Jones Walker Top-Ranked in Chambers USA

NEW ORLEANS, June 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Jones Walker is pleased to announce top
rankings in the 2009 edition of "Chambers USA - America's Leading Lawyers for
Business."

For the third consecutive year, Jones Walker is the only law firm in the state
of Louisiana to be ranked in the first band - the top tier--in each of the
nine areas of practice Chambers USAcovers in Louisiana. The firm received
first-band rankings in the practice areas of Banking & Finance,
Bankruptcy/Restructuring, Corporate/M&A, Energy & Natural Resources,
Environment, Gaming & Licensing, Labor & Employment, Litigation: General
Commercial, and Real Estate.

Additionally, Jones Walker received a second-tier ranking in the area of
Banking & Finance in the state of Alabama.

This year, 24 Jones Walker attorneys were also recognized for their excellence
in specific areas of law, with one attorney also recognized in the Chambers
Global Guide:
H. Mark Adams - Labor & Employment (La.)

Jennifer L. Anderson - Labor & Employment (La.)

Edward Hart Bergin - Energy & Natural Resources: Utilities (La.)

John J. Broders - Energy & Natural Resources: Marine Finance (La.)

Robert R. Casey - Corporate/M&A: Tax (La.)

Michael A. Chernekoff - Environment (La.)

J. Kelly Duncan - Gaming & Licensing (La.) Mr. Duncan is also listed
among the world's top gaming attorneys in the 2009 edition of Chambers
Global Guide. He is one of only nine gaming attorneys from the United
States listed in this publication as a notable practitioner in the area of
Gaming & Gambling.

Elizabeth (Lisa) J. Futrell - Bankruptcy/Restructuring (La.)

H. Hughes Grehan - Banking & Finance (La.)

Harry Simms Hardin, III - Litigation: General Commercial (La.)

Pauline F. Hardin - Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government
Investigations (La.)

Curtis R. Hearn - Corporate/M&A (La.)

Cornelius R. Heusel - Labor & Employment (La.)

Charles A. Landry - Real Estate (La.)

F. Rivers Lelong, Jr. - Banking & Finance (La.)

Sidney F. Lewis, V - Labor & Employment (La.)

Thomas M. Nosewicz - Environment (La.)

J. Marshall Page, III - Banking & Finance (La.)

Thomas Y. Roberson, Jr. - Banking & Finance (La.)

Carl D. Rosenblum - Energy & Natural Resources: Oil & Gas (La.)

Dionne M. Rousseau - Corporate/M&A (La.)

R. Patrick Vance - Bankruptcy/Restructuring and Litigation: General
Commercial (La.)

Robert B. Worley, Jr. - Labor & Employment (La.)

Richard A. Wright - Banking & Finance (Ala.)

Chambers USArankings list law firms and attorneys in six bands, with the first
band being the highest ranking a firm or attorney can receive. In addition to
being published in the Chambers USAguide, Jones Walker's rankings are
published online on the Chambers and Partners website. Chambers and Partners
has published its highly regarded legal guides since 1969, relying on research
and interviews to rank firms and attorneys. Chambers USAselects attorneys and
law firms for inclusion in its rankings on the basis of submissions by legal
practices, interviews, research, and database resources.

Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre L.L.P.
(www.joneswalker.com) provides a comprehensive range of legal services to a
national and international corporate client base through offices in Alabama,
Arizona, the District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas.

CONTACT:
Carol Todd Thomas
(504) 582-8438
cthomas@joneswalker.com

SOURCE Jones Walker

Carol Todd Thomas of Jones Walker, +1-504-582-8438, cthomas@joneswalker.com