Ryan Revere of the Smith Phillips Law Firm located in Batesville has been selected to the Mississippi Business Journal’s Top 40 Under 40 for 2014. Each year the Top 40 Under 40 program recognizes Mississippi business leaders who have made significant contributions to Mississippi’s overall economic progress on both the local and state level.

The Top 40 Under 40 is routinely awarded to individuals who are actively working towards brightening Mississippi’s business future. Revere’s law practice primarily focuses on the areas of business law and litigation, banking, economic development and government law.

Revere also works to improve the local economy in Batesville and Panola County by serving as the President of the Batesville Main Street Board of Directors, and working closely with Panola Partnership, Inc., and the Young Professionals of Panola.

Revere is a 2000 graduate of Jackson Academy. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in banking and finance and a Masters in Business Administration from the University of Mississippi, where he was a member of Sigma Nu fraternity.

He received his Juris Doctorate from Mississippi College School of Law in 2010 and became associated with the Smith Phillips firm.

He is married to the former Jennifer Crowley of Enid. The Reveres are parents of Robert, 8 months.