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6/8/2026

Chambers & Partners annually conducts extensive research and analysis based on comments from thousands of clients and peers to compile an independent and objective list of talent available at the highest level of legal practice. Watkins & Eager and 21 of its attorneys are listed in the 2026 edition of Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business.

Chambers USA 2026 ranked the firm in the following categories:

Product Liability: Automobile—USA Nationwide (Band 1)

Litigation: General Commercial—Mississippi (Band 1)

Real Estate—Mississippi (Band 1)

Environment—Mississippi (Band 1)

Labor & Employment—Mississippi (Band 2)

Public Finance – Mississippi (Band 2)

Product Liability & Mass Torts: Highly Regarded—USA Nationwide (Band 3)

Corporate/Commercial—Mississippi (Band 3)

Litigation: General Commercial—Alabama (Band 5)

Chambers USA 2026 ranked individual Watkins & Eager attorneys in the following categories:

Product Liability: Automotive (USA-Nationwide)

H. Lanier Brown II

Bankruptcy/Restructuring

Jim F. Spencer, Jr.

Corporate/Commercial

George R. Fair

Environment

Betty Ruth Fox

W. Abram Orlansky

Keith W. Turner

Labor & Employment

Adam H. Gates

Walter J. Brand

Litigation: General Commercial

David L. Ayers

Michael O. Gwin

Walter T. Johnson

William F. Ray

Stephanie M. Rippee

Kathy K. Smith

Paul H. Stephenson III

Public Finance

Brad C. Davis

C. Joyce Hall

Real Estate

Alabama

Aaron B. Thomas

Mississippi

Paul L. Gunn

Jason L. Poulson

Tax

Jamie G. Houston III