Fifty-Nine Taylor English Attorneys Recognized by The Best Lawyers in America

ATLANTA, August 17, 2023 – Taylor English Duma is pleased to announce that 59 attorneys were recognized in 44 practice areas in the 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers in America.

In addition to being recognized as a Best Lawyer, John C. Sawyer was recognized as the Atlanta Nonprofit / Charities Law “Lawyer of the Year.”

The following Taylor English attorneys are recognized in the following practice areas:

Deborah A. Ausburn

• Commercial Litigation 

Alison M. Ballard

• Commercial Litigation 

Brent C. Bell

• Litigation - Construction 

R. Wayne Bond

•  Commercial Litigation
•  Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
•  Product Liability Litigation – Defendants 

Thomas V. Chorey, Jr. 

• Corporate Law 

Harold M. Cohen

• Franchise Law 

W. Scott Creasman 

• Copyright Law
• Litigation - Intellectual Property
• Litigation - Patent
• Trademark Law 

Foy R. Devine 

• Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs
• Product Liability Litigation - Plaintiffs 

Russell B. Dunlap (Ones to Watch)

• Intellectual Property Law
• Patent Law

Clinton “Tres” Dye III 

• Real Estate Law 

Lauren K. Einhorn (Ones to Watch)

• Litigation – Real Estate
• Real Estate Law 

Joseph M. English 

• Employment Law - Management
• Labor Law - Management
• Litigation - Labor and Employment

Mark E. Florak 

• Real Estate Law

Mark V. Hanrahan 

• Construction Law
• Litigation - Construction

Al B. Hill

• Corporate Law
• Mergers and Acquisitions Law 

Gail Golman Holtzman 

• Employment Law – Management
• Labor Law – Management
• Litigation – Labor and Employment 

Amanda Groover Hyland 

• Litigation - Intellectual Property
• Trademark Law 

Brynda Rodriguez Insley

• Insurance Law
• Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants 

Bryan F. Jacoutot (Ones to Watch)

• Commercial Litigation
• Labor and Employment Law – Management
• Litigation – Labor and Employment 

Micheline Kelly Johnson 

• Copyright Law
• Entertainment Law - Motion Pictures and Television
• Patent Law
• Trademark Law

LeeAnn Jones

• Commercial Litigation

Todd E. Jones 

• Commercial Litigation
• Litigation - Intellectual Property

Donald S. Kohla 

• Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law

Jeffrey R. Kuester 

• Patent Law
• Trademark Law

Lauren Parsons Langham 

• Real Estate Law

Vianney Lopez (Ones to Watch)

• Construction Law

Charles K. McKnight, Jr. 

• Commercial Litigation

A. Binford Minter (Ones to Watch)

• Corporate Governance and Compliance Law
• Corporate Law

Mark R. Moeller 

• Real Estate Law

Christina Moore

• Real Estate Law

Edward M. Newsom

• Commercial Litigation

Jeffrey Nix

• Construction Law
• Litigation – Construction

Coby Nixon

• Litigation – Intellectual Property 
• Patent Law       

Masae Y. Okura

• Immigration Law

Oscar N. Persons 

• Commercial Litigation
• Corporate Compliance Law
• Litigation - Securities
• Securities / Capital Markets Law

Henry M. Quillian III 

• Commercial Litigation
• Construction Law
• Litigation – Construction

John K. Rezac

• Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
• Litigation - Bankruptcy

Barbara J. Riesberg

• Commercial Litigation

Nida Rizvi (Ones to Watch)

• Corporate Law
• Mergers and Acquisitions Law

Michael S. Rosenthal

• Franchise Law

Michael Eric Ross 

• Commercial Litigation
• Employment Law - Management
• Labor Law - Management 

Mark I. Sanders 

• Leisure and Hospitality Law

John C. Sawyer 

• Litigation - Trusts and Estates
• Nonprofit / Charities Law
• Trusts and Estates

Gregory G. Schultz

• Real Estate Law

Nathaniel G. Slaughter III 

• Corporate Law

Peter R. Spanos

• Labor Law - Management

Robert D. Strauss 

• Corporate Law
• Equipment Finance Law
• Securitization and Structured Finance Law

Frank B. Strickland 

• Mediation

Marc A. Taylor 

• Employment Law – Management
• Litigation – Labor and Employment

R. Scott Tobin

• Mergers and Acquisitions Law

Seth Kincaid Trimble 

• Litigation - Intellectual Property
• Patent Law

Bryan P. Tyson

• Commercial Litigation

Daniel H. Weigel (Ones to Watch)

• Commercial Litigation
• Litigation - Intellectual Property

Mark S. Weinberg

• Real Estate Law

Jonathan B. Wilson 

• Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
• Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Technology Law

Stephen L. Wright 

• Construction Law

Yan “Linda” Yang (Ones to Watch)

• Intellectual Property Law
• Litigation – Intellectual Property

Keely Youngblood (Ones to Watch)

• Insurance Law
• Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants

Steven W. Zelkowitz

• Land Use and Zoning Law
• Real Estate Law

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