Twenty-Four Lanier Ford attorneys listed as 2026 Best Lawyers

24 Lanier Ford Shaver & Payne PC Lawyers Recognized as Best Lawyers^® Award Recipients

August 21, 2025 -- Lanier Ford Shaver & Payne PC is pleased to announce that 24 lawyers have been included in the 2026 edition of The Best Lawyers in America^®. Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence.

"For more than 40 years, the rigorous methodology of Best Lawyers has ensured the integrity and esteem of our legal recognitions," said Best Lawyers CEO Phillip Greer. "It is with great pleasure that we continue to provide potential clients with the pinnacle measurement of credibility through our Best Lawyers awards as they search for counsel."

Best Lawyers has earned the respect of the profession, the media, and the public as the most reliable, unbiased source of legal referrals. Its first international list was published in 2006 and since then has grown to provide lists in more than 75 countries.

Lawyers on The Best Lawyers in America list are divided by geographic region and practice areas. They are reviewed by their peers based on professional expertise and undergo an authentication process to make sure they are in current practice and in good standing.

Lanier Ford Shaver & Payne PC would like to congratulate the following lawyers named to 2026 The Best Lawyers in America list:

• P. Scott Arnston - Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants and Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
• John R. Baggette - Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), Corporate Law, Real Estate Law, and Tax Law
• Daniel F. Beasley - Litigation - Insurance and Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants
• C. Gregory Burgess - Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Municipal, and Litigation - Patent
• David J. Canupp - Appellate Practice, Civil Rights Law, Employment Law - Management, and Litigation - Labor and Employment
• Fred L. Coffey Jr. - Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships) and Real Estate Law
• L. Franklin Corley - Commercial Litigation and Litigation - ERISA
• Suzanne Currie - Real Estate Law
• Scott Faulkner - Corporate Law and Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Samuel H. Givhan - Commercial Transactions / UCC Law, Corporate Law, Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law, and Real Estate Law
• Laura W. Harper - Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
• Travis S Jackson - Workers' Compensation Law - Employers
• Corey W. Jenkins - Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), Corporate Law, and Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• David Ashley Jones - Real Estate Law and Trusts and Estates
• Jeffrey Todd Kelly - Appellate Practice and Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants
• George E. Knox, Jr. - Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants and Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
• Yancey Albert Moore III - Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Real Estate, Real Estate Law, and Trusts and Estates
• Christopher S. Rodgers - Aviation Law, Mediation, Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants, and Transportation Law
• George W. Royer, Jr. - Litigation - First Amendment, Litigation - Labor and Employment, Litigation - Municipal, and Mediation
• Paul B. Seeley - Real Estate Law
• Jeremy A. Smith - Litigation - Intellectual Property and Patent Law
• D. Edward Starnes III - Workers' Compensation Law - Employers
• Andrew Townsley - Litigation - Insurance and Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants
• John R. Wynn - Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Tax Law, and Trusts and Estates