Jones Walker LLP is pleased to announce its top rankings in Chambers USA 2026, the world’s leading legal data and analytics provider highlighting the top attorneys and law firms across the United States for more than two decades, published by Chambers and Partners. Attorneys and law firms are selected for inclusion based on submissions by legal practices, interviews, research, and client references.

Jones Walker ranked nationally in eight practices: Construction, Energy Transition, Gaming & Licensing, Occupational Safety and Health, Offshore Energy, Transportation: Shipping/Maritime: Finance, Transportation: Shipping/Maritime: Litigation (outside New York), and Transportation: Shipping/Maritime: Regulatory.

The firm also ranked regionally in 18 practices: Banking & Finance (Alabama, Louisiana), Bankruptcy/Restructuring (Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi), Construction (Georgia, Louisiana), Corporate/Commercial (Alabama, Mississippi), Corporate/M&A (Louisiana), Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation (Louisiana), Energy & Natural Resources: Oil & Gas (Louisiana), Environment (Louisiana), Gaming & Licensing (Louisiana), Healthcare (Alabama, Louisiana), Intellectual Property (Louisiana), Labor & Employment (Louisiana), Litigation: General Commercial (Louisiana, Mississippi), Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (Alabama, Louisiana), Public Finance (Louisiana, Mississippi), Real Estate (Louisiana, Mississippi), Tax (Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi), and Tax: State & Local (Florida, New York).

This year, 100 Jones Walker attorneys across the firm’s geographic footprint in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, New York, and Texas were recognized for their prominence in specific areas of law.

USA — NATIONWIDE

• William C. Baldwin, Offshore Energy
• William C. Baldwin, Transportation: Shipping/Maritime: Finance
• Richard D. Bertram, Transportation: Shipping/Maritime: Regulatory
• J. Kelly Duncan, Gaming & Licensing
• George J. Fowler, III, Transportation: Shipping/Maritime: Litigation (outside New York)
• Jane Henican Heidingsfelder, Occupational Safety and Health
• Grady S. Hurley, Transportation: Shipping/Maritime: Litigation (outside New York)
• R. Scott Jenkins, Transportation: Shipping/Maritime: Regulatory
• Cindy Matherne Muller, Offshore Energy
• Thomas B. Shepherd III, Gaming & Licensing
• Patrick J. Veters, Occupational Safety and Health

ALABAMA

• C. Ellis Brazeal, III, Bankruptcy/Restructuring
• Robert L. Carothers, Jr., Banking & Finance: Mainly Regulatory, Corporate/Commercial
• John W. Gant, Jr., Corporate/Commercial
• John Beaulieu (Beau) Grenier, Corporate/Commercial
• Frederick G. Helmsing, Jr., Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
• Brandon D. Hughey, Tax
• Michael Anthony Shaw, Bankruptcy/Restructuring
• Ronald A. Snider, Banking & Finance
• Michael D. Waters, Banking & Finance: Mainly Regulatory

FLORIDA

• H. French Brown, IV, Tax: State & Local
• Nicole Grimal Helmstetter, Bankruptcy/Restructuring
• David S. Weinstein, Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations

GEORGIA

• William J. Shaughnessy, Construction
• Neal J. Sweeney, Construction
• Chad V. Theriot, Construction
• William E. Underwood, Construction

