Emily Campbell Taube

James Ward

Cara Laughlin

Eder Causor

George Mayzell

Michelle Collis

Meri Armour

Emily Campbell Taube has been named a partner at Adams and Reese LLP. Taube is a member of the Litigation Practice Group and focuses on the areas of commercial litigation, employment litigation, product liability and estate and trust litigation.

She previously served as a felony assistant at the Shelby County District Attorney General’s office for three years.

Taube is active in the American, Tennessee and Memphis Bar Associations and is a current board member of the TBA Young Lawyer’s Division and chair of the TBA Law School Outreach Committee.

Gary K. Morrell of Boswell Law Firm has been included in the 2009 edition of The Best Lawyers in America in the areas of Medical Malpractice Law and Personal Injury Litigation. He was also included in the 2008 edition of Mid-South Super Lawyers, which selects the top 5 percent of attorneys in the region of Tennessee, Arkansas and Mississippi.

James Ward has been promoted to associate creative director at archer>malmo Inc. Also, Cara Laughlin has been hired as interactive project manager. Eder Causor has been hired as quality assurance analyst. Blaine Loyd has been hired as a copywriter, and Dawn Murphy has been hired as brand standards proofreader.

J. Anthony Bradley of The Bradley Law Firm PLLC has been named a Five Star Best in Client Satisfaction Wealth Manager and a Super Lawyers magazine Mid-South Rising Star. Bradley was one of seven attorneys chosen for excellence in estate planning for the Memphis and Shelby County area. He is licensed to practice law in Arkansas, Mississippi and Tennessee.

Five members of Kiesewetter Wise Kaplan Prather PLC have been selected as 2008 Mid-South Super Lawyers. They are Jay Kiesewetter, Jonathan Kaplan, Paul E. Prather, Steve Hymowitz and Robert D. Meyers.

Dr. Charles Mullighan has received the Joanne Levy, M.D., Memorial Award for Outstanding Achievement from the American Society of Hematology. Mullighan is an assistant member in the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Department of Pathology.

Jan Gordon of Crye-Leike Realtors has been given the Circle of Excellence award by Crye-Leike. The award recognizes those real estate professionals who attain the highest level of professional development at Crye-Leike.

Luminetx Corp. has named the new members of its board of directors. They are James DelMauro, Dr. Gunnar Lovhoiden, Susannah H. O’Sullivan, Kyle Rice and Dr. Michael Breiner.

Sam Henry and Mike Hammond of Dalhoff Thomas Daws have earned the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Accredited Professional status. Also, Marie Burgess has become registered as a landscape architect with the state of Tennessee.

Memphis-based MacAdvantage Inc. has earned the Apple Authorized Service Commitment of Excellence Recognition award for the fourth consecutive fiscal quarter. This places MacAdvantage among the top 3 percent of North American Apple service providers.

Seven attorneys of Thomas, Hendrix, Harvey, Johnson & Mitchell PLLC have been selected for inclusion in the 2009 edition of The Best Lawyers in America. They are Albert C. Harvey, J. Kimbrough Johnson, William H. Haltom Jr., Michael E. Keeney, Jerry E. Mitchell, Kemper B. Durand and Rehim Babaoglu.

George Mayzell has been named chief patient care officer for the Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare system. Mayzell will be responsible for regulatory readiness and interdisciplinary clinical practice standardization. He currently serves as chief medical officer. Michelle Collis has been named vice president for patient and family-centered care. Meri Armour will serve a new role as senior nurse adviser for Methodist Le Bonheur, in addition to her role as president and CEO.

Scott Coggins has formed an independent security management consulting practice called Maximus Security Consulting LLC and will serve as its president.