Super Lawyers Honors 22 Phelps Attorneys on 2025 Mid-South Lists
NEW ORLEANS — Nov. 20, 2025 — Twenty-two lawyers from Phelps’ Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee offices across 11 practice areas made the 2025 Super Lawyers and Rising Stars lists. Chosen attorneys ranked among the top 5% of nominated lawyers.
Super Lawyers ranks attorneys by weighing them on 12 different factors, including experience, client satisfaction, and pro bono and community service. Their peers also vote for them based on their professional achievements.
Eleven lawyers were chosen for the 2025 Mid-South Super Lawyers list:
Birmingham, Alabama
- Sydney F. Frazier Jr. – Employment & Labor
Gulfport, Mississippi
- Scott Ellzey – Insurance Coverage
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
- Jay Ebelhar - Employment & Labor
Mobile, Alabama
- Allen E. “Teeto” Graham – Transportation/Maritime
- Joseph “Jay” Minus Jr. – Employment & Labor
- William E. Shreve Jr. – Appellate
Eleven lawyers made the 2025 Mid-South Rising Stars list:
Birmingham, Alabama
- Kenneth W. Boyles Jr. – Insurance Coverage
- Hannah M. Cassady – Estate & Probate
- Taylor A. Johnson – Transportation/Maritime
Gulfport, Mississippi
- John P. McMackin – Appellate
Jackson, Mississippi
- Mallory K. Bland – Employment Litigation: Defense
- Sonya Dickson – PI – Products: Defense
- Erin Doctor - Insurance Coverage
- Baxter R. Geddie – Real Estate
- Nash Gilmore - Insurance Coverage
- Loden Walker - Employment & Labor
- Sarah Beth Wilson - Creditor Debtor Rights
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.