Maynard Nexsen

Maynard Nexsen

Headquarters	Birmingham, Alabama
No. of offices	25
No. of attorneys	550
Key people	Jeff Grantham, CEO Leighton Lord, President Greg Curran, Chairman
Date founded	2023 Maynard Cooper & Gale, 1984 Nexsen Pruet, 1945
Company type	Professional corporation
Website	www.maynardnexsen.com

Maynard Nexsen PC is an American full-service law firm based in Birmingham, Alabama. The firm has more than 550 lawyers and professionals in 25 offices nationwide. The firm offers services in more than 100 practice areas, spanning corporate, regulatory and litigation work.

Maynard Nexsen was formed in 2023 through the merger of law firms Maynard Cooper & Gale and Nexsen Pruet. It is the largest law firm in Alabama by number of lawyers.

Notable practice areas

• Construction
• Healthcare & Life Sciences
• Insurance
• Intellectual Property
• Labor & Employment
• Litigation
• Private Equity & Venture Capital
• Real Estate

Subsidiaries

• NP Strategy, a strategic communications and public relations firm
• Nextra Solutions, an e-discovery and litigation technology support company

Notable attorneys and alumni

• Stephen Boyd – U.S. assistant attorney general for the Office of Legislative Affairs (2017–2021)
• William Campbell – chief judge of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee
• J. Michelle Childs – judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
• Bob Coble – mayor of Columbia, South Carolina (1990–2010)
• Prim Escalona – U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Alabama
• Tanya Gee – at-large judge of the South Carolina Circuit Court
• James Holshouser – 68th governor of North Carolina
• John Johns – CEO of Protective Life Corporation (2002–2017)
• Sherri Lydon – judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina
• Steve Marshall – 48th attorney general of Alabama
• Jay Mitchell – associate justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama
• Drayton Nabers Jr. – chief justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama (2004–2007)
• Terri Sewell – U.S. representative for Alabama's 7th Congressional District
• C. C. Torbert Jr. – chief justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama (1977–1989)
• William Wilkins – chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (2003–2007) and chair of the U.S. Sentencing Commission (1985–1994)