NEW ORLEANS – June 26, 2019 – Jones Walker LLP is pleased to announce the firm has been recommended in the 2019 Legal 500 United States guide as a “Top Tier” firm in the following two practice areas:

• Industry focus – Transport: Shipping – Finance
• Industry focus – Transport: Shipping – Regulation

The firm has also been recognized in the following four practice areas:

• Industry focus – Transport: Shipping – Litigation
• Real Estate – Construction (including construction litigation)
• Real Estate
• Tax – US Taxes: Non-contentious

Additionally, two Jones Walker partners, Amy Garrity Scafidel and Neal J. Sweeney, are listed in the elite “Leading Lawyers” list; and Jones Walker partner Tyler P. Scarbrough and associate William J. Shaughnessy are listed in the “Rising Stars” list. The Legal 500 United States guide also recommended 29 Jones Walker attorneys in six practice areas.

The following attorneys have been recommended in the Industry focus – Transport – Shipping – Finance practice area:

• Amy Garrity Scafidel
• John J. Broders
• J. Kelly Duncan
• J. Marshall Page, III
• William C. Baldwin

The following attorneys have been recommended in the Industry focus – Transport – Shipping – Litigation practice area:

• Douglas C. Longman, Jr.
• L. Etienne Balart
• Grady S. Hurley
• Jefferson R. Tillery
• Robert T. Lemon II
• R. Scott Jenkins
• William Pitard Wynne

The following attorneys have been recommended in the Industry focus – Transport – Shipping – Regulation practice area:

• John J. Broders
• J. Kelly Duncan
• Marc C. Hebert
• Richard D. Bertram
• R. Scott Jenkins

The following attorneys have been recommended in the Real Estate practice area:

• Brandon D. Hughey
• R. Keith Colvin
• Kelly Rushin Lewis
• Susan M. Tyler

The following attorneys have been recommended in the Real Estate – Construction (including construction litigation) practice area:

• Chad V. Theriot
• Michael C. Drew
• Neal J. Sweeney
• Tyler P. Scarbrough
• William J. Shaughnessy
• William E. Underwood

The following attorneys have been recommended in the Tax – US Taxes – Non-contentious practice area:

• Andre B. Burvant
• Jesse R. Adams, III
• Jonathan R. Katz
• Rudolph R. Ramelli
• William M. Backstrom, Jr.

About Legal 500

The Legal 500 Series (www.legal500.com) is widely acknowledged as the world’s largest legal referral guide. The publication is an independent guide, and firms and individuals are recommended purely on merit. The Legal 500 Series’ analysis of law firm capabilities extends to 107 jurisdictions worldwide.

About Jones Walker

Jones Walker LLP (www.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.