Super Lawyers® Recognizes Twenty-Three Fishman Haygood Attorneys & Names Herman, Manthey, and Nobles to Top State and Local Lists

Super Lawyers® today released its annual rankings of Louisiana Super Lawyers and Louisiana Rising Stars. Each year, Super Lawyers selects attorneys based on peer nominations, evaluations, and independent research. Candidates are evaluated on 12 indicators of peer recognition and professional achievement.

Fishman Haygood attorneys once again received top accolades in the 2025 edition of Super Lawyers. Notably, Steve Herman was ranked number one overall on the Top 10 Louisiana Attorneys list. He was also selected to the Top 50 Louisiana Attorneys list. Tristan Manthey made both the Top 50 New Orleans Attorneys and the Top 50 Louisiana Attorneys lists. And, for the first time, Cherie Nobles was selected to the Top 25 Louisiana Women Attorneys list.

In addition, sixteen attorneys were named to the 2025 Louisiana Supers Lawyers list in the following primary practice areas:

 BATON ROUGE OFFICE

• Scott Chenevert: Mergers and Acquisitions
• Charles A. Landry: Real Estate

 NEW ORLEANS OFFICE

• Brent Barriere: Business Litigation
• Tad Bartlett: Appellate
• Jason Burge: Securities Litigation
• Steve Herman (*): General Litigation
• Tristan Manthey (*): Bankruptcy – Business
• Lance McCardle: Securities Litigation
• Kerry Miller: Class Action
• Loretta Mince: Business Litigation
• Cherie Nobles (*): Bankruptcy – Business
• Billy Patrick: Bankruptcy – Business
• Blair Schilling: Environmental Litigation
• Steven Serio:  Real Estate
• Jim Swanson: Securities Litigation
• Scott Willis: Real Estate

Seven Fishman Haygood attorneys were named 2025 Louisiana Rising Stars by Super Lawyers in the following primary practice areas:

• Monica Bergeron: Business Litigation
• Joseph Caneco (**): Bankruptcy – Business
• Kaja Elmer: Civil Litigation – Plaintiff
• Julie Meaders (**): Environmental Litigation
• Hogan Paschal: Securities Litigation
• Rebekka Veith: Civil Litigation – Plaintiff
• Molly Wells: General Litigation

Congratulations to these outstanding Fishman Haygood attorneys!

(*) Lawyers who are included on any top list.

(**) Lawyers who are new to the list.