The Atlanta Lawyer January/February 2013 | Page 39

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Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell
& Berkowitz PC
19 Baker Donelson attorneys were named to Georgia
Trend’s 2012 Legal Elite list: Gary Barnes, Kevin Stine
(Bankruptcy & Creditors’ Rights); Howard Hirsch, Damany
Ransom (Business Law); David Adams, Mark Carlson,
Howard Hirsch (Corporate Law); Adam Sowatzka, Tracy
Starr (Environmental Law); Clint Crosby, Jennifer Ervin,
Steven Press (General Practice/Trial Law); Thomas
Baker, Gina Greenwood (Healthcare Law); Robert
Johnson, Masae Okura (Immigration Law); Michael Powell
(Intellectual Property); David Gevertz, Erica Mason (Labor
& Employment); Jed Beardsley (Real Estate Law).
Carlock, Copeland & Stair
Carlock, Copeland & Stair Partners Wade K. Copeland
and Peter Werdesheim are recognized as two of
Georgia's top attorneys in Georgia Trend’s annual Legal
Elite list, which appears in the magazine's December
2012 issue. Copeland was selected by his peers as
a top attorney in Healthcare Law, while Werdesheim
was recognized in the General Practice/Trial Law area.
Georgia Trend compiles the Legal Elite list by tallying
ballots that are sent to every practicing lawyer in the state.
Drew Eckl & Farnham
Drew Eckl & Farnham announces two new partners:
Dean Dellinger practices workers’ compensation law and
counsels businesses, Third Party Administrators, insurers,
and self-insurers throughout Georgia. He graduated
from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, BA,
International Studies in 1996 and earned his JD from
Campbell University, in 2005. Benson Ward practices
insurance defense litigation, with a focus on workers'
compensation and major insurance matters including bad
faith, insurance coverage and arson & fraud investigations
throughout the southeast. He graduated from the
University of Georgia, BA, History, summa cum laude with
honors in 2002 and earned his JD from the University of
Georgia, cum laude, in 2005.
Hall Booth Smith & Slover, PC
Hall Booth Smith is proud to announce that Ms. Jo Jagor has
been named Partner. Ms. Jagor currently defends several
hospitals in the Atlanta area and throughout the Southeast,
healthcare professionals in all walks of medicine, as well
as, some engineers, lawyers, and all phases of litigation in
aging services. Jo has represented over 250 healthcare
professionals in matters brought before their state licensing
board. She is an active member in the defense bar and a
regular risk management