The 26th Edition of The Best Lawyers in America includes 27 attorneys who practice in Morris, Manning & Martin’s Atlanta, Savannah and Washington, D.C. offices. The attorneys were chosen by their peers for inclusion in the prestigious annual list. Best Lawyers honors attorneys Tom Gryboski in Atlanta and Rusty Ross in Savannah in two categories each. 

The attorneys, the practice areas in which they are honored, and their locations are as follows: 

* Bill Barringer, International Trade and Finance Law — Washington, D.C.

* Mark Block, Real Estate Law — Atlanta

* Ward Bondurant, Corporate Law — Atlanta

* Brian Butler, Real Estate Law — Atlanta

* David W. Cranshaw, Litigation - Banking and Finance — Atlanta

* Heather Friedman, Environmental Law — Atlanta

* Christina Graham, Real Estate Law — Atlanta

* Tom Gryboski

o Leisure and Hospitality Law — Atlanta

o Real Estate Law — Atlanta

* Betsy Karmin, Real Estate Law — Washington, D.C.

* John MacNaughton, Product Liability Litigation - Defendants — Atlanta

* Michele Madison, Health Care Law — Atlanta

* Julie Mendoza, International Trade and Finance Law — Washington, D.C.

* John "Sonny" Morris, Real Estate Law — Atlanta

* Will Planert, International Trade and Finance Law — Washington, D.C.

* Gerald Pouncey, Environmental Law — Atlanta

* Lauren Burnham Prevost, Corporate Law — Atlanta

* Daniel Prywes, Litigation - Labor and Employment — Washington, D.C.

* Robert Rearden, Real Estate Law — Atlanta

* Rusty Ross

o Health Care Law — Savannah, Ga.

o Real Estate Law — Savannah, Ga.

* Matt Sours, Real Estate Law — Atlanta

* Bruce Smith, Construction Law — Atlanta

* Seslee Smith, Product Liability Litigation - Defendants — Atlanta

* Bob Threlkeld, Health Care Law — Atlanta

* Carl Westmoreland, Land Use & Zoning Law “Lawyer of the Year” — Atlanta

* Andrew Williams, Real Estate Law — Atlanta

* Lee Walker, Real Estate Law — Atlanta

* Carol Weld King, Leisure and Hospitality Law — Washington, D.C.

More than three-quarter of the attorneys have been ranked for five years or more. They include Walker, who made the list for 15 years running. Those on the list for at least 10 years include Cranshaw, Morris, Pouncey, Threlkeld, Westmoreland, Williams, Ross and Barringer. Another nine MMM partners have made the list five or more times: Block, Gryboski, MacNaughton, Madison, Mendoza, Prevost, Bruce Smith, Seslee Smith and Weld King.
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