25 Neal & Harwell attorneys are recognized by Best Lawyers® 2025. 19 Neal & Harwell attorneys are recognized by The Best Lawyers in America® 2025. Additionally, 6 Neal & Harwell attorneys are recognized in the 2025 edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America.
The Neal & Harwell attorneys selected for The Best Lawyers in America® 2025 are:
- Charles F. Barrett – Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Antitrust, Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants; Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Plaintiffs;
- Lisa P. Binder – Family Law, Family Law Mediation;
- Thomas H. Dundon – Aviation Law, Commercial Litigation, Criminal Defense: White-Collar;
- Philip N. Elbert – Medical Malpractice Law – Plaintiffs, Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs;
- Ronald G. Harris – Corporate Compliance Law, First Amendment Law;
- Aubrey B. Harwell III – Commercial Litigation, Criminal Defense: White-Collar;
- Aubrey B. Harwell Jr. – Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Criminal Defense: White-Collar;
- Philip D. Irwin – Commercial Litigation, Product Liability Litigation- Defendants;
- James R. Kelley – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Litigation – Bankruptcy, Tax Law;
- Marc T. McNamee – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Litigation – Bankruptcy;
- John E. Quinn – Commercial Litigation, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants, Product Liability Litigation – Defendants;
- William T. Ramsey – Criminal Defense: White-Collar, Entertainment Law – Music;
- Kendra E. Samson – Commercial Litigation;
- J. Isaac Sanders – Commercial Litigation, Criminal Defense: White-Collar; Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants;
- James F. Sanders – Criminal Defense: White-Collar;
- Mariam N. Stockton – Commercial Litigation;
- James G. Thomas – Appellate Practice; Commercial Litigation, Criminal Defense: White-Collar
- David G. Thompson – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Corporate Law; and
- Elizabeth S. Tipping – Commercial Litigation.
In addition, Ronald G. Harris is named the Best Lawyers® 2025 Corporate Compliance Law “Lawyer of the Year” in Nashville. “Lawyer of the Year” honors are awarded annually to only one lawyer per practice area in each region with extremely high overall feedback from their peers, making it an exceptional distinction.
The Neal & Harwell attorneys selected for Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America 2025 are:
- Benjamin C. Aaron – Criminal Defense: General Practice, Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Plaintiffs, Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs;
- William J. Harbison II – Civil Rights Law, Commercial Litigation, Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions-Defendants;
- Callie K. Hinson – Family Law;
- Simon N. Levitsky – Commercial Litigation;
- Nathan C. Sanders – Appellate Practice, Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Securities; and
- Jeffrey A. Zager – Appellate Practice, Commercial Litigation, Medical Malpractice Law – Plaintiffs.
Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers® has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Best Lawyers recognitions are compiled based on an exhaustive Purely Peer Review® evaluation. More than 184,000 industry leading lawyers are eligible to vote (from around the world), and we have received more than 25.8 million evaluations on the legal abilities of other lawyers based on their specific practice areas around the world.
For the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®, more than 23 million votes were analyzed, which resulted in more than 80,000 leading lawyers included in the milestone 31st edition.
For the 2025 edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America, more than 4 million votes were analyzed, which resulted in more than 27,000 lawyers honored in the new edition.
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