Finch McCranie Attorneys Recognized by Best Lawyers®

ATLANTA, August 21, 2025—Finch McCranie LLP, an Atlanta-based trial law firm, is pleased to announce that several of its attorneys have been included in the 2026 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®, which recognizes top legal professionals in their areas of practice based on peer reviews.

The following Finch McCranie LLP partners were recognized by Best Lawyers® in this year’s The Best Lawyers in America ® guide:

Richard W. Hendrix

  • Bet-the-Company Litigation
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Criminal Defense: White-Collar
  • Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
  • Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs

Walter E. Jospin

  • Litigation – Securities
  • Securities Regulation

Michael A. Sullivan

  • Qui Tam Law

Carl Lietz

  • Criminal Defense: White-Collar

David Bouchard

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Criminal Defense: General Practice
  • Criminal Defense: White-Collar
  • Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs
  • Qui Tam Law

Emma R. Cecil

  • Litigation – Health Care

First published in 1983, Best Lawyers is widely regarded as a respected guide to legal excellence. Recognition in Best Lawyers is based entirely on peer review through the publication’s Purely Peer Review® methodology, which captures the consensus opinion of leading lawyers about the professional abilities of their colleagues.

Finch McCranie is a trial practice firm with a long history of success in catastrophic injury and wrongful death cases, whistleblower cases, and sophisticated federal criminal cases in the white-collar area. The firm has extensive experience in federal criminal matters, with a deep bench of attorneys who have all served in significant positions in and out of government. The firm routinely handles high stakes litigation, including matters of national significance.

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