Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP is pleased to announce that 34 Bradley attorneys are named a “Lawyer of the Year” across 38 practice areas in The Best Lawyers in America® for 2026. The “Lawyer of the Year” accolade honors individual attorneys who received the highest overall peer feedback for a specific practice area and geographic region.
In total, 422 Bradley attorneys are recognized in the 2026 edition of The Best Lawyers in America, including 101 attorneys recognized in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America.
The following 15 attorneys are named “Lawyer of the Year” in Birmingham in 16 practice areas:
- Jim Archibald, Construction Law “Lawyer of the Year”
- Julia Gruenewald Bernstein, Commercial Finance Law “Lawyer of the Year”
- T. Michael Brown, Land Use and Zoning Law “Lawyer of the Year”
- Jeffrey D. Dyess, Antitrust Law “Lawyer of the Year” and Trade Secrets “Lawyer of the Year”
- Tripp Haston, Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants “Lawyer of the Year”
- K. Wood Herren, Nonprofit/Charities Law “Lawyer of the Year”
- Charles B. “Trey” Hill III, Economic Development Law “Lawyer of the Year”
- Alex B. Leath, Project Finance Law “Lawyer of the Year”
- Charles Moore, Banking and Finance Law “Lawyer of the Year”
- Daniel F. Murphy, Health Care Law “Lawyer of the Year”
- J. David Pugh, Litigation – Construction “Lawyer of the Year”
- David Stewart, Government Relations Practice “Lawyer of the Year”
- Paul M. Sykes, Litigation – Patent “Lawyer of the Year”
- William T. Thistle II, Litigation and Controversy – Tax “Lawyer of the Year”
- Anne R. Yuengert, Education Law “Lawyer of the Year”
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