Jones Walker LLP is pleased to announce its top rankings in the 2022 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 five practices: Construction, Gaming & Licensing, Transportation: Shipping/Maritime: Finance, Transportation: Shipping/Maritime: Litigation (outside New York), and Transportation: Shipping/Maritime: Regulatory. The firm also ranked regionally in 15 practices: Banking & Finance (Alabama, Louisiana), Bankruptcy/Restructuring (Louisiana, Mississippi), Construction (Georgia, Louisiana), Corporate/Commercial (Alabama, Mississippi — includes Banking & Finance and Municipal Finance), Corporate/M&A (Louisiana), Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation (Louisiana), Energy & Natural Resources: Oil & Gas (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, 74 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.

NATIONWIDE

• William C. Baldwin, Transportation: Shipping/Maritime: Finance
• 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)
• 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
• Timothy P. Brechtel, Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
• 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
• Alex H. Glaser, Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
• 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
• Matthew A. Mantle, Tax
• 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
• Thomas B. Shepherd III, Gaming & Licensing
• Meghan E. Smith, Construction, 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
• John F. Fletcher, Tax
• 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

NEW YORK

• Alysse McLoughlin, Tax: State & Local

TEXAS

• Dan L. Cogdell, Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations

About Jones Walker
Jones Walker LLP (joneswalker.com) is among the largest 125 law firms in the United States. With offices in Alabama, Arizona, the District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, 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.