Bondurant proudly announces 14 of its attorneys are recognized as Super Lawyers and seven as Rising Stars in the 2026 rankings. Notably, Mike Terry is named one of Georgia’s top 10 attorneys for the fourth consecutive year.
Each year, no more than five percent of lawyers in the state are selected by Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters rating service recognizing outstanding attorneys across more than 70 practice areas. The selection process is based on peer recognition and professional achievement and includes a statewide survey of lawyers, an independent research evaluation of candidates, and peer review by practice area.
The Rising Stars selection process is the same as Super Lawyers, with one exception: to be eligible, a candidate must be either 40 years old or younger or in practice for 10 years or less.
Here is the complete list of Bondurant attorneys and their selection years:
Sunny Altman (Rising Star), 2026
Robbie Ashe, 2020 – 2026
Jason Carter, 2016 – 2026
Jeff Chen (Rising Star), 2026
Ronan Doherty, 2013 – 2026
M. Jerome Elmore, 2004 – 2014; 2018 – 2026
Pat Fagan, 2024 – 2026
John Floyd, 2004 – 2026
Ben Fox, 2022 – 2026
Chris Giovinazzo, 2022 – 2026
Edward Krugman, 2004 – 2026
Frank Lowrey, 2006 – 2026
Juliana Mesa (Rising Star), 2025 – 2026
Mickey Mixson, 2004 – 2026
Kayla Polonsky (Rising Star), 2026
Naveen Ramachandrappa, 2024 – 2026
Amanda Kay Seals (Rising Star), 2019 – 2026
Matthew Sellers (Rising Star), 2026
Eliza Taylor (Rising Star), 2026
Mike Terry, 2004 – 2026
Sachin Varghese, 2020 – 2026
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Amanda Seals | Benjamin Fox | Christopher Gioviazzo | Edward Krugman | Frank Lowery | Jason Carter | Jeffery Chen | Jerome Elmore | John Floyd | Juliana Mesa | Kayla Polonsky | Matthew Sellers | Michael Terry | Mickey Mixon | Naveen Ramachandrappa | Patrick Fagan | Robert Ashe | Ronan Doherty | Sachin Varghese | Solesse Altman
Bondurant is proud to announce five of its attorneys have been recognized in the 2026 edition of Best Lawyers®, one of the nation’s oldest and most respected peer-based awards programs. The guide also honored five of the firm’s rising stars in the Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America category, which spotlights exceptional early-career attorneys.
Frank Lowrey earned special distinction as the 2026 “Lawyer of the Year” in Atlanta for both Appellate Practice and Bet-the-Company Litigation. Only one lawyer is recognized as the “Lawyer of the Year” for each specialty focus and metropolitan area. This marks the seventh “Lawyer of the Year” award for Lowrey, who was the top-ranked attorney in the Antitrust Litigation category last year and has made the Best Lawyers® list every year since 2010.
Best Lawyers® compiles its annual list of top attorneys by conducting thousands of peer review surveys.
A full summary of this year’s rankings is as follows:
2026 Best Lawyers® Honorees:
- John E. Floyd: Bet-the-Company Litigation | Commercial Litigation
- Benjamin E. Fox: Qui Tam Law
- Frank M. Lowrey IV: Antitrust Law | Appellate Practice | Bet-the-Company Litigation | Commercial Litigation | Litigation: Antitrust
- H. Lamar Mixson: Bet-the-Company Litigation | Commercial Litigation | Litigation: Securities | Litigation: Trusts and Estates
- Michael B. Terry: Appellate Practice | Bet-the-Company Litigation | Commercial Litigation | Litigation: Antitrust | Litigation: Banking and Finance
2026 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America Honorees:
- Solesse Altman: Commercial Litigation | Litigation: Intellectual Property | Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions: Plaintiffs
- Michael Baumrind: Appellate Practice | Commercial Litigation
- Jeff Chen: Commercial Litigation | Litigation: Banking and Finance
- Jennifer Peterson: Appellate Practice | Commercial Litigation | Municipal Law
- Matthew Sellers: Appellate Practice | Commercial Litigation | Municipal Law
This year’s Best Lawyers guide is the 32nd edition. To learn more about the methodology, click here.
