The law firm of Christian & Small is pleased to announce 15 attorneys have been selected for inclusion on the list of Alabama Super Lawyers 2014, and seven more attorneys were named to the Alabama Rising Stars 2014 list. Additionally, Managing Partner Deborah Alley Smith and Partner Sharon Donaldson Stuart were named to the 2014 Top Women Alabama Super Lawyers List, and Smith and Partner Daniel D. Sparks were named to the 2014 Top 50 Alabama Super Lawyers list.
Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The selection process is multi-phased and includes independent research, peer nomination and peer evaluation. The Rising Stars list is developed using the same process; however, candidates must be either 40 years old or younger and in practice for 10 or fewer years.
Alabama Super Lawyers 2014:
LaBella S. Alvis – Personal Injury Defense
James B. Carlson – Personal Injury Defense: Products
Thomas W. Christian – Civil Litigation Defense
Robert E. Cooper – Personal Injury Defense: Medical Malpractice
Edgar M. Elliott, IV – Civil Litigation Defense
James C. Huckaby, Jr. – Class Action/Mass Torts
Greer B. Mallette – Real Estate
Rick D. Norris, Jr. – Personal Injury Defense
Richard F. Ogle – Business Litigation
Kenneth O. Simon – Alternative Dispute Resolution
Deborah Alley Smith – Appellate, Top 50 Alabama Super Lawyers, Top 25 Women Alabama Super Lawyers
Richard E. Smith – Business Litigation
Daniel D. Sparks – Bankruptcy: Business, Top 50 Alabama Super Lawyers
Sharon Donaldson Stuart – Business Litigation, Top 25 Women Alabama Super Lawyers
Michael A. Vercher – Civil Litigation Defense
Alabama Rising Stars 2014:
Bradley R. Hightower – Bankruptcy: Business
John W Johnson, II – Insurance Coverage
Abbott Marie Jones – Appellate
Jonathan W. Macklem – Business Litigation
Oscar M. Price, IV – Civil Litigation Defense
William R. Pringle – Business Litigation
Richard M. Thayer – General Litigation
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