30 Hand Arendall Harrison Sale Attorneys listed in The Best Lawyers in America® 2027
Hand Arendall Harrison Sale LLC is pleased to announce that 30 lawyers have been listed in The Best Lawyers in America® 2027, with attorneys recognized across the firm’s Athens, Birmingham, Fairhope and Mobile offices.
Best Lawyers® is an elite global network of legal professionals recognized through trusted, peer-reviewed distinction. For more than four decades, its Purely Peer Review® methodology has upheld the principle that recognition should be earned through the opinions of fellow attorneys, not marketing influence or paid listings.
Each year, millions of confidential evaluations are collected worldwide, contributing to one of the legal industry’s most rigorous and trusted vetting processes. Only a select percentage of lawyers are recognized, reflecting the selectivity and credibility of the results. Proprietary safeguards are in place to reduce bias and uphold the accuracy of peer feedback.
For the 2027 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®, attorneys were selected based on peer evaluations of their professional expertise and excellence in private practice. The Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America recognizes and similarly honors attorneys who have demonstrated outstanding professional excellence early in their careers.
Two attorneys were selected as Best Lawyers: “Ones to Watch,” a recognition honoring associates and other lawyers who are 5–9 years into their careers for outstanding professional excellence in private practice. Those selected for this honor are divided by geographic region and practice areas and reviewed by their peers on the basis of professional expertise.
Congratulations to the following attorney recognized as “Ones to Watch”:
Britley Leonard Brown, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Hand Arendall Harrison Sale attorneys listed in the 2027 edition of The Best Lawyers in America® are listed below by office.
Athens, Alabama
Shane Black, Commercial Litigation
Birmingham, Alabama
Roger L. Bates, Commercial Litigation
Ripon Britton, Jr., Trusts and Estates
Joseph L. Cowan II, Insurance Law
April Danielson, Municipal Law
Tracy R. Davis, Health Care Law
Alan Duke, Jr., Appellate Practice; Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs
Joseph Robert Duncan, Jr., Construction Law; Litigation – Construction; Litigation – Insurance; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
Mark D. Hess, Insurance Law
Dennis Hughes, Insurance Law
Fred Kingren, Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
John E. Rollins, Litigation – Real Estate
Andrew J. Sinor, Jr., Construction Law; Insurance Law; Litigation – Construction
Fairhope, Alabama
Heather M. Houston, Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Insurance; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
Michael C. Niemeyer, Litigation – Construction
Mobile, Alabama
Paul T. Beckmann, Admiralty and Maritime Law; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants; Transportation Law
Windy Cockrell Bitzer, Appellate Practice; Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Labor and Employment
Preston Bolt, Jr., Economic Development Law; Municipal Law; Public Finance Law
Rodney R. Cate, Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
Lisa Darnley Cooper, Employment Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment
Christopher M. Gill, Real Estate Law
Wesley J. Hunter, Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
Neil C. Johnston, Energy Law; Environmental Law; Litigation – Environmental; Natural Resources Law; Real Estate Law; Timber Law; Water Law
Bruce McGowin, Corporate Law; Environmental Law; Real Estate Law
Brooks P. Milling, Corporate Law
Henry T. Morrissette, Commercial Litigation; Insurance Law; Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
Caine O’Rear III, Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Construction
J. Burruss Riis, Litigation – Construction; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants; Transportation Law
Norman M. Stockman, Admiralty and Maritime Law
Christopher S. Williams, Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Construction
