Christian & Small is pleased to announce 13 partners have been selected for inclusion on the list of 2015 Alabama Super Lawyers, and five more partners were named to the 2015 Alabama Rising Stars list. Additionally, Managing Partner Deborah Alley Smith and Partner Sharon Donaldson Stuart were named to the 2015 Alabama Top 25 Women Super Lawyers list, and Alley Smith was named to the 2015 Alabama Top 50 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 nominations and peer evaluations. 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.
2015 ALABAMA SUPER LAWYERS
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
Greer B. Mallette – Real Estate
Rick D. Norris, Jr. – Personal Injury Defense
Richard F. Ogle – Business Litigation
Deborah Alley Smith – Appellate, Alabama Top 50 Super Lawyers, Alabama Top 25 Women Super Lawyers
Richard E. Smith – Business Litigation
Daniel D. Sparks – Creditor/Debtor Rights
Sharon D. Stuart – Business Litigation, Alabama Top 25 Women Super Lawyers
Michael A. Vercher – Civil Litigation Defense
2015 ALABAMA RISING STARS
Bill D. Bensinger – Bankruptcy: Business
Bradley R. Hightower – Bankruptcy: Business
John W Johnson, II – Insurance Coverage
Jonathan W. Macklem – Business Litigation
Richard M. Thayer – General Litigation