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Awards & Recognition

  • The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency presented its Region 4 Excellence in Site Reuse Awards to MMM Partners Gerald Pouncey and Heather Friedman for their collaborative environmental work on “Magnolia,” a riverfront live/work/play community in Charleston, S.C.
  • The 2024 Best Lawyers® Best Law Firms rankings honored more MMM practice areas than ever before. It put seven groups on the national level and 21 earned Metropolitan rankings for Atlanta, Washington, D.C. and Savannah, Ga
  • Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business gave national rankings to attorneys from four Morris, Manning & Martin practices: International Trade, Leisure & Hospitality, Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) and Startups & Emerging Companies. Overall, its 2023 rankings included 13 MMM practice groups and 26 attorneys ranked 13 MMM practice groups and 26 attorneys  
  • The Best Lawyers in 2024 in America named 54 MMM attorneys in 19 practice areas. It also recognized 55 young attorneys as Ones to Watch™
  • U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers® recognized five MMM practice groups with national rankings and 17 practice groups with Metropolitan rankings in the 2023 edition of “Best Law Firms.” 
  • Super Lawyers® 2023 recognized Julie Mendoza, a partner in the International Trade Group, among the Top 50 Women in Washington, D.C. A total of 11 MMM lawyers were recognized as Super Lawyers or Rising Stars. 
  • MMM earned Mansfield certification for the sixth year in a row. The certification is an objective measure of the firm’s commitment to diversityNew first awards image
  • Legal news service Law360 recognized Morris, Manning & Martin as a 2023 Regional Powerhouse in Georgia 
  • MMM won three 2023 Southeastern Legal Awards. Corporate Tech Partner Nick Foreste is in the “On the Rise” class, honoring attorneys under age 40. IP Partner and Chief Diversity Partner Dan Huynh is among those named as Best Mentors. Tax Partner Matt Peurach earned a spot among the Most Effective Dealmakers 
  • The Atlanta Business Chronicle’s 2023 Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) Awards honor Dan Huynh in the Corporate Diversity Champion category. 
  • The 2023 Business Today Lawyer Awards recognized MMM’s Elizabeth A. “Betsy” Karmin as one of the Top 10 Influential Real Estate Lawyers in Washington, D.C. 
  • John Yates, who chairs MMM’s Corporate Technology Group, won two significant 2023 honors: 
    • He is the first recipient of the Technology Association of Georgia’s Georgia Technology Lifetime Achievement Award 
    • The Atlanta Business Chronicle awarded Yates its 2023 Leaders in Corporate Citizenship Ann Cramer Lifetime Achievement Award 
  • For several years running, Atlanta Magazine named MMM’s Simon Malko, Gerald Pouncey, and John Yates to the Atlanta 500, which it calls "an anthology of the power that resides in Atlanta.” MMM has more attorneys on the list than any other firm.
  • GlobeSt.com/Real Estate Forum named Lee Anne Sapp one of its 2023 Women of Excellence, noting she is one of the most accomplished women in commercial real estate. Honorees in previous years include Catherine Morgen, Heather Friedman, Christina Graham, Betsy Karmin, Lauren Prevost and Carol Weld King
  • MMM Chairman Gerald Pouncey, who leads the firm’s Environmental Practice, testified before the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee in September 2022. He was chosen to represent the nation’s developers in discussion of The Brownfields Reauthorization Act. 
  • MMM's International Trade practice named Law360's 2022 Practice Groups of the Year 
  • BTI Consulting named MMM a 2022 BTI Associate Satisfaction A-Lister, reinforcing the firm’s commitment to recruiting and retaining female associates 
  • MMM has repeatedly earned a score of 100 on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s Corporate Equality Index, an annual assessment of LGBTQ+ workplace equality.  Awards Second Row
  • The Atlanta Journal-Constitution named MMM to its Top Workplaces list for 10 consecutive yearsAwards Third Row
  • MMM ranked #59 in American Lawyer Media’s 2022 Summer Associate Satisfaction Survey, dramatically outpacing its #172 ranking in the Am Law 200 
  • MMM earned the “Rookie of the Year” designation from the Georgia Legal Food Frenzy competition, noting that MMM contributed almost 25,000 meals to the Atlanta Community Food Bank in 2021, its first year competing in such competition
  • Connect Commercial Real Estate honored MMM’s Carol Weld King and Matt Peurach in its 2023 Lawyers in Real Estate Awards. Previous honorees include Heather Friedman and Matt Sours. Awards Fourth Row
  • The 2022 Georgia Legal Awards honored MMM Partners Simon Malko and Nick Rueter in its Distinguished Leaders and On the Rise categories, respectively 
  • Best Lawyers in America “Lawyer of the Year” for Atlanta:
  • Just the Beginning – A Pipeline Organization awarded its “5 Under 40” award to MMM Partner and Chief Diversity Partner Daniel Huynh
  • Lawyers of Color listed MMM Associate Shanellah Verna Harris on its Hot List 2022, honoring junior and mid-level attorneys who exemplify integrity, high achievement, leadership, and a passion for Diversity
  • Opportunity Zone Magazine named MMM Partner Matt Peurach to its Top 25 Attorneys listing each year since 2019