Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers, LLP, is pleased to announce that 19 of the firm’s attorneys have been recognized in the 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers in America, with an additional 26 attorneys recognized in the publication’s “Ones to Watch” list.

Within the list of esteemed individuals recognized by the firm, Brad Marsh has been selected as the recipient of "Lawyer of the Year" in Atlanta for the category of Professional Malpractice Law – Defendants. This distinguished honor is exclusively bestowed upon a sole attorney within each practice field and geographical vicinity. This commendation acknowledges legal practitioners who have garnered the most noteworthy peer evaluations within their respective practice areas and geographic locales.

"We are grateful for the generous feedback from our colleagues, clients and friends around the legal community whose responses to Best Lawyers’ researchers led to this great honor of so many of our attorneys being included in this year's rankings," said Mike Rosetti, managing partner at Swift Currie. "The acknowledgment of these legal professionals within their respective practice categories underscores our continuous dedication to recruiting, developing and retaining talented attorneys to satisfy our clients' growing and evolving commercial litigation needs."

Since it was first published in 1983, The Best Lawyers in America has become a definitive guide to legal excellence and highlighted the top legal talent in the country. Inclusion on its lists, which are compiled using exhaustive peer review surveys in which tens of thousands of attorneys vote on the abilities of other lawyers, is considered highly credible and a significant honor in the legal industry.

The following Swift Currie attorneys were named to the 2024 Edition of Best Lawyers in America:

Atlanta:

Joseph Angersola – Insurance Law, Product Liability Litigation – Defendants

David Atkinson – Insurance Law, Litigation – Insurance

Marc Barré – Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants

Terry Brantley – Product Liability Litigation – Defendants

Todd Brooks – Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers

Bill Casey – Litigation – Construction, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants

Mark Dietrichs – Litigation – Insurance

Mark Goodman – Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers

Roger Harris – Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants 

Christine Huffine – Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers

Brad Marsh – Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants, Product Liability Litigation – Defendants, Professional Malpractice Law – Defendants 

Diane Owens – Product Liability Litigation – Defendants

Briggs Peery – Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers

Robert Potter – Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers

Mike Rosetti – Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers

John Sacha – Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers

Stephen Schatz – Litigation – Insurance

Ashley Webber – Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants, Product Liability Litigation – Defendants

Birmingham:

Lane Finch – Insurance Law, Litigation – Insurance

Best Lawyers: One to Watch recognizes attorneys who are earlier in their careers and demonstrate outstanding professional excellence in private practice in the U.S. Recipients typically have been in practice for five to nine years.

The following Swift Currie attorneys were named to the 2024 Edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch.

Atlanta:

Jeff Adams – Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants, Product Liability Litigation – Defendants, Transportation Law

Beth Bentley – Insurance Law, Transportation Law

Kelly Chartash – Commercial Litigation, Insurance Law

Gillian Crowl-Parrish – Commercial Litigation, Insurance Law, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants, Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs, Transportation Law

Marcus Dean – Commercial Litigation, Insurance Law

Kevan Dorsey – Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants

Brandon Howard – Commercial Litigation

Yamisi James – Product Liability Litigation – Defendants

Marvis Jenkins – Insurance Law, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants, Transportation Law

Jordan Mahoney – Personal Injury Litigation

Alexander McDonald – Commercial Litigation, Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants

Lauren Meadows – Commercial Litigation, Insurance Law

Alexander Mikhalevsky – Commercial Litigation, Insurance Law

Leah Parker – Transportation Law

Negin Portivent – Product Liability Litigation – Defendants

Hannah Beth Reynolds – Insurance Law, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants

Katy Robertson – Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants

Brendan Thompson – Insurance Law, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants

Dustin Thompson – Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers

Emily Truitt – Workers' Compensation Law – Employers

Brianna Tucker – Transportation Law

Kori Wagner – Commercial Litigation, Insurance Law

Lauren Woodrick – Insurance Law, Transportation Law

Calvin Yaeger – Litigation – Construction, Personal Injury Litigation

Birmingham:

Brandon Clapp – Commercial Litigation, Insurance Law

Murray Flint – Commercial Litigation, Construction Law