Eighteen lawyers from Burch, Porter & Johnson were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2017 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America© publication. Burch, Porter & Johnson has also been designated as a “Top Listed” firm with the most listed Memphis lawyers in Bet-the-Company Litigation, Environmental Law, Litigation-Environmental and Litigation-Land Use and Zoning practice areas.

Lawyers on The Best Lawyers in America© list are divided by geographic region and practice areas. They are reviewed by their peers on the basis of professional expertise, and undergo an authentication process to make sure they are in current practice and in good standing.

Burch, Porter & Johnson would like to congratulate the following attorneys named in these practice areas to The Best Lawyers in America© 2017 list:

Nathan A. Bicks

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Criminal Defense: White-Collar
  • Land Use and Zoning Law
  • Litigation – Land Use and Zoning
  • Litigation – Municipal

Beth Weems Bradley

  • Trusts and Estates

W. J. Michael Cody

  • Arbitration
  • Mediation

LeeAnne Marshall Cox

  • Real Estate Law

Joe M. Duncan

  • Corporate Law
  • Family Law
  • Litigation – Trusts and Estates
  • Trusts and Estates

Jef Feibelman

  • Bet-the-Company Litigation
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Ethics and Professional Responsibility Law
  • Litigation – Banking and Finance
  • Litigation – Labor and Employment
  • Litigation – Securities

Jennifer S. Hagerman

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Employment Law – Management
  • Litigation – Labor and Employment
  • Litigation – Land Use and Zoning

Douglas F. Halijan

  • Bet-the-Company Litigation
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Litigation – Intellectual Property
  • Trademark Law

David J. Harris

  • Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
  • Bet-the-Company Litigation
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Litigation – Banking and Finance
  • Litigation – Bankruptcy

Les Jones

  • Medical Malpractice Law – Plaintiffs
  • Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs
  • Professional Malpractice Law – Plaintiffs

Lisa A. Krupicka

  • Employment Law – Management
  • Litigation – Labor and Employment

Joshua B. Lawhead

  • Real Estate Law

Allen T. Malone

  • Arbitration
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Environmental Law
  • Litigation – Environmental
  • Mediation

 Charles F. Newman

  • Appellate Practice
  • Bet-the-Company Litigation
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Environmental Law
  • First Amendment Law
  • Litigation – Environmental
  • Litigation – First Amendment

Joel Porter

  • Bet-the-Company Litigation
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Litigation – Banking and Finance

Thaddeus S. Rodda, Jr.

  • Corporate Law

W. Rowlett Scott

  • Litigation – Real Estate
  • Real Estate Law

Laurel C. Williams

  • Corporate Law
  • Mergers and Acquisitions Law