American Lawyer Media and Martindale-Hubbell, who are leading providers of lawyer reviews and daily news covering legal business, law firms, and lawyers across the United States, have selected Terry Sides as a "2013 Top Rated Lawyer in Labor and Employment Law."

Terry Sides and successfully defended another federal court excessive force case filed against a South Alabama city, its mayor, police chief, and four of its police officers. The plaintiff claimed that after his nighttime armed robbery of a gas station, the four police officers pursued him to an area bordered by a dirt road with a chain link fence topped with barbed wire, which he climbed across to get to his vehicle to escape. He further claimed that before reaching his vehi