Finch McCranie Attorneys Honored with “Lawyer of the Year” and “Best Lawyers” Recognition in the 31st Edition of The Best Lawyers in America®

ATLANTA, August 15, 2024—Finch McCranie LLP, an Atlanta-based trial law firm, is proud to share that several of its attorneys have been recognized in the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®, which analyzed more than 25.8 million evaluations on the legal abilities of other lawyers based on their specific practice areas around the world.

Finch McCranie partners Richard Hendrix, Walter Jospin, Michael Sullivan, Carl Lietz, and David Bouchard were recognized as Best Lawyers^® in Atlanta. Additionally, Sullivan was named as the Best Lawyers^® 2025 Qui Tam "Lawyer of the Year" in Atlanta—a distinction awarded annually to only one lawyer per practice area in each region with extremely high overall peer feedback.

The attorneys were recognized by Best Lawyers^® in their respective practice areas. Hendrix in the areas of Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Criminal Defense: White-Collar, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants, and Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs. Jospin in the areas of Litigation – Securities and Securities Regulation. Sullivan for Qui Tam Law. Lietz for Criminal Defense: White-Collar. Bouchard in the areas of Commercial Litigation, Criminal Defense: White-Collar, Qui Tam Law.

Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers^® has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Best Lawyers recognitions are compiled based on an exhaustive Purely Peer Review^® evaluation.

Finch McCranie is a trial practice firm with a long history of success in catastrophic injury and wrongful death cases, whistleblower cases, and federal criminal cases in the white-collar area. Over the past five decades, the firm has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for victims of wrongdoing, including a record-setting $38.6 million verdict against Emory in 2023 for medical malpractice.