44 Evans Petree Attorneys Honored in 2026 Listing of Best Lawyers and Ones to Watch
3 Named “Lawyer of the Year”
MEMPHIS, TN (August 21, 2025)- Thirty-eight lawyers from Evans Petree PC were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in the 32nd edition of The Best Lawyers in America 2026 and six lawyers were chosen for inclusion in the Best Lawyers, Ones to Watch.
The attorneys are:
- Michael Adams, Jr.
- Blake W. Bourland
- David L. Bourland
- Donald E. Bourland
- Kerby Bowling
- Frank N. Stockdale Carney
- David J. Cocke
- James Cresswell, Jr.
- Clayton Culpepper III
- Paul F.T. Edwards
- Robert J. Fehse
- Mark Field
- Joseph T. Getz
- John J. Heflin III
- James Stephen King
- Michael R. Marshall
- John W. McQuiston II
- John F. Murrah
- Aaron J. Nash
- Caren Beth Nichol
- Richard E.M. Nichol, Jr.
- William L. Nichol V
- Scott B. Peatross
- Robert J. Pinstein
- David C. Porteous
- Andrew H. Raines
- Andrew M. Raines
- Daniel T. Robinson, Jr.
- Ashby R. Scott
- David C. Scruggs
- Joel B. Sklar
- Wendy Smith
- George V. Steffens IV
- Matthew Thornton
- Woods Weathersby
- John David Willet
- Andrew Wohlfarth
- Brian L. Yoakum
Attorneys included in Ones to Watch are Andrew J. Gille, Jack Heflin, Logan Klauss, Andrew Shorten, Regan S. Steepleton, and Tyler G. Tollison.
In addition, Andrew M. Raines was named the Best Lawyers 2026 Litigation and Controversy-Tax “Lawyer of the Year” in Memphis. David L. Bourland was named the Best Lawyers 2026 Tax Law “Lawyer of the Year” in Memphis. Joseph T. Getz was named the Best Lawyers 2026 Construction Law “Lawyer of the Year” in Memphis as well as the Best Lawyers 2026 Litigation-Construction “Lawyer of the Year” in Memphis.
Since its inception in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Because Best Lawyers is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey in which more than tens of thousands of leading attorneys evaluate their peers on legal abilities in their practice areas, and because lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed, inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a significant honor.