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Benjamin Fox | Frank Lowery | Home Hero Feed | Jeffery Chen | Jennifer Peterson | John Floyd | Matthew Sellers | Michael Baumrind | Michael Terry | Mickey Mixon | Solesse Altman
Bondurant proudly announces that its general commercial litigation and antitrust practices, along with six attorneys, have been ranked in the 2025 edition of Chambers USA. This is the 22nd consecutive year the firm has appeared in the legal directory.
The firm’s commercial litigation and antitrust practices received Band 1 rankings, making it the only firm in Georgia with fewer than 800 lawyers to achieve this prestigious recognition.
Chambers USA has surveyed and interviewed clients and lawyers nationwide for over two decades to identify firms and attorneys who lead their fields. Rankings assess key qualities such as technical ability, professional conduct, client service, diligence, and commitment.
BME attorneys recognized in the 2025 Chambers USA guide include:
Antitrust
Commercial Litigation
White Collar Criminal Defense
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Bondurant Mixson & Elmore LLP (BME) proudly announces 14 of its attorneys are recognized as Super Lawyers and two as Rising Stars in the 2025 rankings. Notably, Mike Terry is named one of the top 10 attorneys in Georgia for the third consecutive year.
Each year, no more than five percent of lawyers in the state are selected by Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters rating service recognizing outstanding attorneys across more than 70 practice areas based on peer recognition and professional achievement. The selection process involves a statewide survey of lawyers, an independent research evaluation of candidates, and peer reviews.
The Rising Stars selection process is the same as Super Lawyers, with one exception: to be eligible, a candidate must be either 40 years old or younger or in practice for 10 years or less.
Here is the complete list of BME attorneys and their selection years:
Robbie Ashe, 2020 – 2025
Jason Carter, 2016 – 2025
Ronan Doherty, 2013 – 2025
Jerome Elmore, 2004 – 2014; 2018 – 2025
Pat Fagan, 2024 – 2025
John Floyd, 2004 – 2025
Ben Fox, 2022 – 2025
Chris Giovinazzo, 2022 – 2025
Edward Krugman, 2004 – 2025
Frank Lowrey, 2006 – 2025
Juliana Mesa, (Rising Star), 2025
Mickey Mixson, 2004 – 2025
Naveen Ramachandrappa, 2024 – 2025
Amanda Kay Seals, (Rising Star), 2019 – 2025
Mike Terry, 2004 – 2025
Sachin Varghese, 2020 – 2025
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Amanda Seals | Benjamin Fox | Christopher Gioviazzo | Edward Krugman | Frank Lowery | Jason Carter | Jerome Elmore | John Floyd | Juliana Mesa | Michael Terry | Mickey Mixon | Naveen Ramachandrappa | Patrick Fagan | Robert Ashe | Ronan Doherty | Sachin Varghese
Bondurant Mixson & Elmore LLP proudly announces its national and regional recognition in the 2025 edition of Best Law Firms®, reflecting its commitment to legal excellence and client service.
The 2025 Best Law Firms® list recognizes firms for their exceptional client and peer reviews. Earning a tiered ranking demonstrates a firm’s credibility in the legal industry and is based on a transparent, data-driven evaluation process.
Bondurant received the following rankings:
Atlanta Tier 1:
Antitrust Law
Appellate Practice
Bet-the-Company Litigation
Commercial Litigation
Litigation, Antitrust
Litigation, Banking and Finance
Litigation, Securities
Litigation, Trusts and Estates
National Tier 2
Appellate Practice
Commercial Litigation
Litigation, Antitrust
Litigation, Banking & Finance
National Tier 3
Litigation, Securities
Earlier this year, attorneys Frank Lowrey, Mickey Mixson and Mike Terry were recognized by Best Lawyers as the 2025 “Lawyer of the Year” in Antitrust Litigation, Trusts and Estates Litigation and Banking and Finance Litigation, respectively. John Floyd was also recognized in multiple litigation practice areas.
About Best Law Firms®
Best Law Firms®, ranked by Best Lawyers® and respected for over 14 years, is the most credible ranking of exceptional law firms globally. It is rooted in a rigorous, peer-to-peer, industry-driven evaluation. A ranking from Best Law Firms signifies a high-quality practice and a breadth of legal expertise. Ranked firms, presented in three tiers, are recognized on a national and metropolitan scale, providing legal professionals with an elevated stature from the Best Law Firms recognition. For more information, visit www.bestlawfirms.com.
