ATLANTA, March 1, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Sixteen attorneys at Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP have been named 2007 Super Lawyers.
The partners, and the categories in which they were honored, include:
-- Chuck Beaudrot -- Tax -- Jeanna Brannon -- Real Estate Transactions -- Cass Brewer -- Tax -- David Cranshaw -- Bankruptcy -- John Fry -- Intellectual Property Litigation -- Mac Hunter -- Business/Corporate -- Don Loft -- Business Litigation -- John MacNaughton -- Class Action/Mass Torts -- Joe Manning -- Securities Litigation -- Dan Mohan -- Healthcare -- Sonny Morris -- Real Estate Transactions -- Tom Player -- Business/Corporate -- Gerald Pouncey -- Environmental/Land Use -- David Rabin -- Intellectual Property Litigation -- Tim Tingkang Xia, Ph.D. -- Intellectual Property -- John Yates -- Business/Corporate (Technology)
The Super Lawyers, who are featured in the March issue of Atlanta magazine, represent the top five percent of Georgia attorneys in more than 60 practice areas.
Legal publisher Law & Politics chooses the qualified candidates through an evaluation process that incorporates both peer recognition and professional achievement. It mails ballots to more than 23,000 lawyers across the state, and asks them to nominate deserving individuals. It also researches attorneys by reviewing national and local news sources and journals, searching databases and conducting interviews. The peer review and internal research act as a system of checks and balances.
Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP, (www.mmmlaw.com) enjoys national prominence for its corporate finance, securities, litigation, technology, real estate and real estate capital markets, environmental, insurance and healthcare practices. The firm has offices in Atlanta, Washington, D.C., Charlotte, Raleigh-Durham and Princeton.