{"id":4546,"date":"2025-03-07T06:17:21","date_gmt":"2025-03-07T06:17:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatrustedlawyers.com\/blog\/2025-southeastern-legal-awards-finalists-announced\/"},"modified":"2025-03-07T06:17:21","modified_gmt":"2025-03-07T06:17:21","slug":"2025-southeastern-legal-awards-finalists-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatrustedlawyers.com\/blog\/2025-southeastern-legal-awards-finalists-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"2025 Southeastern Legal Awards Finalists Announced"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The Daily Report and Law.com are pleased to announce its 2025 winners and finalists in our Southeastern Legal Awards, which honors attorneys in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama and Tennessee.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The honorees will be recognized at a gala on May 1, 2025 at The Whitley in Atlanta. We’ll also publish a special section, further highlighting these skilled attorneys and their important accomplishments. We’ll announce the winners in each finalist category, including Attorney of the Year and Law Firm of the Year, at the dinner.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The award winners and finalists are:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Law Firm of the Year Finalists<\/b>
Akerman
Bass, Berry & Sims
King & Spalding<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Attorney of the Year Finalists<\/b>
Andy Bayman, King & Spalding
Kelly Dempsey, Fox Rothschild
Angie Zimmern, McGuireWoods<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Best Legal Innovation Finalists<\/b>
Kilpatrick
King & Spalding
The Jeffcoat Firm
Polsinelli<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Best Mentors Finalists<\/b>
Sandra Brown, Greenspoon Marder
David Cox, Bass, Berry & Sims
Christina Graham, Morris, Manning & Martin
Jodi Westbrook Flowers, Motley Rice
Robert Friedman, King & Spalding
Kristine Roberts, Baker Donelson
Michael Stewart, Bass, Berry & Sims<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Distinguished Leaders Honorees<\/b>
Jeffrey D. Horst, Krevolin & Horst
Afi S. Johnson-Parris, Fox Rothschild
Edward Lindsey, Dentons
Jasmine Pitt, Akerman
Rachel Reid, Eversheds Sutherland
Richard Valladares, Greenberg Traurig
Kyle Williams, Williams Teusink<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Diversity Initiative Finalists<\/b>
Akerman
Barnes & Thornburg
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings
IMS Legal Strategies
McGuireWoods
Moore & Van Allen
Troutman Pepper Locke<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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In-House Counsel of the Year Finalists\u00a0<\/b>
Dara Steele Belkin, Global Payments
David Benck, Hibbett Sports
Rebecca Prosise, IMS Legal Strategies
Jennifer Scantling, Mercedes-Benz USA
Jessica Young, Advanced Correctional Healthcare, Inc.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Legal Innovators Finalists<\/b>
Virginia Ring, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
Greg Siskind, Siskind Susser
Jennifer Scotton, Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete
Angelo Spinola, Polsinelli<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Lifetime Achievers<\/b>
Todd Brown, Hunton Andrews Kurth
Edward D. Buckley, Buckley Bala Wilson Mew
Gordon Giffin, Dentons
Steve Lewis, Troutman Pepper Locke<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Litigation Departments of the Year, General Litigation Finalists<\/b>
Beal Sutherland Berlin & Brown
Bondurant Mixson & Elmore
Dentons
Eversheds Sutherland
Greenberg Traurig
Krevolin & Horst<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Litigation Departments of the Year, Specialty Practice Insurance Winner<\/b>
Akerman<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Litigation Departments of the Year, Specialty Practice Intellectual Property Finalists<\/b>
Alston & Bird
Duane Morris<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Litigation Departments of the Year, Specialty Practice Labor & Employment Winner<\/b>
Seyfarth Shaw<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Litigation Departments of the Year, Specialty Practice Personal Injury Finalists<\/b>
Conley Griggs Partin
Spaulding Injury Law<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Litigation Departments of the Year, Specialty Practice Products Liability Finalists<\/b>
Greenberg Traurig
King & Spalding
Lightfoot, Franklin & White
Motley Rice
Nelson Mullins<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Litigation Departments of the Year, Specialty Practice White Collar Finalists<\/b>
Bass, Berry & Sims
King & Spalding
Womble Bond Dickinson<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Managing Partner of the Year Finalists<\/b>
Mark Chalos, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein
Brian Kahn, McGuireWoods
John T.L. Koenig, Barnes & Thornburg
Kelli Lester, Morgan & Morgan
Todd Rolapp, Bass, Berry & Sims<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Most Effective Dealmakers Finalists<\/b>
Hunter Carpenter, Akerman
Brett Moskowitz, Moore & Van Allen
Vince Phillips, Arrington & Phillips
Joseph Silver, DLA Piper<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Most Promising Newcomer Finalists<\/b>
Jessica Blau, McGuireWoods
Alyssa Cavanaugh, Troutman Pepper Locke
Juliana Mesa, Bondurant Mixson & Elmore
Mirabella Nwaka, Akerman
Rolando Rengifo, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
Nicholas Williams, Motley Rice<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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On the Rise in Alabama Honorees<\/b>
Amaobi J. Enyinnia, Lightfoot, Franklin & White
Warner Hornsby, Beasley Allen Law Firm
Wyatt Montgomery, Beasley Allen Law Firm<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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On the Rise in Georgia Honorees<\/b>
Alexandra C. Apple, Troutman Pepper Locke
Sarah Brewerton-Palmer, Caplan Cobb
Gino Brogdon, Miles Mediation & Arbitration
Dan Englander, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
Bryan Jacoutot, Clark Hill
Karan Jhurani, Fish & Richardson
Matthew Sellers, Bondurant Mixson & Elmore
Elaine Tapp, Alston & Bird
Alyssa Walker, Eversheds Sutherland<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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On the Rise in Mississippi Honorees<\/b>
William Graves, Morgan & Morgan
Ira Rushing, Tully Rinckey<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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On the Rise in North Carolina Honorees<\/b>
Megan Early-Soppa, Spencer Fane
Michael Fulks, Akerman
Zachary Higbee, Alston & Bird
Kelsey Kingsbery, Alston & Bird
Barrett Morris, Moore & Van Allen
Laura Stemkowski, Motley Rice<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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On the Rise in Tennessee Honorees<\/b>
Leigh Anne St. Charles, Sanford Heisler Sharp McKnight
Al\u00e9 Dalton, Bradley Arant
Brian Irving, Bass, Berry & Sims
Nicole Sims, Burr & Forman<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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