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THE HONOR HIGHLIGHTS TOP-TIER U.S. LITIGATION PRACTITIONERS
Benchmark Litigation named Bondurant Mixson & Elmore attorneys Emmet Bondurant, Ben Fox, Frank Lowrey and Mickey Mixson to its 2025 list of “Litigation Stars.” This prestigious honor is reserved for attorneys who consistently receive high recommendations from clients and peers for their exceptional legal skills and successful track record.
Benchmark Litigation, which is the definitive guide to the world’s leading litigation firms and lawyers, previously recognized the firm as “Highly Recommended” in Georgia’s Dispute Resolution category, further highlighting its exceptional track record.
The publication provides law firm and lawyer rankings based on extensive interviews with litigators, dispute resolution specialists and clients, as well as an analysis of the market’s most important cases and firm developments.
Since its inception in 2008, Benchmark Litigation has been the only publication on the market to focus exclusively on U.S. litigation.
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Bondurant Mixson & Elmore LLP attorneys Frank Lowrey, Mickey Mixson and Mike Terry have been recognized by Best Lawyers as the 2025 “Lawyer of the Year” in Antitrust Litigation, Trusts and Estates Litigation and Banking and Finance Litigation, respectively, outperforming other leading attorneys in one of America’s oldest and most respected peer-based awards programs.
Best Lawyers compiles its annual list of top attorneys by conducting thousands of peer review surveys. Only one lawyer is recognized as the “Lawyer of the Year” for each specialty focus and metropolitan area.
This marks the sixth “Lawyer of the Year” award for Lowrey, who was the top-ranked attorney in the Appellate Practice category last year and has made the Best Lawyers list every year since 2010. He has more than 25 years of experience litigating complex antitrust cases in federal and state court, and has served as lead counsel in defending and prosecuting plaintiff’s class actions, pursuing single-plaintiff antitrust claims on behalf of large institutions and defending merger challenges by the Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice.
Mixson is a three-time “Lawyer of the Year,” as well as a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and the International Academy of Trial Lawyers. His practice focuses on business torts, corporate governance, partnership and fiduciary disputes, insurance coverage and bad faith litigation and securities litigation. In recent years, he has recovered awards and settlements for clients totaling over $2 billion.
This is also the sixth “Lawyer of the Year” award for Terry, who has made the Best Lawyers list every year since 2009. Terry is a former president of the Atlanta Bar Association, and is a frequent speaker and author on business litigation topics, including class actions, punitive damages and appellate issues. He served on the plaintiffs’ trial teams for the two largest verdicts in Georgia history. Terry has also been on the winning side on appeal for the largest verdict in Georgia ever reversed, and the largest verdict in Georgia ever affirmed on appeal.
Best Lawyers also recognized partner John Floyd in multiple litigation practice areas.
A full summary of this year’s rankings is as follows:
- Frank Lowrey (recognized since 2010): Antitrust Litigation (Lawyer of the Year); Bet-the-Company Litigation; Antitrust Law; Appellate Practice; Commercial Litigation
- Mickey Mixson (recognized since 2003): Trusts and Estates Litigation (Lawyer of the Year); Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Securities Litigation
- Mike Terry (recognized since 2009): Banking and Finance Litigation (Lawyer of the Year); Appellate Practice; Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Antitrust Litigation
- John Floyd (recognized since 2006): Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation
This year’s Best Lawyers guide is the 31st edition. To learn more about the methodology click here.
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Bondurant Mixson & Elmore LLP is pleased to announce three of its practice areas and six attorneys are ranked in the 2024 edition of Chambers USA. This is the 21st consecutive year the firm has appeared in the legal directory.
Bondurant’s commercial litigation and antitrust practices received prestigious Band 1 rankings in this year’s guide. Bondurant is the only firm in Georgia with fewer than 800 lawyers to achieve these Band 1 rankings. Additionally, the firm’s white collar crime and government investigations practice was also recognized.
For over two decades, Chambers USA has surveyed and interviewed clients and lawyers across the country to determine which firms and attorneys are considered leaders in their field. Rankings assess key qualities, including technical ability, professional conduct, client service, diligence, commitment and more.
