Christian & Small is pleased to announce that 16 attorneys have been selected for inclusion on the list of 2019 Mid-South Super Lawyers, including two partners named to the 2019 Mid-South Rising Stars list. Partners Bill D. Bensinger and David B. Walston also are new to the Mid-South Super Lawyers list this year.
In addition, Managing Partner Deborah Alley Smith and Partners LaBella S. Alvis and Sharon D. Stuart were named to the 2019 Top 50 Women Mid-South Super Lawyers List, and Managing Partner Deborah Alley Smith and Partner Daniel D. Sparks each were named to the 2019 Top 50 Alabama Super Lawyers list and the Top 50 Birmingham Super Lawyers list.
Christian & Small attorneys recognized are:
- Helen J. Alford (Daphne, Ala. office) – Civil Litigation Defense
- LaBella S. Alvis – Personal Injury Defense – Medical Malpractice, Top 50 Women Mid-South Super Lawyers
- Bill D. Bensinger – Bankruptcy – Business
- James B. Carlson (10 years on the Super Lawyers List) – Personal Injury Defense – Products
- Edgar M. Elliott IV – Civil Litigation Defense
- John W Johnson II – Insurance Coverage
- James L. Pattillo – Personal Injury Defense – General
- Deborah Alley Smith – Appellate, Top 50 Women Mid-South Super Lawyers, Top 50 Alabama Super Lawyers, Top 50 Birmingham Super Lawyers
- Richard E. Smith – Business Litigation
- Daniel D. Sparks – Bankruptcy – Business, Top 50 Alabama Super Lawyers, Top 50 Birmingham Super Lawyers
- Sharon D. Stuart (10 years on the Super Lawyers List) – Business Litigation, Top 50 Women Mid-South Super Lawyers
- Richard M. Thayer – Civil Litigation Defense
- Michael A. Vercher – Civil Litigation Defense
- David B. Walston – Employment and Labor
2019 Mid-South Rising Stars:
- M. Jansen Voss – Civil Litigation Defense
- Sarah Beth Wilson (Ridgeland, Miss. office) – Creditor Debtor Rights
Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters business, 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 annual selections are made using a patented multiphase process that includes a statewide survey of lawyers, an independent research evaluation of candidates, and peer reviews by practice area. The Rising Stars list is developed using the same selection process, however, candidates must be either 40 years old or younger and in practice for 10 or fewer years.
All attorneys first go through the Super Lawyers selection process. Those who are not selected to the Super Lawyers list, but who meet either one of the Rising Stars eligibility requirements, go through the Rising Stars selection process. While up to 5 percent of the lawyers in the state are named to Super Lawyers, no more than 2.5 percent are named to the Rising Stars list.