Law, Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants, Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
- Austin Laurienzo – Commercial Litigation
- Kyle N. Mosey – Real Estate Law
- Payton Pope-Koepsell – Litigation - Construction