Jones Walker LLP is pleased to announce its top rankings in the 2021 edition of Chambers USA, a definitive resource for consumers of legal services in the United States by Chambers and Partners. Attorneys and law firms are selected for inclusion based on submissions by legal practices, interviews, research, and database resources.

The firm ranked nationally in four practices: Construction, Gaming & Licensing, Transportation: Shipping/Maritime: Finance, and Transportation: Shipping/Maritime: Litigation (outside New York). The firm also ranked regionally in 14 practices: Banking & Finance (Alabama, Louisiana), Bankruptcy/Restructuring (Louisiana, Mississippi), Construction (Georgia), Corporate/Commercial (Mississippi), Corporate/M&A (Louisiana), Energy & Natural Resources (Louisiana), Environment (Louisiana), Gaming & Licensing (Louisiana), Healthcare (Alabama, Louisiana), Labor & Employment (Louisiana), Litigation: General Commercial (Louisiana, Mississippi), Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (Louisiana), Real Estate (Louisiana, Mississippi), and Tax (Louisiana).

This year, 68 Jones Walker attorneys across the firm's geographic footprint in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, and Mississippi were recognized for their prominence in specific areas of law.

NATIONWIDE

• J. Kelly Duncan, Gaming & Licensing
• George J. Fowler, III, Transportation: Shipping/Maritime: Litigation (outside New York)
• Grady S. Hurley, Transportation: Shipping/Maritime: Litigation (outside New York)
• Thomas B. Shepherd III, Gaming & Licensing
• Neal J. Sweeney, Construction

ALABAMA

• C. Ellis Brazeal, III, Bankruptcy/Restructuring
• Robert L. Carothers, Jr., Banking & Finance: Mainly Regulatory
• John Beaulieu (Beau) Grenier, Corporate/Commercial
• William W. Horton, Healthcare
• Daniel J. Martin, Healthcare
• Michael D. Waters, Banking & Finance: Mainly Regulatory

FLORIDA

• Edward R. Shohat, Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations

GEORGIA

• Neal J. Sweeney, Construction
• Chad V. Theriot, Construction

LOUISIANA

• H. Mark Adams, Labor & Employment
• Jesse R. Adams, III, Tax
• William M. Backstrom, Jr., Tax
• William C. Baldwin, Marine Finance
• Robert B. Bieck, Jr., Litigation: Securities
• Boyd A. Bryan, Environment
• R. Keith Colvin, Real Estate
• Mark A. Cunningham, Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
• Sarah Y. Dicharry, Energy & Natural Resources: Oil & Gas
• J. Kelly Duncan, Gaming & Licensing, Marine Finance
• Elizabeth J. Futrell, Bankruptcy/Restructuring
• Covert J. Geary, Litigation: General Commercial
• 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
• Nadia de la Houssaye, Healthcare
• David M. Hunter, Energy & Natural Resources: Oil & Gas
• Jonathan A. Hunter, Energy & Natural Resources: Oil & Gas
• Matthew W. Kern, Public Finance
• Jennifer Faroldi Kogos, Labor & Employment
• Joseph F. Lavigne, Labor & Employment
• Seth A. Levine, Energy & Natural Resources: Oil & Gas
• Sidney F. Lewis, V, Labor & Employment
• Michael W. Magner, Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
• Marjorie A. McKeithen, Energy & Natural Resources: Oil & Gas
• Stanley A. Millan, Environment: Litigation
• Mark A. Mintz, Bankruptcy/Restructuring
• Kenneth J. Najder, Corporate/M&A
• J. Marshall Page, III, Banking & Finance
• James C. Percy, Environment: Litigation
• Alex P. Prochaska, Environment
• Rudolph R. Ramelli, Tax
• Carl D. Rosenblum, Energy & Natural Resources: Oil & Gas
• Dionne M. Rousseau, Corporate/M&A
• Amy Garrity Scafidel, Banking & Finance
• Robert W. Scheffy, Jr., Real Estate
• Meghan E. Smith, Environment: Litigation
• Richard J. Tyler, Construction
• Susan M. Tyler, Real Estate
• R. Patrick Vance, Bankruptcy/Restructuring, Litigation: General Commercial
• B. Trevor Wilson, Tax
• Amy M. Winters, Healthcare
• Scott T. Zander, Public Finance

MISSISSIPPI

• Jeffrey R. Barber, Bankruptcy/Restructuring
• Neville H. Boschert, Litigation: General Commercial
• Mark T. Davis, Real Estate
• Gina M. Jacobs, Corporate/Commercial
• Kristina M. Johnson, Bankruptcy/Restructuring
• Craig N. Landrum, Corporate/Commercial: Banking & Finance
• Christopher S. Pace, Corporate/Commercial: Municipal Finance
• Kaytie M. Pickett, Litigation: General Commercial
• Thomas B. Shepherd III, Gaming & Licensing
• Adam Stone, Litigation: General Commercial
• Ann Corso Taylor, Real Estate
• Aileen S. Thomas, Corporate/Commercial: Municipal Finance

About Jones Walker
Jones Walker LLP (joneswalker.com) is among the 120 largest law firms in the United States serving local, regional, national, and international business interests with offices in Alabama, Arizona, the District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, New York, and Texas. 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.