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30 Baker Donelson Attorneys Named to 2025 Louisiana Super Lawyers List

Thirty attorneys with Baker Donelson have been named to the 2025 edition of Louisiana Super Lawyers.

The nineteen attorneys named to the 2025 list are:

  • Jennifer L. Anderson (Employment & Labor)
  • Edward H. "Hank" Arnold III (Transportation/Maritime)
  • Brian M. Ballay (Business Litigation)
  • Joseph P. Briggett (Business Litigation)
  • Phyllis G. Cancienne (Employment & Labor)
  • Mark W. Frilot (Construction Litigation)
  • Steven F. Griffith Jr. (Business Litigation)
  • Christopher M. Hannan (Transportation/Maritime)
  • Erin Pelleteri Howser (Business Litigation)
  • Benjamin West Janke (Business Litigation)
  • Kenneth M. Klemm (Energy & Resources)
  • Kent A. Lambert (Business Litigation)
  • Jon F. "Chip" Leyens Jr. (Real Estate)
  • Alexander M. McIntyre Jr. (Antitrust Litigation)
  • Mark W. Mercante (Construction Litigation)
  • Laura Walker Plunkett (Estate & Probate)
  • Tessa P. Vorhaben (Insurance Coverage)
  • Matthew A. Woolf (Business Litigation)
  • Adam Zuckerman (Energy & Resources)

Several of the Firm's attorneys received special recognition in Louisiana Super Lawyers:

  • Top 50 attorneys in Louisiana: Mark W. Frilot, Steven F. Griffith Jr., and Laura Walker Plunkett
  • Top 50 attorneys in New Orleans: Edward H. "Hank" Arnold III, Mark W. Frilot, Steven F. Griffith Jr., Jon F. "Chip" Leyens Jr., and Laura Walker Plunkett
  • Top 25 female attorneys in Louisiana: Laura Walker Plunkett
  • Top 10 attorneys in Louisiana: Steven F. Griffith Jr.

The publication also honored eleven Baker Donelson attorneys in its 2025 list of "Rising Stars":

  • Lauren Brink Adams (Business Litigation)
  • Kordell Caldwell (Business Litigation)
  • Laura E. Carlisle (Business Litigation)
  • Margaux T. Dastugue (Mergers & Acquisitions)
  • Jean-Luc M. Delpy (Mergers & Acquisitions)
  • Max C. Hadley (Construction Litigation)
  • Kristen Lewis Hayes (Construction Litigation)
  • Emily Olivier Kesler (Employment & Labor)
  • Elizabeth Liner (Employment Litigation: Defense)
  • Alexandra "Alex" Bruce Rychlak (Business Litigation)
  • Patrick H. Willis (Mergers & Acquisitions)

Super Lawyers, part of Thomson Reuters, is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The annual selections are made using a patented, multiphase process that includes a statewide survey of lawyers, an independent research evaluation of candidates, and peer reviews by practice area. The result is a credible, comprehensive, and diverse listing of exceptional attorneys.

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