Twelve attorneys with Baker Donelson have been named to the 2020 edition of Georgia Super Lawyers. The Firm's attorneys who were named to the list are: Mark A. Barber, Gary A. Barnes, Ivy N. Cadle, Linda S. Finley, David E. Gevertz, Linda A. Klein, H. Fielder Martin, Steven R. Press, Charles L. Ruffin, J. Ben Shapiro, Kevin A. Stine and Joe D. Whitley.
Georgia Super Lawyers also named two Baker Donelson attorneys to its top attorney lists. Kevin A. Stine was named among the top 100 attorneys in Georgia and Linda A. Klein was named among the top 50 female attorneys in the state.
The publication also honored five Baker Donelson attorneys in its 2020 list of Georgia Rising Stars: Matthew Leonard, Suzanne T. Lewis, Susan Russell, Brett A. Switzer and Kristin S. Tucker.
The selections for this list are made by the research team at Super Lawyers, which is a service of Thomson Reuters, Legal Division. Each year, the research team undertakes a multi-phase selection process that includes a statewide survey of lawyers, an independent evaluation of candidates by the attorney-led research staff, a peer review of candidates by practice area and a good-standing and disciplinary check. First published in 1991 by Law & Politics and acquired by Thomson Reuters, Legal in February 2010, Super Lawyers magazines reach more than 21 million readers across the country.