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36 Wyatt Attorneys Named Kentucky Super Lawyers and Kentucky Rising Stars
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.
