Highlighted Lawyers & Firms
The Year’s Best in the Eyes of Their Peers
“Lawyer of the Year” Honorees
Laurie L. Gildan's wide-ranging experience in real estate includes representing home builders in land acquisition and project development; office building owners in leasing and building operations; developers and lenders in loans and loan restructuring; analysis of default situations and entitlement reviews of residential, golf course, commercial, office and warehouse properties. She is experienced in the representation of land bankers. Laurie also has the unique distinction of being a regist...
Jennifer West Signs is a partner in Balch & Bingham LLP's Gulfport, Mississippi, office and practices primarily in the area of commercial real estate acquisitions, development, and financing as well as general real estate law. She is an authorized signatory with the firm's Mississippi agency with First American Title Insurance Company and has extensive experience in negotiating and issuing complex land title policies for both lenders and owners in multi-million dollar transactions. Ms. Si...
Karleen Green has a blended labor and employment practice which concentrates on employee benefits and employment matters for both public and private employers, including compliance with federal and state employment laws as well as ERISA, HIPAA, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and COBRA. She represents clients in various industries, including construction, health care, public utilities, package and freight delivery, financial services, fueling, gaming, industrial equipment, insu...
Patrick Talley practices primarily in the area of commercial litigation, with a focus on transportation, energy and environmental law. Mr. Talley has worked extensively within the railroad industry, and is well-known both regionally and nationwide in that area. He has successfully represented railroads, including three Class I and two Short Line railroads, in matters involving cargo and freight claims, derailments, crossing litigation, and employee personal injury and death (F.E.L.A.). He als...
Ladd Sanger has over 25 years of experience advising and representing clients in aviation legal matters, including crash litigation, aviation insurance coverage issues, airport use, international aviation conventions, and National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigations. As a pilot with experience flying both fixed-wing planes and helicopters, Ladd understands the technical aspects of aviation crashes and applies that knowledge to all his clients’ matters. Ladd is an FAA-licen...
As managing partner of Barnes & Thornburg, Bob Grand leads the firm’s strategic development and execution of firm-wide internal and external goals. He is responsible for driving production, productivity, quality and client service strategies, evaluating and supporting systems objectives and resource needs, and serving as a catalyst for change and innovation. Bob works with the firm’s Management Committee and professional staff to identify new opportunities and design policies,...
"Ones to Watch" Recipients
Before she became an attorney, Caroline Carter traveled across the world to teach math in South Korea, then worked for several years in East Timor and Indonesia for the United Nations and various NGOs. After she returned to the United States, Ms. Carter realized that a career in the law would allow her to continue learning and to use what she learned to help others. As an attorney, she handles a broad array of matters, including commercial, construction, insurance, and antitrust disputes. She...
Kendall Kadish practices in the firm's Real Estate Group. His practice focuses on commercial real estate development and general business law matters. Kendall regularly advises clients on a wide variety of transactions, including acquisitions and dispositions of multi-family and low-income housing communities, senior living and memory care facility developments, commercial lease transactions, real estate finance and investment, joint-ventures, land-use and zoning, and major league sports stad...
Hannah E. Butler represents employers in all matters of employment and labor law. She advises clients on a broad range of employment matters ranging from drafting workplace policies to defending against lawsuits. Hannah also assists insurance carriers and their policyholders in high-stakes lawsuits including medical malpractice, nursing home liability and catastrophic personal injury cases. In her free time, Hannah enjoys camping, attending shows at local theaters, and perfecting her gumbo re...
Highlighted Firms
Carestream Health, Inc.
Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC
Spok
ELD International LLC
Apple