Atlanta (February 24, 2011) – Twenty-nine MMM attorneys have been named as Georgia Super Lawyers: eighteen as Super Lawyers and eleven as Rising Stars. The Super Lawyers are honored in the March issue of Atlanta magazine. This is a record number of attorneys recognized for the firm.
The MMM attorneys, and the categories in which they are noted, include:
Georgia Super Lawyers
| Frank B. Bazzel | Real Estate |
| David W. Cranshaw | Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights |
| R. Jason D'Cruz | Employment & Labor |
| Frank W. DeBorde | Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights |
| John P. Fry | Intellectual Property Litigation |
| Thomas S. Gryboski | Real Estate |
| Lewis E. Hassett | Business Litigation |
| James "Mac" Hunter | Business/Corporate |
| John G. Morris | Real Estate |
| Marguerite E. "Becky" Patrick | Intellectual Property Litigation |
| Gerald L. Pouncey, Jr. | Environmental |
| David A. Rabin | Business Litigation |
| Douglas D. Selph | Real Estate |
| Robert C. Threlkeld | Health Care |
| Homer Lee Walker | Real Estate |
| Warren W. Wills, Jr. | Business Litigation |
| Tingkang (Tim) Xia | Intellectual Property |
| John C. Yates | Business/Corporate |
Georgia Rising Stars
| Scott L. Allen | Mergers & Acquisitions |
| Heather Champion Brady | Intellectual Property Litigation |
| Jason W. Eakes | Personal Injury Defense: Products |
| Christina M. Graham | Real Estate |
| John Lockett | Business Litigation |
| Simon R. Malko | Business Litigation |
| Duncan W. Miller | Real Estate |
| Shannan Oliver | Business Litigation |
| Anthony C. Roehl | Administrative Law |
| Matthew J. Sours | Real Estate |
| Kelly Whitehart | Intellectual Property Litigation |
Super Lawyers is a listing of outstanding nationwide attorneys from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The process involves peer and non-peer nominations, independent research and peer evaluation via a blue-ribbon panel. The top five percent in the process are then named aSuper Lawyer or Rising Star.
Rising Stars is a category that recognizes attorneys who are 40 years old or younger, or who have been practicing 10 years or less.
About Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP
Morris, Manning & Martin (www.mmmlaw.com) is a full-service law firm with national and international reach. We dedicate ourselves to the constant pursuit of our clients' success. To provide our clients with optimal value, we combine market-leading legal services with a total understanding of their needs to maximize effectiveness, efficiency and opportunity. MMM enjoys national prominence for its real estate, litigation, technology, healthcare, intellectual property, capital markets, environmental, green industry, insurance, mergers & acquisitions and timberland & forest products practices. MMM has offices in Atlanta, Raleigh-Durham, Savannah, Taipei, Beijing and Washington, D.C. and an alliance with FGCN in São Paulo, Brazil.
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