Congratulations! Wise Carter is pleased to announce the list of recognized attorneys featured in The Best Lawyers in America© for 2020. 

Gulf Coast Office

Lynda C. Carter

• Litigation – Health Care
• Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
• Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants

David C. Goff

• Litigation – Labor and Employment
• Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants

Frederick T. Hoff, Jr.

• Litigation and Controversy – Tax
• Real Estate Law
• Tax Law

Henry F. Laird, Jr.

• Commercial Litigation
• Litigation – First Amendment

James C. Simpson, Jr.

• Commercial Litigation
• Corporate Law
• Government Relations Practice

Stephen B. Simpson

• Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants

Hattiesburg Office

Joe D. Stevens

• Banking and Finance Law

Jackson Office

Mark P. Caraway

• Litigation – Health Care
• Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
• Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants

Betty Toon Collins

• Commercial Transactions / UCC Law
• Corporate Compliance Law
• Corporate Governance Law
• Corporate Law
• Health Care Law

Linda F. Cooper

• Insurance Law

Gaye Nell Currie

• Litigation – Health Care
• Product Liability Litigation – Defendants

Virginia S. Gautier

• Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers

D. Colllier Graham, Jr.

• Corporate Law
• Health Care Law
• Litigation – Health Care

James E. Graves III

• Railroad Law

Henderson S. Hall, Jr.

• Energy Law
• Utilities Law

R. Mark Hodges

• Health Care Law
• Litigation – Health Care
• Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants

Elizabeth G. Hooper

• Health Care Law

Kimberly N. Howland

• Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants

Crane D. Kipp

• Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law
• Health Care Law
• Land Use and Zoning Law
• Litigation – Land Use and Zoning
• Real Estate Law

William H. Leech, Sr.

• Banking and Finance Law
• Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
• Financial Services Regulation Law
• Litigation – Bankruptcy
• Litigation – Real Estate

Douglas E. Levanway

• Energy Law
• Energy Regulatory Law
• Litigation – Labor and Employment
• Litigation – Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy)

Eugene R. Naylor

• Health Care Law
• Insurance Law
• Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
• Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants

W. McDonald Nichols

• Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law
• Litigation – Trusts and Estates
• Real Estate Law
• Trusts and Estates

George H. Ritter

• Health Care Law
• Litigation – Health Care
• Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
• Railroad Law

James L. Robertson

• Admiralty and Maritime Law
• Appellate Practice
• Civil Rights Law
• Commercial Litigation
• Environmental Law
• Insurance Law
• Litigation – Antitrust
• Litigation – Environmental
• Litigation – First Amendment
• Litigation – Intellectual Property

Charles E. Ross

• Insurance Law
• Railroad Law

John P. Sneed

• Appellate Practice
• Commercial Litigation
• Corporate Law
• Litigation – First Amendment
• Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants

Andrew D. Sweat

• Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers

Barbara Childs Wallace

• Employment Law – Management
• Litigation – Labor and Employment

Michael B. Wallace

• Appellate Practice
• Bet-the-Company Litigation
• Commercial Litigation
• Government Relations Practice

Margaret H. Williams

• Corporate Governance Law
• Corporate Law
• Energy Law
• Government Contracts
• Health Care Law
• Mergers and Acquisitions Law

“Lawyer of the Year” Awards

• Andrew D. Sweat – Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers
• D. Colllier Graham, Jr. – Litigation – Health Care
• Douglas E. Levanway – Energy Law
• George H. Ritter – Railroad Law
• Margaret H. Williams – Corporate Law
• Michael B. Wallace – Government Relations Practice