LOUISIANA

• H. Mark Adams, Labor & Employment
• Jesse R. Adams, III, Tax
• William M. Backstrom, Jr., Tax
• William C. Baldwin, Marine Finance
• Allison C. Bell, Healthcare
• Brett Beter, Corporate/M&A
• Timothy P. Brechtel, Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
• Andre B. Burvant, Tax
• Christopher D. Cazenave, Construction
• Richard F. Cortizas, Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use
• Jason A. Culotta, Labor & Employment
• Mark A. Cunningham, Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
• Nadia de la Houssaye, Healthcare
• Sarah Y. Dicharry, Energy & Natural Resources: Oil & Gas
• Remy James Donnelly, Real Estate
• J. Kelly Duncan, Gaming & Licensing, Marine Finance
• Luke Falgoust, Banking & Finance
• Asher J. Friend, Corporate/M&A
• Elizabeth J. Futrell, Bankruptcy/Restructuring
• Covert J. Geary, Litigation: General Commercial
• Alex H. Glaser, Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
• Jeffrey P. Good, Real Estate
• Jeffry W. Gray, Real Estate
• Pauline F. Hardin, Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
• Curtis R. Hearn, Corporate/M&A
• Jane Henican Heidingsfelder, Labor & Employment
• Robert "Bob" E. Holden, Environment
• David M. Hunter, Energy & Natural Resources: Oil & Gas
• Jonathan A. Hunter, Energy & Natural Resources: Oil & Gas
• Jonathan R. Katz, Tax
• Matthew W. Kern, Public Finance
• Jennifer Faroldi Kogos, Labor & Employment
• Joseph F. Lavigne, Labor & Employment
• Michael K. Leachman, Intellectual Property
• Seth A. Levine, Energy & Natural Resources: Oil & Gas
• Sidney F. Lewis, V, Labor & Employment
• Michael W. Magner, Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
• Tyler Marquette, Real Estate
• Marjorie A. McKeithen, Energy & Natural Resources: Oil & Gas
• Mark A. Mintz, Bankruptcy/Restructuring
• Kenneth J. Najder, Corporate/M&A
• Jay O’Brien, Litigation: General Commercial
• J. Marshall Page, III, Banking & Finance, Corporate/M&A
• Avery B. Pardee, Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
• Alex P. Prochaska, Environment
• Rudolph R. Ramelli, Tax
• Chip Saulsbury, Banking & Finance, Corporate/M&A
• Amy Garrity Scafidel, Banking & Finance
• Britton H. Seal, Corporate/M&A
• Kelly C. Simoneaux, Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
• Meghan E. Smith, Environment: Litigation
• Richard J. Tyler, Construction
• Susan M. Tyler, Real Estate
• R. Patrick Vance, Bankruptcy/Restructuring, Litigation: General Commercial
• John D. Werner, Banking & Finance, Corporate/M&A
• Benjamin Paul Woodruff, Banking & Finance
• Chris Wootten, Public Finance
• Robert B. Worley, Jr., Labor & Employment
• Scott T. Zander, Public Finance

MISSISSIPPI

• Joseph (JoJo) Lee Adams, Labor & Employment
• Jeffrey R. Barber, Bankruptcy/Restructuring
• Neville H. Boschert, Litigation: General Commercial
• Mark T. Davis, Real Estate
• John F. Fletcher, Tax
• Gina M. Jacobs, Corporate/Commercial
• Kristina M. Johnson, Bankruptcy/Restructuring
• Craig N. Landrum, Corporate/Commercial: Banking & Finance
• Christopher S. Pace, Public Finance
• Kaytie M. Pickett, Litigation: Appellate, Litigation: General Commercial
• Thomas B. Shepherd III, Gaming & Licensing
• Adam Stone, Construction, Litigation: General Commercial
• Ann Corso Taylor, Real Estate
• Aileen S. Thomas, Public Finance
• Thomas E. Walker, Jr., Corporate/Commercial: Banking & Finance
• Clarence Webster III, Litigation: General Commercial

NEW YORK

• Alysse McLoughlin, Tax: State & Local

TEXAS

• Joseph E. Bain, Bankruptcy/Restructuring
• Michael A. Chernekoff, Environment

About Jones Walker
Jones Walker LLP (joneswalker.com) is among the largest 140 law firms in the United States. With offices in Alabama, Arizona, the District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, New York, and Texas, we serve local, regional, national, and international business interests. The firm is committed to providing a comprehensive range of legal services to major multinational public and private corporations, Fortune® 500 companies, money center banks, worldwide insurers, and emerging companies doing business in the United States and abroad.