The Best Lawyers in America® announced a record 24 Bell Nunnally attorneys are recognized in its 2025 edition.
“Because The Best Lawyers in America is a well-respected, peer-driven legal guide that is available to both businesses and the legal community, it is an honor to have so many of our lawyers recognized. It’s a validation of our client-first philosophy and our deep investments in both the legal and broader business communities,” said Christopher Trowbridge, Bell Nunnally managing partner. “This is also confirmation that we are, in fact, living our motto of being ‘Behind Every Great Company.’”
For the 2025 edition, more than 23 million votes were analyzed, and the Bell Nunnally lawyers named to The Best Lawyers in America® and their respective areas of recognition are:
- · Alana K. Ackels – Litigation – Labor and Employment
- · Katie R. Beaird – Litigation – Labor and Employment
- · Jean Pierre Boyea – Real Estate Law
- · R. Heath Cheek – Commercial Litigation
- · Andrew Dowdy – Corporate Law; Tax Law
- · Allison L. Elko – Real Estate Law
- · Karen L. Hart – Commercial Litigation
- · Kristopher D. Hill – Commercial Litigation
- · Heather H. (Jobe) Lindley – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- · Randall K. Lindley – Commercial Litigation
- · Jeffrey S. Lowenstein – Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Intellectual Property
- · Danica L. Mathes – Trademark Law
- · Kassandra G. McLaughlin – Real Estate Law
- · Russell W. Mills – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Litigation – Bankruptcy
- · Dania Duncan Moreno – Corporate Law; Real Estate Law
- · Mark A. Shoffner – Litigation – Labor and Employment
- · John D. Smart – Employment Law – Management
- · Saba F. Syed – Litigation – Labor and Employment
- · Jeff A. Tinker – Trademark Law
- · Christopher B. Trowbridge – Commercial Litigation
- · Jay M. Wallace – Litigation – Labor and Employment
- · David A. Walton – Commercial Litigation
- · David G. Webster – Commercial Litigation
- · Beverly A. Whitley – Appellate Practice; Commercial Litigation
Mathes has been listed for more than 18 consecutive years (since 2007) and Lowenstein has been listed 12 of the past 13 years. The following lawyers have been listed for five or more years: Ackels (since 2019), Boyea (since 2018), Cheek (since 2021), Hart (since 2017), Heather Lindley (since 2020), Randall Lindley (since 2021), McLaughlin (since 2018), Mills (since 2020), Smart (since 2018), Trowbridge (since 2017) and Whitley (since 2016).
In addition to those recognized in The Best Lawyers in America®, 17 other Bell Nunnally attorneys have been named in the Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America 2025 edition.