“Chambers is widely regarded as the most reputable source for evaluating and selecting legal services worldwide, and we’re immensely proud of this recognition,” says Partner Mike Terry. “It underscores our commitment to the practice of law and our dedication to taking care of our clients. It reflects the hard work, expertise and client-focused approach that define our team.”
BME attorneys recognized in Chambers USA 2024 include:
Antitrust
Commercial Litigation
White Collar Criminal Defense
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Bondurant Mixson & Elmore LLP proudly announces 15 of its attorneys have been recognized as Super Lawyers and one as a Rising Star in the 2024 rankings. Each year, no more than five percent of lawyers in the state are selected by the research team at Super Lawyers to receive this honor.
Notably, Michael Terry has been named a Top 10 attorney in Georgia for the second consecutive year, while Frank Lowrey secured a spot in the Top 100 for the sixth time.
Super Lawyers, part of Thomson Reuters, is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The annual selections are made using a multiphase process, including a statewide survey of lawyers, an independent research evaluation of candidates and peer reviews. The selection process for Rising Stars is the same as Super Lawyers, with one exception: to be eligible, a candidate must be either 40 years old or younger or in practice for 10 years or less.
Below is the full list of Bondurant attorneys and the years they were selected:
Robert L. Ashe, III, 2020 – 2024
Jason J. Carter, 2016 – 2024
Ronan P. Doherty, 2013 – 2024
M. Jerome Elmore, 2004 – 2014; 2018 – 2024
Patrick C. Fagan, 2024
John E. Floyd, 2004 – 2024
Benjamin E. Fox, 2022 – 2024
Christopher Giovinazzo, 2022 – 2024
Edward B. Krugman, 2004 – 2024
Frank M. Lowrey, IV, 2006 – 2024
Lamar Mixson, 2004 – 2024
Tiana Mykkeltvedt, 2017 – 2024
Naveen Ramachandrappa, 2024
Amanda Kay Seals, (Rising Stars), 2019 – 2024
Michael B. Terry, 2004 – 2024
Manoj S. “Sachin” Varghese, 2020 – 2024
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Amanda Seals | Benjamin Fox | Christopher Gioviazzo | Edward Krugman | Frank Lowery | Jason Carter | Jerome Elmore | John Floyd | Michael Terry | Mickey Mixon | Naveen Ramachandrappa | Patrick Fagan | Robert Ashe | Ronan Doherty | Sachin Varghese | Tiana Mykkeltvedt
THREE OTHER BONDURANT MIXSON & ELMORE ATTORNEYS RECOGNIZED AS BEST LAWYERS® AWARD RECIPIENTS
Bondurant Mixson & Elmore LLP attorney Frank M. Lowrey IV has been recognized by Best Lawyers as the 2024 “Lawyer of the Year” for Appellate Practice.
Only a single lawyer in each practice area and designated metropolitan area is honored as the “Lawyer of the Year.” These lawyers are selected based on particularly impressive peer review scores, and receiving this designation reflects the deep respect a lawyer has earned among other leading lawyers in the same communities and practice areas for their abilities, professionalism and integrity.
Lowrey specializes in federal and Georgia appellate court appeals, representing plaintiffs and defendants in cases spanning business torts, contract disputes, antitrust, class actions, RICO and wrongful death. He co-founded Georgia’s State Bar Appellate Practice. Additionally, he is one of only seven Georgia members of the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers, a distinction he shares with firm partners Emmet Bondurant and Michael Terry.
Beyond his “Lawyer of the Year” recognition, he was also listed in the 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers in America® in Antitrust Law, Commercial Litigation and Litigation – Antitrust.
In addition to Lowrey, three other Bondurant attorneys were recognized representing seven different practice areas. The lawyers and their practice areas are:
- John E. Floyd (recognized since 2006): Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation
- H. Lamar “Mickey” Mixson (recognized since 2003): Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Securities, Litigation – Trusts and Estates
- Michael B. Terry (recognized since 2009): Appellate Practice, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Antitrust, Litigation – Banking and Finance
Best Lawyers is the oldest peer-review publication in the legal profession. This year’s guide is the 30th edition.
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