HunterMaclean, a business law firm with offices in Savannah and St. Simons Island, was recently honored with the selection of 12 attorneys as 2026 Georgia Super Lawyers and five attorneys as 2026 Rising Stars.

This is the first year that Matthew Repella and Stuart Wallace have been included on the prestigious Georgia Rising Stars list. 

Attorneys are selected based upon peer review, professional achievements, and independent research. The process identifies attorneys from more than seventy practice areas who have achieved distinction in their respective practices of law. 

The following HunterMaclean attorneys were recognized as 2026 Georgia Super Lawyers: 

• David M. Burkoff – Business Litigation 

• Rachel Y. Fields – Business Litigation

• T. Mills Fleming – Health Care

• Bradley M. Harmon – Business Litigation 

• Wade W. Herring, II – Employment & Labor  

• Christopher R. Jordan – Business Litigation

• Shawn A. Kachmar – Employment Litigation

• Sarah H. Lamar – Employment & Labor 

• Francesca Macchiaverna – Business Litigation 

• Kirby G. Mason – Medical Malpractice

• Colin A. McRae – Transportation/Maritime

• Christopher W. Phillips – Construction Litigation

Georgia Rising Stars are selected according to the same criteria as Super Lawyers but include individuals who are forty years old or younger, or who have been in practice for less than ten years. 

According to SuperLawyers.com, “While up to five percent of the lawyers in the state are named to Super Lawyers, no more than 2.5 percent are named to the Rising Stars list.” 

HunterMaclean Rising Stars include: 

• Victoria R. Nease – Transportation/Maritime 

• Matthew J. Repella – Mergers and Acquisitions 

• Mary Bostwick Russell – Immigration

• Gracie S. Saas – Business Litigation 

• Stuart F. Wallace – Real Estate 

Super Lawyers Magazine features the list and profiles of the selected attorneys and is distributed to attorneys in the region and in ABA-accredited law school libraries. In addition, the list is published as a special section in leading city and regional magazines across the country.