ATLANTA – The Daily Report announced that several attorneys have won awards at its inaugural Southeastern Legal Awards and that Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP is a finalist for Law Firm of the Year.

The winners are: 

• John D. Martin for Legal Innovators
• Denise M. Gunter for Best Mentor
• Billy Ching for Most Effective Dealmakers
• Jeffrey Kelly for On the Rise
• Donna Tillis for On the Rise

In addition, the publication announced that Bob Wilson is a finalist for Attorney of the Year.  Additional winners among lawyers and firms will be announced on June 22, 2023 at a gala at Flourish Atlanta celebrating all the honorees.

According to the newspaper, the awards program previously known as the Georgia Legal Awards, was expanded in 2023 to include Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama and Mississippi. ALM Media, publisher of The Daily Report, operates newspapers in the southeastern states of Florida and Georgia.

Established in 1897, Nelson Mullins is an Am Law 100 firm of more than 1,000 attorneys, policy advisors and professionals with 32 offices in 16 states and Washington, D.C. For more information, go to www.nelsonmullins.com.