Chambers USA Guide 2024 Ranks 24 Phelps Practice Areas and 69 Lawyers

NEW ORLEANS — June 6, 2024 — Chambers USA recognized 69 Phelps lawyers in its 2024 edition. The guide, which features premier lawyers and law firms across the country, ranked Phelps as a leading law firm in 24 practice areas.

For the first year, Phelps’ North Carolina Insurance practice earned a Band 1 ranking in Chambers USA. The team focuses on complex insurance coverage, litigation and arbitration. Lawyers handle both first- and third-party insurance coverage matters, including "bad faith" and extra-contractual litigation, across various policy types in state and federal courts. 

In addition, Phelps attained new rankings in:

• Construction – Nationwide
• Health Care – Alabama
• Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Insurer – Nationwide

Phelps earned Chambers USA’s highest recognition, Band 1, in 12 practice areas:

• Banking and Finance – Louisiana
• Energy & Natural Resources: Utilities – Louisiana
• Environment – Louisiana
• Gaming & Licensing – Louisiana
• Insurance – Louisiana
• Insurance – North Carolina
• Intellectual Property – Louisiana
• Labor and Employment – Louisiana
• Labor and Employment – Mississippi
• Real Estate – Louisiana
• Real Estate: Zoning Land/Use – Texas
• Transportation: Shipping/Maritime: Litigation (outside New York) – Nationwide

Chambers USA also recognized Phelps in nine other practices:

• Construction – Florida
• Construction – Louisiana
• Corporate/M&A – Louisiana
• Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation – Louisiana
• Health Care – Louisiana
• Insurance: Dispute Resolution – Florida
• Labor and Employment – Florida
• Litigation: General Commercial – Louisiana
• Litigation: General Commercial – Mississippi

Chambers USA ranks lawyers based on exhaustive research compiled by its in-house independent research team and editors, including submissions and feedback from clients and comments from peers. Rankings are based on categories such as technical legal ability, client service, professionalism and diligence.

Ranked Phelps lawyers include:

Alabama

• Christopher P. Couch – Banking & Finance: Mainly Regulatory
• James F. Henry – Health Care
• Crawford S. McGivaren, Jr. – Litigation: General Commercial
• Hal H. West, Jr. – Corporate/Commercial

Florida

• Brian Albritton – Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
• Bret Feldman – Construction
• Michael S. Hooker – Litigation: General Commercial
• Matthew L. Litsky – Insurance: Dispute Resolution
• Dennis McClelland – Labor and Employment
• Michael McGriskin – Insurance: Dispute Resolution
• John Phillips – Labor & Employment
• Reed L. Russell – Labor & Employment
• Seth M. Schimmel – Construction
• William J. Tinsley, Jr. – Construction

Louisiana

• Lee Adler – Marine Finance
• Nan Alessandra – Labor & Employment
• Bart C. Bacigalupi – Banking & Finance, Marine Finance
• Jeffrey M. Barbin – Gaming & Licensing
• William Bishop – Corporate/M&A
• Shelton Dennis Blunt – Litigation: General Commercial
• Kim M. Boyle - Labor & Employment
• Philip deV. Claverie, Sr. – Banking & Finance, Real Estate
• Philip deV. Claverie, Jr. – Banking & Finance, Real Estate
• Warner Delaune – Intellectual Property
• Virginia Dodd – Insurance
• Mark A. Fullmer – Corporate/M&A
• Kelsey Funes – Construction
• Susan W. Furr – Labor & Employment
• Karleen J. Green – Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
• Walt Green – Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
• Alan Harrell – Environment: Litigation
• David D. "Beau" Haynes - Health Care
• Nathan Huntwork – Energy & Natural Resources: Utilities
• Thomas H. Kiggans – Labor & Employment
• Errol King, Jr. – Health Care
• David M. Korn – Labor & Employment
• Steve J. Levine – Environment, Environment: litigation
• Daniel Lund, III – Construction
• Daniel Pancamo – Energy & Natural resources: Utilities
• David Patrón – Litigation: General Commercial
• Drew Patty – Intellectual Property
• Erik Piazza – Real estate: Zoning & Land Use
• Christopher Ralston – Intellectual property, Litigation: General Commercial
• Ragan Richard – Real Estate
• Harry Rosenberg – Litigation: General Commercial, Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
• Randy P. Roussel – Real Estate
• Mary Ellen Roy – Intellectual property
• Rick Shelby – Bankruptcy/Restructuring
• John O. Shirley – Energy & Natural Resources: Utilities
• James A. Stuckey – Banking & Finance, Real Estate
• David Topping – Environment
• Michael Williams – Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation

Mississippi

• Todd Butler – Labor & Employment
• Nash Gilmore – Litigation: General Commercial
• Mike Hurst – Litigation: General Commercial
• Danielle Mashburn-Myrick – Bankruptcy/Restructuring
• James Shelson – Litigation: General Commercial
• Thomas Siler, Jr. – Labor & Employment
• Sarah Beth Wilson – Bankruptcy/Restructuring
• James G. Wyly III – Litigation: General Commercial

North Carolina

• Thomas M. Contois – Insurance
• Kevin M. O’Brien – Insurance

Texas

• Blake A. Bailey – Litigation: General Commercial
• Frederick Junkin – Real Estate
• George S. McCall – Insurance
• Sondra S. Sylva – Insurance

USA - Nationwide

• Gary Hemphill – Transportation: Shipping/Maritime: Litigation - Outside New York
• Kevin LaVie – Transportation: Shipping/Maritime: Litigation - Outside New York
• Ivan M. Rodriguez – Transportation: Shipping/Maritime: Litigation - Outside New York