36 Wyatt Attorneys Named Kentucky Super Lawyers and Kentucky Rising Stars

News

12.17.2024

Wyatt is pleased to announce the firm’s attorneys who have been recognized by their peers for inclusion in the 2025 Kentucky Super Lawyers list. Only 5% of the lawyers in the state are named to the list. Lawyers are selected by a statewide nomination process, peer review by practice area and independent research. Kentucky Rising Stars are attorneys who are under the age of 40, or who have been practicing for 10 years or less. No more than 2.5% of the lawyers in the state are named to the list.

The Wyatt attorneys named as 2025 Kentucky Super Lawyers, and the areas in which they are honored, are listed below by office location, followed by Wyatt’s 2025 Kentucky Rising Stars.

Kentucky Super Lawyers

Lexington:

J. Mark Burton – Real Estate
Emily H. Cowles – Creditor Debtor Rights
Mary L. Fullington – Bankruptcy: Business
Sharon L. Gold – Employment & Labor
Karen J. Greenwell –Energy & Resources
Kevin L. Johns – Estate & Probate
Douglas L. McSwain – Civil Litigation: Defense
George J. Miller – Employment & Labor
Walter R. Morris, Jr. – Estate & Probate
W. Craig Robertson III – Business Litigation

Louisville:

Stephen D. Berger –Government Finance
Turney P. Berry – Estate & Probate
Christopher W. Brooker – Business Litigation
Cornelius E. Coryell II – Business Litigation
C. Tyson Gorman – Employment & Labor
Stephen C. Hall – Intellectual Property
Robert A. Heath – Mergers & Acquisitions
Franklin K. Jelsma – Mergers & Acquisitions
Donald J. Kelly – Business Litigation
Byron E. Leet – Civil Litigation: Defense
Patrick W. Mattingly – Mergers & Acquisitions
Virginia Hamilton Snell – Appellate
R. Joseph Stennis, Jr. – Employment Litigation: Defense
Michael B. Vincenti – Real Estate
Jeffrey E. Wallace – Real Estate
Matthew A. Williams – Intellectual Property
Michelle D. Wyrick – Employment & Labor
Mitzi D. Wyrick – Employment & Labor
Cynthia W. Young – Business/Corporate

Kentucky Rising Stars

Lexington:

Lexy G. Holland – Civil Litigation: Defense
Thomas E. Travis – Business Litigation

Louisville:

Max Bridges – Energy & Resources
Victoria Boland Fuller – General Litigation
Emily Irwin – Mergers & Acquisitions
Julie Laemmle Watts – Intellectual Property
Sean G. Williamson – Business Litigation

The objective of the Super Lawyers selection process is to create a credible, comprehensive, and diverse listing of outstanding attorneys that can be used as a resource to assist attorneys and consumers in the search for legal counsel.